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My big article on Mariko Tamaki's Hulk & She-Hulk runs, discussing the good, bad, and its creation.
My second big article on She-Hulk, discussing Jason Aaron's focus on her in Avengers #20.
If they go this route, I'm out. Gamma characters have come in multiple forms like Jen, Leonard, Abomination, Sasquatch, Harpy, etc but only the Hulk ever had the increasing strength factor. Not once did Stan ever utter, the madder xxxx gets the stronger xxxx gets with any other character than the Hulk. It was what made him unique, the Hulk is the Strongest One There Is.
My pull of the Avengers will stop if Aaron starts trying to rewrite major facets of canon to make all Gamma affected characters = Hulk.
Last edited by Gamma Irradiated Being; 09-24-2018 at 04:00 PM.
"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
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No worries and easily done. When they start making a singular key aspect of one of Marvel's most iconic characters interchangeable to others then the lack of uniqueness takes away any special nature. The hulk just becomes a gamma brick no more special than any other. I took my $150 a month pull and put into other pursuits when they killed Banner and just came back after five years with Immortal Hulk and have been adding to the pull every month. I can easily walk away again. My kids and I spent the last five years and those thousands of dollars building a HO scale prototype C & O steam era railroad that spans a 20x20 section of the rec room. I didn't miss it then and I've been thinking about getting them into drones and model airplanes and maybe this will give me the impetus to go ahead leave comics behind again. $1800 a year is a lot of money for a hobby and pastime and it doesn't have to go to Marvel.
Believe me, I stopped collecting comics on more than a few occasions for things that bothered me. I only just got back recently.
As far as unlimited strength, I think it's a power potential that is relegated to gamma-affected beings. I personally hope that's the limit. As long as Bruce Banner is the Hulk, he will be unique. The biggest problem I have with gamma-affected beings is when Marvel started to refer to all of them as "hulks".
Last edited by Gamma Irradiated Being; 09-24-2018 at 05:43 PM.
"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
Let's make a rundown.
Bruce Banner: Hulk
Jennifer Walters: She-Hulk
Lyra: Savage She-Hulk
Thaddeus Ross: Red Hulk
Elizabeth Ross: Red She-Hulk
Robert Maverick: second Red Hulk
Amadeus Cho: Totally Awesome Hulk
Did I miss any?
That makes it seven gamma people with "Hulk" in their name.
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"一人じゃないから。" AI、『Story』。
"ヒロ、お前を信じてる。" タダシ、『ベイマックス』。
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"Knowing is half the battle." G.I. Joe.
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Human Torch/Fantastic Four/She-Hulk/Disney Big Hero 6 /Tangled/G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero/Transformers G1 fanatic, Avatar-maker, and Marvel Moderator
"一人じゃないから。" AI、『Story』。
"ヒロ、お前を信じてる。" タダシ、『ベイマックス』。
"You were my my new dream." "And you were mine." Eugene Fitzherbert and Rapunzel.
"Knowing is half the battle." G.I. Joe.
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"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 don't know who exactly coined it, but I don't know why Marvel just doesn't refer to gamma people as "gamma-irradiated beings". It's in older comics. Al Ewing is referring to them as both "hulks" and "gamma-affected" beings. I prefer gamma-affected out of the two personally.
"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
Human Torch/Fantastic Four/She-Hulk/Disney Big Hero 6 /Tangled/G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero/Transformers G1 fanatic, Avatar-maker, and Marvel Moderator
"一人じゃないから。" AI、『Story』。
"ヒロ、お前を信じてる。" タダシ、『ベイマックス』。
"You were my my new dream." "And you were mine." Eugene Fitzherbert and Rapunzel.
"Knowing is half the battle." G.I. Joe.
Know the CBR Community STANDARDS & RULES