WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Gwenpool Strikes Back #4, by Leah Williams, Christopher Hastings, David Baldeon, Jesus Aburtov, VC's Joe Caramagna, on sale now.

The Devil Hulk, the version of the character at the center of Immortal Hulk, has proven himself to be one of the most destructive and terrifying versions of the character ever introduced. He's seemingly unstoppable, more so than even previous versions of the character. But now, one of the most unexpected Marvel heroes of all has proven capable of taking him on: Gwenpool. But how does she defeat someone who easily gave Thor a concussion?

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Gwenpools Unite

After setting up a giant set of battles between the various heroes of the Marvel Universe, Gwenpool has found herself in a very tough position: she's been assigned to fight the Immortal Hulk after shooting Bruce Banner in the head to jumpstart his transformation. This means Gwen, who nominally has no powers, is going up against someone who recently proved too unstoppable for the Avengers to handle. Even her ability to warp reality by leaping out and around comic panels isn't enough to keep her safe from the Hulk - at one point he even grabs her leg from another panel and pulls her down hard into the ground.

Left with a concussion and not much else she can think to throw at him, Gwen scrambles and comes up with the best plan she can think of: using her powers to go back across Marvel continuity and find reinforcements in the form of the past versions of herself. This includes almost every version of the character who has appeared in recent years, including the manic initial version, the clingy version that appeared in Champions, the sweet-natured version that appeared in Unbelievable Gwenpool, the snarky West Coast Avengers member and the most mature version of her that appeared in the Superior Spider-Man tie-in to "War of the Realms". However, she does fail to recruit Gwen-Prime, which might come back around at some point.

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THE PLAN

Leaving the collection of Gwens to keep up a distraction against the Hulk, the core Gwen uses her powers to move back through continuity. The Gwens actually are able to keep this going thanks to their reality-altering abilities, although Champions Gwen ends up seemingly killed in the battle. Meanwhile, the core Gwen is able to find Malekith after he'd cut off Thor's arm and takes it for herself. Using it as a giant glove, she's able to summon Mjolnir from Thor in the present day. Using the hammer, Gwenpool is able to throw it directly at the Hulk - and hit him square in the groin. The blow is enough to send him flying and technically knocking him out of the fight. This also creates an opening for Ms. Marvel to knock out Thor from behind, leaving the final duel to come down between the two girls.

Using her powers and her dirty tricks, Gwenpool just became one of the only people in the Marvel Universe to go up against the Immortal Hulk and not end up in serious medical conditions for her trouble. She even technically beat him! While she got a concussion for her troubles, that's not nearly the worst thing that could have happened to her. But it also means that it's unlikely that this vengeful version of the Hulk will forget his defeat at the hands of the snarky teenager. Even if Gwenpool does get to get a new title down the line that allows her to remain in the Marvel Universe, she might have the worst possible version of the Hulk after her -- which isn't exactly the place anyone wants to find themselves.

Gwenpool Strikes Back #5 releases December 18.

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