Bruce Banner: The Hulk Appreciation 2018

[Gamma Irradiated Being]

Don't even mention it! It's so exciting.
Btw, is it another Hulk board?

Yes it is.

[Gamma Burst]

Yes it is.

Gamma Ra, my friend. It's Gamma Burst here! I'm waiting until my username is changed.

[Gamma Irradiated Being]

Gamma Ra, my friend. It's Gamma Burst here! I'm waiting until my username is changed.

My unsecret secret identity has been exposed for all the world to see... Ah shucks!!!

What's good buddy? Glad you enjoy the book.

[McFarlane's Green Hulk]

The Church of Hulk reunion?
Where's Art Teacher? Someone bring him out of hiding!

[Gamma Burst]

My unsecret secret identity has been exposed for all the world to see... Ah shucks!!!

What's good buddy? Glad you enjoy the book.

I'm fine! Glad you're enjoying it too.

The Church of Hulk reunion?
Where's Art Teacher? Someone bring him out of hiding!

The Holy Church of Hulk!

[Gamma Irradiated Being]

I'm fine! Glad you're enjoying it too.



The Holy Church of Hulk!

Art Teacher an PoetTree are here?

Church is always in session!!!!

[McFarlane's Green Hulk]

Art Teacher an PoetTree are here?

Church is always in session!!!!

I thought Art Teacher posted here once or twice many, many years ago.
Poet Tree? Not sure. He'd been in lurking mode at the other board for a while, came back for a brief period and is off the grid again.

[Gamma Irradiated Being]

Same here. I lost interest in comics under Axel Alonso's EIC run and I've lurked here before. This board seems a little more alive now.

[Winterboy]

Picked up issue #5 yesterday...WHOAH!
Just...whoah!

Another great issue.
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Best work of Bennett's career.

[Shadowcat]

I wonder if we’ll get a showdown between the savage Hulked up Jen and Bruce down the line. Could this be a way to return her to her less than bulked up and savage self.

[Gamma Irradiated Being]

I wonder if we’ll get a showdown between the savage Hulked up Jen and Bruce down the line. Could this be a way to return her to her less than bulked up and savage self.

Isn't she part of the Avengers team in upcoming issue#8?

[jb681131]

And so what essential books to read concerning Hulk ?

I've only read:

Hulk: Gray

Incredible Hulk: Transformations
1.The Incredible Hulk #3 - Banished to outer space
2.The Incredible Hulk #6 - vs the Metal Master
3.The Incredible Hulk #272 - Weirdsong of the Wen-di-go
4.The Incredible Hulk #315 - Freedom
5.The Incredible Hulk #324 - The more things change...
6.The Incredible Hulk #347 - Crap shoot
7.The New Incredible Hulk #377 - Honey, I shrunk the Hulk

What are good reads ?

The Incredible Hulk by Lee & Kirby
The Incredible Hulk Epic Collection Vol. 1: Man or Monster? - The Incredible Hulk #1-6 + Fantastic Four #12, #25-26 + Avengers #1-3, #5 + Amazing Spider-Man #14 + Tales to Astonish #59 + Journey into Mystery #112
The Incredible Hulk Epic Collection Vol. 2: The Hulk Must Die - Tales to Astonish #60-96 + Not Brand Echh #3
The Incredible Hulk Epic Collection Vol. 3: The Leader Lives - Tales to Astonish #97–101 + Incredible Hulk #102–117, Annual #1 + Not Brand Echh #9

Heart of the Atom (Harlan Ellison / Roy Thomas / Archie Goodwin / Len Wein)
Hulk: Heart of the Atom - The Incredible Hulk #140, #148, #156, #202-203, #205-207, #246-248 + The Avengers #88 + What if ? #23

The Incredible Hulk by Bill Mentlo
The Incredible Hulk: Pardoned - The Incredible Hulk #269-285
The Incredible Hulk: Regression - The Incredible Hulk #286–300 + The Incredible Hulk Annual #12
The Incredible Hulk: Crossroads - The Incredible Hulk #301-313 + The Incredible Hulk Annual #13 + Alpha Flight #29

The Incredible Hulk by John Byrne
Hulk Visionaries: John Byrne - The Incredible Hulk #314–319 + The Incredible Hulk Annual #14 + Marvel Fanfare #29

The Incredible Hulk by Peter David
The Incredible Hulk: Ground Zero - The Incredible Hulk #340-346
???

Future Imperfect / The End
Hulk: Future Imperfect - Hulk: Future Imperfect #1-2 + Incredible Hulk: The End

The Incredible Hulk by Greg Pak
Incredible Hulk: Prelude to Planet Hulk - The Incredible Hulk vol.2 #88–91 + Fantastic Four #533-535
Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk - The Incredible Hulk vol.2 #92–105 + Giant-Size Hulk #1 + Amazing Fantasy vol.2 #15
World War Hulk: The Incredible Hercules - The Incredible Hulk vol.2 #106–111

The Incredible Hulk by Jeph Loeb
The Incredible Hulk by Jeph Loeb vol.1 - Red Hulk (#1-6) + Thor vs. Hulk (#5-6) + Red & Green (#7-9) + Hulk No More (#10-12)
The Incredible Hulk by Jeph Loeb vol.2 - Hulk vs. X-Force (#14-18) + Fall of the Hulks (#19-21) + World War Hulks (#22-24)

The Incredible Hulk by Jeff Parker
The Incredible Hulk by Jeff Parker vol.1 (to come) - Scorched Earth (#25-30) + Planet Red Hulk (#31-36, #30.1)
The Incredible Hulk by Jeff Parker vol.2 (to come) - Fear Itself (#37-41) + Hulk of Arabia (#42-46)
The Incredible Hulk by Jeff Parker vol.3 (to come) - Haunted (#47-52) + Mayan Rule (#53-57)

Which ones are really worth ? Would you suggest others ?

[Shadowcat]

Isn't she part of the Avengers team in upcoming issue#8?

Lol I don’t read the solicits, so I didn’t know they were going to show up.

[Gamma Irradiated Being]

And so what essential books to read concerning Hulk ?

I've only read:

Hulk: Gray

Incredible Hulk: Transformations
1.The Incredible Hulk #3 - Banished to outer space
2.The Incredible Hulk #6 - vs the Metal Master
3.The Incredible Hulk #272 - Weirdsong of the Wen-di-go
4.The Incredible Hulk #315 - Freedom
5.The Incredible Hulk #324 - The more things change...
6.The Incredible Hulk #347 - Crap shoot
7.The New Incredible Hulk #377 - Honey, I shrunk the Hulk

What are good reads ?

The Incredible Hulk by Lee & Kirby
The Incredible Hulk Epic Collection Vol. 1: Man or Monster? - The Incredible Hulk #1-6 + Fantastic Four #12, #25-26 + Avengers #1-3, #5 + Amazing Spider-Man #14 + Tales to Astonish #59 + Journey into Mystery #112
The Incredible Hulk Epic Collection Vol. 2: The Hulk Must Die - Tales to Astonish #60-96 + Not Brand Echh #3
The Incredible Hulk Epic Collection Vol. 3: The Leader Lives - Tales to Astonish #97–101 + Incredible Hulk #102–117, Annual #1 + Not Brand Echh #9

Heart of the Atom (Harlan Ellison / Roy Thomas / Archie Goodwin / Len Wein)
Hulk: Heart of the Atom - The Incredible Hulk #140, #148, #156, #202-203, #205-207, #246-248 + The Avengers #88 + What if ? #23

The Incredible Hulk by Bill Mentlo
The Incredible Hulk: Pardoned - The Incredible Hulk #269-285
The Incredible Hulk: Regression - The Incredible Hulk #286–300 + The Incredible Hulk Annual #12
The Incredible Hulk: Crossroads - The Incredible Hulk #301-313 + The Incredible Hulk Annual #13 + Alpha Flight #29

The Incredible Hulk by John Byrne
Hulk Visionaries: John Byrne - The Incredible Hulk #314–319 + The Incredible Hulk Annual #14 + Marvel Fanfare #29

The Incredible Hulk by Peter David
The Incredible Hulk: Ground Zero - The Incredible Hulk #340-346
???

Future Imperfect / The End
Hulk: Future Imperfect - Hulk: Future Imperfect #1-2 + Incredible Hulk: The End

The Incredible Hulk by Greg Pak
Incredible Hulk: Prelude to Planet Hulk - The Incredible Hulk vol.2 #88–91 + Fantastic Four #533-535
Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk - The Incredible Hulk vol.2 #92–105 + Giant-Size Hulk #1 + Amazing Fantasy vol.2 #15
World War Hulk: The Incredible Hercules - The Incredible Hulk vol.2 #106–111

The Incredible Hulk by Jeph Loeb
The Incredible Hulk by Jeph Loeb vol.1 - Red Hulk (#1-6) + Thor vs. Hulk (#5-6) + Red & Green (#7-9) + Hulk No More (#10-12)
The Incredible Hulk by Jeph Loeb vol.2 - Hulk vs. X-Force (#14-18) + Fall of the Hulks (#19-21) + World War Hulks (#22-24)

The Incredible Hulk by Jeff Parker
The Incredible Hulk by Jeff Parker vol.1 (to come) - Scorched Earth (#25-30) + Planet Red Hulk (#31-36, #30.1)
The Incredible Hulk by Jeff Parker vol.2 (to come) - Fear Itself (#37-41) + Hulk of Arabia (#42-46)
The Incredible Hulk by Jeff Parker vol.3 (to come) - Haunted (#47-52) + Mayan Rule (#53-57)

Which ones are really worth ? Would you suggest others ?

For me I like to start at the foundation the first six issues. I'm not a big fan of the Tales to Astonish days, but as a Hulk purist I've read them. I liked the soap opera feel of Stan Lee's, Marie Severin's and Roy Thomas's runs, but Hulk starts to really get good with the Steve Englehardt, Len Wein, Roger Stern an Bill Mantlo's runs. I'm not a big fan of John Byrne's first run, but there are key Hulk concepts and characters presented. Peter David's entire run is a must as he really added too much to speak on in Hulk's lore. The next writer that did exceptional work was Greg Pak. Almost everything other than Jeff Parker's Red Hulk book, I could do without. Paul Jenkins had good ideas but never followed through. Jason Aaron just wrote shallow stories, although some were fun. Everything else is not worth reading, IMO.

[ChrisIII]

I kind of liked the Gary Duggan arc, especially compared to the Aaron/Waid stuff that came before it, although a lot of it focused on undoing the Hulk family from Loeb and Pak's stuff (There was a subplot about Doc Green potentially becoming the Maestro, although, like PAD's "Ghost of the Future" storyline that was never really followed up on that much). I think it's also pretty much the last time we've seen most of the usual supporting cast except for Civil War II.


I'm guessing we'll eventually get to see Betty, her father, Samson etc. show up in HULK sooner or later (I'm guessing Rick's still dead) given Ewing's use of Hulk continuity so far. Ross I think is part of the current Captain America storyline (although it's possible this is sort of the MCU effect happening here)-or perhaps, of course, The Leader or Abomination. Hulk's current personality actually kind of reminds me a bit of Blonsky's (Well, sort of the more sadistic side of the character, not so much the sort of Phantom Of The Opera-inspired character PAD often wrote him as).