Bruce Banner: The Hulk Appreciation 2019

[Cmbmool]

I was always fond of the Spider/Hulk mashup and I’m a fan of Tom Taylor’s work. So I’m willing to check this out.

[Prof. Warren]

WHAT. THE. ****.

Immortal Hulk is lightyears ahead of any other current comic in terms of quality. It's mindblowing!

Ewing work has been legendary.

Yeah, this issue was crazy.

[rhenley]

Believe it or not this actually has historical precedent...

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Web_o...r-Man_Vol_1_70

The funny thing is, I just checked and the last issue of Web of Spider-Man I own is #69. I'd bet anything that back in 1990 I saw the Spidey-Hulk mashup on the cover of #70 and decided I was done with that title.

[Bozack]

Well damn. That was a lot.

[Immortal Hulk]

The pages where we've seen what happened to Banner and what lives inside it gave me shivers!

[Kolwyr]

The Leader's words at the end sounded like a song, so a quick google search turned up... Mr. Rogers?

Not word for word, but definitely the inspiration...

https://genius.com/Fred-rogers-its-s...edition-lyrics

Song)
It's such a good feeling
To know you're alive
It's such a happy feeling
You're growing inside
And when you wake up ready to say
"I'll make a snappy new day."

It's such a good feeling
A very good feeling
The feeling you know
That I'll be back when the day is new
And I'll have more ideas for you
And you'll have things you'll want to talk about
I will, too

(Spoken)
You always make each day such a special day. You know how: by just your being you. There's only one person in the whole world exactly like you, and that's you yourself, and people can like you exactly as you are

(Song)
It's such a good feeling
A very good feeling
The feeling you know
That we're friends

[Hulkbanner12]

One below all Hulk can solo Thanos 1 million times lol

[Jness]

The Leader's words at the end sounded like a song, so a quick google search turned up... Mr. Rogers?

Not word for word, but definitely the inspiration...

https://genius.com/Fred-rogers-its-s...edition-lyrics

Song)
It's such a good feeling
To know you're alive
It's such a happy feeling
You're growing inside
And when you wake up ready to say
"I'll make a snappy new day."

It's such a good feeling
A very good feeling
The feeling you know
That I'll be back when the day is new
And I'll have more ideas for you
And you'll have things you'll want to talk about
I will, too

(Spoken)
You always make each day such a special day. You know how: by just your being you. There's only one person in the whole world exactly like you, and that's you yourself, and people can like you exactly as you are

(Song)
It's such a good feeling
A very good feeling
The feeling you know
That we're friends

I recognized it the moment I read it. This was absolute genius.

[Immortal Hulk]

One below all Hulk can solo Thanos 1 million times lol

Well, he can solo the whole universe, so that would be easy.

[Tendrin]

Just popping in to say that Immortal Hulk #25 was the best single-issue story I've read in actual years.

[GrandEleven]

Someone needs to ask Al why didn't the Marvel abstracts prevent this from happening? What about TOAA? Did they all get killed by TOBA too? Is Hulk actually some creation of TOBA himself? Is he really the Devils son as Brian Banner told him? Can this future actually be prevented or is it inevitable? There are so many questions....

Two possible outcomes here.

1. As Hulk has essentially become an aspect of the One Below All, everything else is dead. This was essentially implied in the issue before where he had already killed Richards and co: essentially the most powerful non-cosmics in Marvel. By gaining the power of Galactus he could then take on the abstracts and essentially wipe out everything, I'm going to assume even TOAA in order to get that loneliness he wants.

2. Like in a throwback to Thanos in the Infinity Gauntlet or even Ewing's own Ultimates run, The Living Tribunal could have decided that his reach would end in that universe, and while that would be the end of it, as TLT oversees an infinite amount then that is a trivial thing and is allowed to happen. If TOBA's reach was no greater than a single reality it may be inconsequential enough to let go. Abstracts(everything) are gone ... but only the abstracts of the 616.

Honestly I don't know that it matters, however. The arc is pretty simple: at the end of everything TOBA essentially wins. The most evolved species of which time is merely another direction to travel sends a warning back to change it. We now have ultimate steaks for the Immortal Hulk: the more comfortable the "banner system" becomes with letting the devil lead ... the more sure it is that there will be a final hulk to erase everything.

Game on, folks. Lets see how the Leader uses this information.

Edit: oh and I love that green has become a forbidden color and the hues of everything left in existence are now knowledge stored in accepted hues ... that omit green (lights and golds). Very nice touch.

[PLG1962]

Is Immortal Hulk 25 a good jumping on point?

[Tendrin]

Is Immortal Hulk 25 a good jumping on point?

I'd say yes but you really ought to get everything that comes before it.

[Ptrvc]

Is Immortal Hulk 25 a good jumping on point?

It's one shot the sets the stakes.

26 is officially the start of the 3rd act, of which there are supposed to be four.

You could jump on with either, but you're really cheating yourself if you do.

[PLG1962]

I miss the days of Yes or No answers ��