Bruce Banner, The Incredible Hulk Appreciation 2022

[lordozone]

It's a combo platter of paper shortage, printer availability, and transport issues.

But why it's happening only for the Hulk comics ?

[Kolwyr]

But why it's happening only for the Hulk comics ?

It's not just Hulk. I don't exactly how many at this point (42 Marvel titles were delayed the last I read), but the impact is wide.

Eg. The next issue of Thor isn't due out until Sept. 28, almost 4 months after the last issue.

[CitizenXXX]

Ryan Ottley's contract ends with issue #12, but I don't know if Donny Cates is sticking around after that or not.

No, Ottley has a 12 issues deal, his last issue should be 14.

[Kolwyr]

Marvel Preview: Maestro: World War M #5
https://aiptcomics.com/2022/07/15/ma...world-war-m-5/

[nj06]

Marvel Preview: Maestro: World War M #5
https://aiptcomics.com/2022/07/15/ma...world-war-m-5/

I'm always happy to see Maestro, but this series and the ones before it have a lot of missed potential.

[Kolwyr]

I'm always happy to see Maestro, but this series and the ones before it have a lot of missed potential.

Like I said before, it's had its ups & downs, but overall I don't think these recent Maestro series have ever really grabbed me.

And since Maestro is an evolution of the Merged/Professor Hulk of that time, it feels like a series that is 10+ years too late, with little relevance to the current Hulk.

[xcoijoi]

Regardless of how bad the Maestro storylines have been, I'm always up for a Doom battle. I just hope they don't humble Victor too badly.

[The Cool Thatguy]

Like I said before, it's had its ups & downs, but overall I don't think these recent Maestro series have ever really grabbed me.

And since Maestro is an evolution of the Merged/Professor Hulk of that time, it feels like a series that is 10+ years too late, with little relevance to the current Hulk.

Given the crap Hulk goes through, I feel that a well written Maestro will always be relevant to his mythos.

But that would require them treating him as Bruce Banner, and not another persona

[Kolwyr]

Given the crap Hulk goes through, I feel that a well written Maestro will always be relevant to his mythos.

But that would require them treating him as Bruce Banner, and not another persona

For me, it feels like the Hulk is on a different trajectory now. Back in the day, you could draw a clear line between the Merged/Prof. Hulk and the Maestro, but today's Hulk?

If they were to go with "Evil Hulk of the Future" now, it wouldn't be some petty dystopian tyrant. Even if they didn't go full TOBA Hulk, he's trending in a more cosmic-mystical direction, and much more powerful. I could see him winding up a Lovecratian Cosmic Horror (even without TOBA, he was showing signs of that) or just a world-breaking uber-monster. If he can tap into his power to generate laser-like vision and massive gamma explosions, what else could he figure how to do given another century or so?

[The Cool Thatguy]

For me, it feels like the Hulk is on a different trajectory now. Back in the day, you could draw a clear line between the Merged/Prof. Hulk and the Maestro, but today's Hulk?

If they were to go with "Evil Hulk of the Future" now, it wouldn't be some petty dystopian tyrant. Even if they didn't go full TOBA Hulk, he's trending in a more cosmic-mystical direction, and much more powerful. I could see him winding up a Lovecratian Cosmic Horror (even without TOBA, he was showing signs of that) or just a world-breaking uber-monster. If he can tap into his power to generate laser-like vision and massive gamma explosions, what else could he figure how to do given another century or so?

Ewing is the exception, really.

But a Hulk that's finally stopped running, and decided to take charge? To have made peace with himself and still decide to actually become the monster?

Yeah, that's a timeless Hulk story

[Vordan]

Joe Fixit series by PAD coming in 2023

[McFarlane's Green Hulk]

Joe Fixit series by PAD coming in 2023

Half of me is excited, half of me is worried this will be a disappointing story like the Maestro minis.

[Vordan]

Half of me is excited, half of me is worried this will be a disappointing story like the Maestro minis.

Hah same feelings here

[Warstory]

Half of me is excited, half of me is worried this will be a disappointing story like the Maestro minis.

Going by the way he's characterized the Gray Hulk in the New Fantastic Four miniseries, I have absolutely no faith in this.

That aside, it's probably an unpopular position, but I've grown to hate how much the Gray Hulk has been defined by the Joe Fixit arc.

[McFarlane's Green Hulk]

Honestly think this should have been done during the >INSERT TITLE NAME HERE< Forever series that went on about 10 years ago.
X-Men Forever was promised to be a continuation of the Claremont era but diverted in a whole new direction because of what he had revealed in various interviews over the years.
New Mutants Forever...ehhhhhh, can't speak to that, I've never cared for the characters, book, in any incarnation so I have no idea how close to the vest that stayed to the premise.
X-Factor Forever hit the nail on the head and was a direct continuation to the storyline that Louise Simonson had going before she left the book. Six issues and DONE.
I have a feeling that it's going to be underwhelming, and filled with retcons that had nothing to do with what was going on at the time.
Simple story that should show his chaotic return from Jarella's world, meeting Berengetti, establishing the "Fixit" identity and end with his introduction to Marlo in #347.
Hulk had three months of "Banner downtime" as "Mr. Fixit" and that's all this mini should be. We know what happens from #349-359, give us a good story that fleshes out this page:


That's my hope, anyway.