Warning! Spoilers for Immortal Hulk #50 by Marvel Comics below.
The finale to Immortal Hulk is here and the Marvel Comics hero just learned the shocking truth behind the One Below All. The Hulk previously believed that the cosmic entity who resides in the Below Place was his reason for existing, but in the comic's shocking finale, readers learn the One Below All and the One Above All are the same entity - and that he created the Hulk as a "necessary" part of the foundation he laid in the Multiverse.
In Marvel's Multiverse, the One Above All is essentially responsible for creating everything and everyone and keeping them safe. The cosmic being created the Multiverse and is considered the most powerful being ever. He's effectively God and has taken many forms over the years. Meanwhile, the One Below All is essentially the evil version of the deity. The One Below All resides in the Below Place is hellbent on destroying the Multiverse. The Green Door separated the entity from the real world and turned Bruce Banner into the Hulk as the Gamma Bomb in his origin exploded and opened the Green Door. In the Immortal Hulk, the One-Below-All planned on using the Hulk's power to destroy future realities from being created. However, the Hulks are coming knocking on his door.
In Immortal Hulk #50 by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, Ruy Jose, Belardino Brabo, Paul Mounts, VC's Cory Petit, and Alex Ross, the trio of Sunshine Joe, the Savage Hulk, and Jackie McGee head to stop the Leader and free Bruce Banner from the Below Place. The three heroes break into the tower where the Leader (Samuel Sterns) is hiding, only to encounter numerous eyeless loved ones, forcing each of them to confront their past. After reaching the top of the building, they come face-to-face with the One Below All who tells them they've got the power to complete his Gamma Circuit and there's no way of escaping. The One Below All's true form emerges after getting struck with a powerful gamma blast from McGee and both Hulk's rip it apart (freeing Sterns). However, the Hulk's ask it to show its real face - leading to it reveal itself as the One Above All.
In a scene (seemingly based on the book of Job in the Bible, where Job confronted God and asked him the reason for his suffering), the One Below All speaks to the Hulks. The Hulks plead for answers, but the One Above All just tells him that "you are my creation," and that "you are necessary," adding "there is weight and there is counterweight. Where were you when I laid these foundations?" The Savage Hulk doesn't have time for his lack of answers and asks him why a Hulk exists. The One Above All poetically reveals, "With these hands I build. With other hands I break," referring to the One Below All. It continues, "I break to build anew. Have you my strength? Have you an arm like mine? Would you build, or break? You are my creation. I made you the counterweight. To ask of you. Are you Geburah or Golachab? And What of Chesed? What of Mercy What will you become? For the left hand is strength." Ultimately, the Hulk chooses that the right hand represents Mercy (true power), as he forgives the Leader and helps him out of the Below Place.
In the end, the Hulks, McGee and Stern leave the Below Place thanks to an assist from the Fantastic Four and Walter Langkowski. With the Green Door being locked tight after the Leader's capture, there's little reason (or way) to return to the Below Place. Ultimately, the Hulks succeed in rescuing Bruce Banner, and he's brought back to life from the Below Place. The One Above All and One Below All being the same entity is quite a twist, but the explanation (while needing more context still) that each side builds and breaks the Multiverse and created the Hulk as part of that is unexpectedly satisfying. The 80-page issue throws around a lot of big ideas that have big consequences for the entire Multiverse, so it's going to take readers (myself included) a few more read-throughs to fully understand and appreciate the beautiful storytelling and finale of the Immortal Hulk. Still, it's a beautiful end to one of the best modern comics ever.