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April 7, 2009 4:23 pm When you try to pick up the old series, consider the Hardcover, which reprints the origin 50's stories. Nice book.

March 16, 2009 11:15 pm

This book is FREAKIN' AWESOME, I can't wait to read this! 

McNiven is late because his work is really, really GREAT on this. I don't mind about the lateness, I'm not paying the guy's comission, it's up to him and Marvel what the timing on the book needs to be.

 

March 13, 2009 12:53 am Please let us know the next time Katers is going to be on the show.

March 13, 2009 12:39 am

Connor, THANK YOU for starting this thread. Finally the Hulk fans can come out of the woodwork! This is the most entertaining discussion I have seen on this site so far!

Look, to those of you that hate this book, I totally understand why, this book is 100% id. However, consider this:

I'm a guy who has read and re-read the hell out of Morrison's Doom Patrol, New X-Men, and Final Crisis, Starlin's Adam Warlock Saga, Gaiman's Sandman, Hellblazer, Miller's Daredevil, Epic Magazine, Moebius, Rick Veitch's Maximortal and The One, Miracle Man, on and on etc etc. Those books are great, they make you think and are awesome in their own right. I love the hell out of that stuff.

I think I'm probably as interested in comics for the mind as anyone, but that doesn't mean I can't like something based on action and mindless violence! Particularly if the mindless violence includes Hulk smashing things. Honestly, Hulk smashing is a requirement when it comes to a Hulk comic. Always has been. 

 

March 12, 2009 12:58 pm I tend to agree with you, however the book is good enough in my opinion to keep getting it. I DO think the story and art execution on the book is exceptional, and has been since the beginning. But the book is missing an intangible, the characters don't resonate for me (except perhaps for Spitfire because of her Invaders affiliation).

March 12, 2009 12:44 pm

So here's the thing: My nine year old kid LOVES this comic. We anxiously anticipate each new issue and he typically reads it out loud in the car on the way home from the shop. The "guest star" element to the book is key, there is a "more heroes for your dollar" element to the book my wallet likes.

I think Connor said this book is the "Anti-Fanboy" comic in one of his podcasts, and I agree. Continuity can be a drag and is unecessary when the formula for this book seems to be: Create a premise  for a fight... then fight!

This is the way to get kids reading comics again, stop getting bogged down with continuity and 30-something opinions and put out a fun book with great art and just enough story to keep the fight going. I have news for you guys, kids don't care about stuff that happened in comics twenty years ago. Including that stuff in today's stories makes comics less accessible to new readers. "Hulk" is an example of a book that turns the clock back a little.

This book reminds me of Thor in the late eighties Ron Frenz days when Thor was battling a big baddie every issue, and was teamed up with Herc, Cap, Spidey, Daredevil, etc every other issue.

GREAT STUFF!

March 11, 2009 1:00 pm I wish they would bring Mar-Vell back once and for all. A&L are just the guys to do it!

March 10, 2009 10:25 pm

I guess I totally messed up on the price, please forgive me, I was on a roll writing this. I got hung up on the first issue price and just ran with it. My apologies to Marvel and the iFanboy community for messing up my numbers.

Regarding the book, "bland" is a great adjective to use, I could have saved some time writing up my missive by summing it up the issue in one word!

Thanks for reading the review, my first.

March 9, 2009 10:11 pm

Connor is right, "Hulk" is the Anti-Fanboy comic. Despite being a total Fanboy I take no offense, this book is everthing a Hulk comic should be!

Carry on, Loeb and McGuinness. Carry on!

March 9, 2009 12:31 pm This was great! Yu has never looked better. Lots of violence, plus an interesting twisty on the nature of the Hulk. Plus a new character! Awesome!