SON OF HULK #15
Review by: JimBilly4
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What a turnaround. I am a Hulk-o-phile, so I sadly rode right along as Skaar Son of Hulk plunged into the ground like one-winged fighter jet. With the mandate to get Skaar to Earth as fast as possible, the story suffered and after Garney left, so did the art. With Skaar now featured along with his Bruce Banner in the Incredible Hulk title, I assumed Son of Hulk would be left to die the ignoble death of cancellation. To my surprise we were instead introduced to a new Son of Hulk. Not big. Not green. Considering the mess from which it sprung, I was not anticipating anything interesting.
Three issues in and I have to give it to Jenkins. He has resurrected my interest in this world, which is basically an extension of Planet Hulk (although I am still angry they so callously destroyed that carefully crafted world). The new Son of Hulk remains grey and small, but he has some serious old power and more importantly, a fascinating vendetta against Galactus himself. His cold and calculating plan involves making himself into a God and annihilating any and all foolish enough to get in his way. His almost Terminator-like lack of compassion may start to wear after a bit, but for now I am sucked into following his war to its likely bitter end. The art has been really very good as well. I was not familiar with Andres Guinaldo, but this is his second issue and he is clearly getting better and better. Lot of detail and good characters. I liked his Galactus, but my favorite panel was a close-up of Hiro-Kala's eye as he stares into deep space at his nemesis.
My only complaint is that this is basically the third time a Hulk or Son of Hulk has gone about conquering a world with similar companions, so there is a bit of been here done that. The character and reasons and eventual outcome are all different though. And if you skipped the first 12 issues of Son of Hulk (and I might recommend that you do, despite the introduction of many of the characters in this run), you will probably avoid this nagging feeling of deja vu altogether.
Three issues in and I have to give it to Jenkins. He has resurrected my interest in this world, which is basically an extension of Planet Hulk (although I am still angry they so callously destroyed that carefully crafted world). The new Son of Hulk remains grey and small, but he has some serious old power and more importantly, a fascinating vendetta against Galactus himself. His cold and calculating plan involves making himself into a God and annihilating any and all foolish enough to get in his way. His almost Terminator-like lack of compassion may start to wear after a bit, but for now I am sucked into following his war to its likely bitter end. The art has been really very good as well. I was not familiar with Andres Guinaldo, but this is his second issue and he is clearly getting better and better. Lot of detail and good characters. I liked his Galactus, but my favorite panel was a close-up of Hiro-Kala's eye as he stares into deep space at his nemesis.
My only complaint is that this is basically the third time a Hulk or Son of Hulk has gone about conquering a world with similar companions, so there is a bit of been here done that. The character and reasons and eventual outcome are all different though. And if you skipped the first 12 issues of Son of Hulk (and I might recommend that you do, despite the introduction of many of the characters in this run), you will probably avoid this nagging feeling of deja vu altogether.
Story: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
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