"Only the Hulk could have attempted it! Only the Hulk could have been capable of it! Only the Hulk could have done it!" - Tales to Astonish #63
"Hulk can do ANYTHING!!! Hulk is mind over matter, mind over energy, mind over mind" - Lord Smash'emall aka Gamma Ra the Assassin aka Gamma Irradiated Being
Not that I'm worried about. Ewing is so good that He can elevate and make cardboard, one-dimensional (let's considerate Agger in that category, for a moment) characters into something much more interesting, as he's already done to a lot of characters.
Anyway, my expectations for Immortal Hulk #22 are so high!
I agree about Ewing. Again, it comes down to the creative team to make characters interesting.
I too eagerly await the next issue.
"Only the Hulk could have attempted it! Only the Hulk could have been capable of it! Only the Hulk could have done it!" - Tales to Astonish #63
"Hulk can do ANYTHING!!! Hulk is mind over matter, mind over energy, mind over mind" - Lord Smash'emall aka Gamma Ra the Assassin aka Gamma Irradiated Being
"Only the Hulk could have attempted it! Only the Hulk could have been capable of it! Only the Hulk could have done it!" - Tales to Astonish #63
"Hulk can do ANYTHING!!! Hulk is mind over matter, mind over energy, mind over mind" - Lord Smash'emall aka Gamma Ra the Assassin aka Gamma Irradiated Being
Immortal Hulk #24 (it seems) preview pencils by Joe Bennett
His art is amazing!
Not exactly a surprise, but interesting anyway. When asked about TOAA:
Al Ewing Writes Comics
@Al_Ewing
In response to
@AustinDodd12
These are questions that are better answered on the comics page rather than on Twitter, but I've certainly been assuming that TOAA is, by definition, Above All - including Eternity. And TOBA is Below All, including Oblivion, Mephisto and other coded-as-evil powers.
https://twitter.com/Al_Ewing/status/...400082947?s=20
Listen, i am genuinely disappointed that we are going to have the next half a dozen chapters or so dedicated to Roxxon and Dario, as i said literally never found them interesting or threatening enough. I mean really, Hulk faces another brick? However if there is one guy that can make interesting and add a twist to it, it would be Al, so i am hoping that is the case. Maybe Dario messes with the forces of hell and it backfires.
But if that's not the case and he just turns out the be "beast of myth" that Metatron spoke off, that will be quite the letdown.
Last edited by Gamma Irradiated Being; 08-06-2019 at 06:51 AM.
"Only the Hulk could have attempted it! Only the Hulk could have been capable of it! Only the Hulk could have done it!" - Tales to Astonish #63
"Hulk can do ANYTHING!!! Hulk is mind over matter, mind over energy, mind over mind" - Lord Smash'emall aka Gamma Ra the Assassin aka Gamma Irradiated Being
I think you're jumping the gun. You have absolutely no clue (unless you do) on what the story is about. If Minotaur is the Beast of Myth; and according to mythology, a Minotaur is a Beast of Myth; I'm sure Al's story will have weight. Also, please stop with this silly "brick" labeling that guys that participate in Comic Battles have made up. Minotaur like Hulk are "Mystical Beings" or "Monsters" whose powers are yet to be revealed. All the official write ups on Dario Agger state that all his abilities are unknown.
"Only the Hulk could have attempted it! Only the Hulk could have been capable of it! Only the Hulk could have done it!" - Tales to Astonish #63
"Hulk can do ANYTHING!!! Hulk is mind over matter, mind over energy, mind over mind" - Lord Smash'emall aka Gamma Ra the Assassin aka Gamma Irradiated Being
As i said i don't know what Al is going to do exactly with all of this so i am not jumping the gun, we do know from the solicits that Hulk is going after them because he wants to change/fix the world so he is going after the first evil corporation. It very much looks like the Minotaur is the beast of Myth that Metatron is referencing which is a bit of a disappointment cause i was hoping it's some creature from Hell/Bible. It's not a silly labeling, you may not like it but it is what it is, guys like Hulk are brick types and that's perfectly fine and nothing wrong with that in fact all of my favorite Marvel characters are bricks like Hulk, Thing, Hercules, Colossus. I like the strong, bruiser type heroes that don't pull random abilities out of their ass that gives them a new solution for every problem, instead like to solve the problems with their fists. With that said i sincerely doubt Dario is gonna be showing us something we haven't seen from him before which is a shame i was hoping he would fight someone that isn't just a bruiser like himself, Al himself for instance seems to have forgotten that Harpy can shoot gamma blasts, so i doubt he will be giving Dario of all characters some new abilities apart from punching stuff. Official write ups saying we don't know all of Darios abilities is nothing new, it says that about every character that hasn't had much screen time, doesn't mean anything new will be revealed. As of right now Dario is a Hulk-lite character that has served as a punching bag for Thor, Jane Thor and Clayton. Again not really interested in seeing him, unless Al just adds something new and fun to the mix we haven't seen before.
Yeah you're jumping the gun. You haven't even read it and you've already stated you won't like it. That makes no sense.
BTW, Al Ewing is not just using Biblical stories to teach us in his run. He's writing his story in the Marvel Universe's mythos. What don't fans get?
Last edited by Gamma Irradiated Being; 08-06-2019 at 07:36 AM.
"Only the Hulk could have attempted it! Only the Hulk could have been capable of it! Only the Hulk could have done it!" - Tales to Astonish #63
"Hulk can do ANYTHING!!! Hulk is mind over matter, mind over energy, mind over mind" - Lord Smash'emall aka Gamma Ra the Assassin aka Gamma Irradiated Being
No i said i don't like that Dario and Roxxon are involved, i have said multiple times that if i believe one writer nowadays can turn it into something interesting it's Ewing.
He isn't but he has dump a lot of Biblical exposition on us and personally i would love to see Hulk getting more involved with the whole Hell thing, it'd be cool to see the Beasts from the Old testament, maybe even the Leviathan itself and stuff like that.