The testing of the first gamma bomb thrust upon Robert Bruce Banner that which he would come to believe would be his greatest nightmare: his unwilling transformation into the Incredible Hulk. He believed wrong. Now, having been dragged nearly a century into the future - into a post-holocaust, dystopian world - Bruce Banner discovers that his nightmare has a whole new name: The Maestro. This is a nightmare that only the Hulk can end. That he must end. For he knows that he himself is responsible for the presence of the evil Maestro. The future, our future, and the Incredible Hulk will never be quite the same. And neither will you.

On Battleworld, the dictator of Dystopia has a familiar face! The bearded Maestro rules with a Gamma fist, but there are those who would dethrone him—among them, Ruby Summers, the daughter of Cyclops and Emma Frost! The Thing is on board, too, but is it the ever-lovin' Ben Grimm under that rocky hide? Layla Miller could probably tell you—after all, she knows stuff. But can the rebels trust her? To take on the most monstrous Hulk of all, they will need powerful aid—but is that truly Odin they have found? And a mission to Norseheim to retrieve the Destroyer will only lead to battle with Ulik and his army of trolls. This is one warzone deserving of the name. Maestro vs. Thing! Maestro vs. Doom! Maestro vs. everybody! Maestro smash! Collecting FUTURE IMPERFECT #1-5 and material from SECRET WARS: BATTLEWORLD #4.