Bruce Banner: The Hulk Appreciation 2019

[Winterboy]

Marvel to Kill Off Immortal Hulk in October’s Immortal Hulk #25

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/07...ortal-hulk-25/

[Ptrvc]

BleedingCool with that misleading clickbait title

[Immortal Hulk]

I'm hoping so!


I dunno man. My daughter and I are coming to the end of the third season and I gotta tell you... parts of it might be a bit ropey now but the story telling IMO is as solid as it's ever been. As you can probably tell I'm a DC fanboy so it'll probably come as no surprise to you that I watch Arrow, The Flash etc.

Now those shows are OK a lot of the time, but they pale to the old Incredible Hulk show IMO.



Yeah, I love that film too. It was way ahead of it's time. I'm aware it likely took some liberties with canon and such - but I think the end result was worth it. Very human story. I got where it was coming from, and what Ang Lee was trying to do.

I have to agree with you both about the tv show (still is the best marvel tv series ever) and the 2003 movie. Both have a very special place in my heart, and, concerning the movie, I do think it was released at the wrong time... We've just had Spider-Man 2002, a fun, colourful and popcorn movie (in the best sense possible) with a lot of action, romance, etc.. That's what would've made Hulk a big success at that time: basically they should've released something similar, with Hulk's fighting all kinds of monsters, things would've been way different.

The Ang Lee movie took too much liberties, of course; it was much like a strange sci-fi/horror movie with a super hero, but that's kind of the beauty of it. The level of artistry is way above almost every super hero movie we've seen so far.

Immortal Hulk pays tribute to the TV show as well, with the Jacqueline Mcgee character being a homage to Jack Mcgee from the show, although she's a much more complex and sympathetic character. Also, part of Mcgee's goal in the comic was to find out how the Hulk and Banner are linked; in comics that's been common knowledge since the late 60's.


The character from the two-parter "The first" has also been adapted although not quite utilized entirely yet I think.


The series also have Banner have a nomadic lifestyle although this is an approach the comic has taken many times, and I think probably predates the TV show.

As "corny" as the Del Frye creature is nowadays, I just love that episode. I can't remember how many times I've watched it!

[Immortal Hulk]

IMMORTAL HULK #25 WRITTEN BY AL EWING, ART BY GERMÁN GARCÍA WITH JOE BENNETT, COVER BY ALEX ROSS
IMMORTAL HULK #25
A GROUNDBREAKING DOUBLE-SIZED ISSUE!

The heat death of our universe has come and gone. The Hulk is finally dead. Now, billions of years later, the Ninth Cosmos cowers…

You’ve never read a Hulk comic like this before. You’ve never read a Marvel comic like this before.






This is going to be insane!!

[Vordan]

New Ewing interview: https://www.newsarama.com/46050-immo...-al-ewing.html

Nothing interesting besies some insight on his work methods, but an interesting bit:




This was already confirmed to be the case on his Twitter, but something to keep note of.

Looks like I’m going to be reading some William Blake!

IMMORTAL HULK #25 WRITTEN BY AL EWING, ART BY GERMÁN GARCÍA WITH JOE BENNETT, COVER BY ALEX ROSS
IMMORTAL HULK #25
A GROUNDBREAKING DOUBLE-SIZED ISSUE!

The heat death of our universe has come and gone. The Hulk is finally dead. Now, billions of years later, the Ninth Cosmos cowers…

You’ve never read a Hulk comic like this before. You’ve never read a Marvel comic like this before.






This is going to be insane!!

Holy **** callbacks to Ewing’s Ultimates Run? And Alex Ross da god with another GOAT Hulk cover.

[Ptrvc]

Hulklactus anyone?

[PlatinumThorns]

No one's ready for what's coming.

[Ptrvc]

No one's ready for what's coming.

Art thou an Oracle? Or mayhaps a store owner?

By the by I just caught the epilogue today, after the letters page.

[Immortal Hulk]

Intrigued by that PlatinumThorns (in fact, I'm intrigued even without that phrase, LOL!).

Yeah, guys, I believe we'll see what Hulk will become in the 9th cosmos! A being of Geburah or of the Golachub? A cosmic destroyer or hero?

[Cth]

Don't forget..

Nul was Breaker of Worlds.

[Immortal Hulk]

From Ewing's twitter:

In response to
@AustinDodd12

It's not going to be like any of the other issues. It might not be like any other issues of anything.

https://twitter.com/Al_Ewing/status/...625802240?s=20

[Subzero89]

Goddamn if this cover didn't blow my mind as well as the solicitations for it.

Who the hell can wait all the way to October for it... ugh...

[Subzero89]

Don't forget..

Nul was Breaker of Worlds.

I really doubt Nul has anything to do with this, Hulk himself became breaker of worlds, also Al called TOBA breaker of worlds as well, so i am assuming this refers to either him or Hulk, or maybe both.

[Immortal Hulk]

Theres a final part that was added to the of Immortal Hulk #25!

IMMORTAL HULK #25
Written by AL EWING
Art by GERMÁN GARCÍA with JOE BENNETT
Cover by ALEX ROSS
GROUNDBREAKING DOUBLE-SIZED ISSUE!

- You’ve never read a Hulk comic like this before. You’ve never read a Marvel comic like this before.
- The heat death of our universe has come and gone. The Hulk is finally dead. Now, billions of years later, the Ninth Cosmos cowers...
- ...before the BREAKER OF WORLDS.

https://www.newsarama.com/46050-immo...-al-ewing.html

[Subzero89]

Yea, the bleeding cool didn't have that part. I think that is referring to TOBA? Or maybe a newly resurrected Hulk? Remember Al said death is a hard reset for Hulk, so maybe he finally dies after billions of years only to be reborn as some kind of new entity.

This is going to be an impossible issue to predict...


@NeroSub89
@Al_Ewing
Myself and many others have noticed that Hulk resembles Eternity a lot in the cover of IH #25, is this intentional or coincidental? Anyway the cover and solicits for it have me pumped up so much. Most anticipated issue of IH so far.


Al Ewing Writes Comics
@Al_Ewing
Replying to
@NeroSub89
This is one upcoming book I'm not breathing a word about. Seriously, I am a sealed tomb on this one, except to say - you cannot predict what's coming.

(I don't know what I'm going to do when it comes time for interviews on websites. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.)