Any Hulk recommendations?

[Punisher Fan]

Back in the day I enjoyed Hulk comics, but seem to recall some dark issues that were not very good.

Anyway, I see that there is some World War Hulk, Red Hulk and other stuff I did not follow (full time job cuts into that time) but I am wondering if anyone here could recommend.

I would like to find some full runs here or e-bay. Just wondering if the newer stuff if up to snuff, and if so, a looking for a point in the right direction.

Thanks.

[Drift]

The Planet Hulk hardcover is IMHO arguably the best Hulk has ever been.

I also dig Future Imperfect mine by Peter David and Perez.

I would second these choices.

Steer clear of anything after Planet Hulk. WWH and Red Hulk are dross.

[Draco]

The Planet Hulk hardcover is IMHO arguably the best Hulk has ever been.

I also dig Future Imperfect mine by Peter David and Perez.

I would second these choices.

Steer clear of anything after Planet Hulk. WWH and Red Hulk are dross.

fixed that for ya.
didnt think you were shouting it loud enough.

[Punisher Fan]

Thanks gents, saved me some $.

I will look for a run on Planet Hulk.

I do recall Future Imperfet as being a great read. Peter David is awesome on Hulk.

[Draco]

Thanks gents, saved me some $.

I will look for a run on Planet Hulk.

I do recall Future Imperfet as being a great read. Peter David is awesome on Hulk.

You can get the Planet hulk Tpb at a good price and might find one or two individual issues a problem and maybe alittel too much too.

[hulk181man]

I highly enjoyed the Bruce Jones written issues starting in Hulk # 34 -- some fantastic cover art in the run too

[Draco]

I highly enjoyed the Bruce Jones written issues starting in Hulk # 34 -- some fantastic cover art in the run too

Very good point.

I really enjoyed the first few arcs by Jones and wasnt oo put off by the art either.

Also very lovely hardcovers.
Funnily enough Drift had one out earlier and it was the cover image that really stood out.

[Drift]

I highly enjoyed the Bruce Jones written issues starting in Hulk # 34 -- some fantastic cover art in the run too

Very good point.

I really enjoyed the first few arcs by Jones and wasnt oo put off by the art either.

Also very lovely hardcovers.
Funnily enough Drift had one out earlier and it was the cover image that really stood out.

Kaare Andrews covers are awesome. The "Hulk Pops" one is one of my all time favorites. Another one that really got to me was the one with the needle in the eyeball. I really hate needles so it makes my skin crawl.

It is a shame that the early Bruce Jones run featured JRJR artwork. Only thing that let the run down.

[Dr. Solar]

All Hulk stories are puny Banner stories next to Planet Hulk.

Planet Hulk smash all other hulk stories.


The Bruce Jones stuff started strong, but kind of tapered out. The first dozen or so issues were awesome, I thought, but after that, not so much.

[Lightning Strike]

Back in the day I enjoyed Hulk comics, but seem to recall some dark issues that were not very good.

Anyway, I see that there is some World War Hulk, Red Hulk and other stuff I did not follow (full time job cuts into that time) but I am wondering if anyone here could recommend.

PAD's Hulk run and Future Imperfect. Byrne's short run was pretty good too.

[Lightning Strike]

I also dig Future Imperfect mine by Peter David and Perez.

[Lightning Strike]

The Planet Hulk hardcover is IMHO arguably the best Hulk has ever been.

I also dig Future Imperfect mine by Peter David and Perez.

I would second these choices.

Steer clear of anything after Planet Hulk. WWH and Red Hulk are dross.

WWH was a big letdown and Red Hulk is complete trash

[Draco]

The Planet Hulk hardcover is IMHO arguably the best Hulk has ever been.

I also dig Future Imperfect mine by Peter David and Perez.

I would second these choices.

Steer clear of anything after Planet Hulk. WWH and Red Hulk are dross.

WWH was a big letdown and Red Hulk is complete trash

So it seems we are all in agreement on this and if we are not the people who liked it so far are either thinking they'd better read it properly now and maybe consider putting that extra three bucks rowards their groceries to get the most out of their money.
Maybe they just dont want to feel like the odd one out, but more importantly it shoes how easy it is to put a book out there that is an isnatnt hit and high profile, but so horribly horrible *SQUEE* !!

SHeep wake up and smell the coffee.
Hulk is pathetic old poop on a stick.
You have been warned.

[Cyberstrike]

The whole Peter David run.

[Draco]

The whole Peter David run.

was good?
was bad?
was old poop on a stick?

[X-O HoboJoe]

Where were you when the Hulk hit the fan?

[Cyberstrike]

The whole Peter David run.

was good?
was bad?
was old poop on a stick?

It's great.

[Zaphod]

I enjoyed Hulk 350-400...after that I stopped collecting and prior to that I never read though it was Byrne - David/McFarlane arcs.

If I recall correctly, Byrne wasn't on Hulk for long because he tried to make the book more than the "puny Banner, Hulk SMASH" Hulk on the run from xxxx stories.

Seperating the Hulk and Banner, what was he thinking?

[nutflush76]

The Planet Hulk hardcover is IMHO arguably the best Hulk has ever been.

I also dig Future Imperfect mine by Peter David and Perez.

I would second these choices.

Steer clear of anything after Planet Hulk. WWH and Red Hulk are dross.

fixed that for ya.
didnt think you were shouting it loud enough.

I gotta agree that WWH was terrible but I am really enjoying the Red Hulk story!

Looks like I'm in the minority though.

[Draco]

The Planet Hulk hardcover is IMHO arguably the best Hulk has ever been.

I also dig Future Imperfect mine by Peter David and Perez.

I would second these choices.

Steer clear of anything after Planet Hulk. WWH and Red Hulk are dross.

fixed that for ya.
didnt think you were shouting it loud enough.

I gotta agree that WWH was terrible but I am really enjoying the Red Hulk story!

Looks like I'm in the minority though.

I have t ask what aspects do you like?

[Todd Luck]

Different strokes for different folks.

I enjoyed WWH and would recommend it. I thought it was fantastic to do a story where the Hulk finally gets revenge on everyone who has persecuted him: all the other heroes, Gen Ross...hell, the entire human race. It was great to see him take on most of the heroes in the Marvel Universe and turn the tables on them and show them what it's like to be persecuted monsters.

And the current Hulk series is far from perfect, but it's fun and intriguing enough that I've added it to my list. Red Hulk is a great new villain and it's cool to see a series built around a mystery (even though I think I know who Red Hulk is...well, maybe). I wish Hulk hadn't reverted back to his "savage" persona (just when "intelligent" Hulk was getting interesting) but it's still cool (and I suspect temporary).

I haven't tried Skaar, Son of Hulk but I'll probably pick that up in trade sometime.

[X-O HoboJoe]

(even though I think I know who Red Hulk is...well, maybe).

Spill it.

[Zaphod]

I still say its Betty.

[Drift]

Warning: There will probably be spoilers in the following.

Different strokes for different folks.

I enjoyed WWH and would recommend it. I thought it was fantastic to do a story where the Hulk finally gets revenge on everyone who has persecuted him: all the other heroes, Gen Ross...hell, the entire human race. It was great to see him take on most of the heroes in the Marvel Universe and turn the tables on them and show them what it's like to be persecuted monsters.

And the current Hulk series is far from perfect, but it's fun and intriguing enough that I've added it to my list. Red Hulk is a great new villain and it's cool to see a series built around a mystery (even though I think I know who Red Hulk is...well, maybe). I wish Hulk hadn't reverted back to his "savage" persona (just when "intelligent" Hulk was getting interesting) but it's still cool (and I suspect temporary).

I haven't tried Skaar, Son of Hulk but I'll probably pick that up in trade sometime.

WWH was lazy writing and awful art JRJR is very rarely the man when it comes to art and this was not one of his rare moments. There was no excuse for it after the masterpiece that is Planet Hulk. It would have been ok had they left out half the stuff with Sentry and not had the Hulk *SQUEE* heavy hitters left right and centre.

We have seen the Hulk fight these people before. He has never been this angry before is no excuse for a single slap taking out the Thing nor a 3 panel fight with Juggernaut in one of the all too many spin-offs.

Also with the revealing of who is and who isn't a Skrull and the problems the heroes are having fighting Super-Skrulls, there is no way they would have gone down so easily but that is a retrospective nail in the coffin of an already buried pile of toss.

The whole will he won't he of the Sentry stuff was appalling. They should have had him in from the start or left him out entirely.

He won't fight. He is fighting, yay he will save everyone. Oh no it is Reed with a hologram super-power amplifier deus ex machina thingy. Oh no the Hulk broke it because he is angrier than he has ever been and can kill anyone and destroy anything with his pinky toe. Sentry still won't fight. "Oh nos if I don't fight everyone will die but if I do fight it means leaving my house again and I swore never to do that again because the writers will lose my neuroses and psychological illnesses as a device to differentiate me from Superman" Hulk is going to win and enslave the whole human race. 3 seconds to Hulk pwnage....2....1....wait Sentry is here to save the day and because we said it wouldn't happen, you lot didn't see it coming, how clever are we?. confusing have they lost their powers or are they just hurt bit. The end.

Where do I get started with Red Hulk?

I'll start with Ed McGuinness. I do quite like some of his stuff but it shouldn't be in mainstream books, it just doesn't fit. He is a cartoonist and not a comic book artist.

It is obvious who Red Hulk is. He has been Hush all along. It is the same story with a different hat. There is no mystery, Loeb is making it up as he goes along from the notes he made while he was rehashing other peoples' stuff for his previous stories.

He cannot write and has never had a single idea of his own.

Hush was a rehash of Knightfall but not as good and the big bad at the end of it was nowhere near as cool or as effective as Bane.

Long Halloween was a rehash of [insert name of generic Mafia movie here]. It even had the wedding scene from Goodfellas in it.

Ultimates 3 was Secret Invasion with robots instead of aliens.

The Catwoman Rome Holiday Mystery or whatever it was called contradicted itself and was so bad DC didn't even hire a proof-reader so it was full of spelling mistakes. Not all Loeb's fault but he wrote the steaming heap so he is at least partially responsible.

Onslaught Reborn was based around some Leifeld splash pages.

Do I need to go on?

I can understand different strokes for different folks but why not try stroking something else. Then Jeph Loeb will stop tainting the industry with his dross.

[Draco]

Warning: There will probably be spoilers in the following.

Different strokes for different folks.

I enjoyed WWH and would recommend it. I thought it was fantastic to do a story where the Hulk finally gets revenge on everyone who has persecuted him: all the other heroes, Gen Ross...hell, the entire human race. It was great to see him take on most of the heroes in the Marvel Universe and turn the tables on them and show them what it's like to be persecuted monsters.

And the current Hulk series is far from perfect, but it's fun and intriguing enough that I've added it to my list. Red Hulk is a great new villain and it's cool to see a series built around a mystery (even though I think I know who Red Hulk is...well, maybe). I wish Hulk hadn't reverted back to his "savage" persona (just when "intelligent" Hulk was getting interesting) but it's still cool (and I suspect temporary).

I haven't tried Skaar, Son of Hulk but I'll probably pick that up in trade sometime.

WWH was lazy writing and awful art JRJR is very rarely the man when it comes to art and this was not one of his rare moments. There was no excuse for it after the masterpiece that is Planet Hulk. It would have been ok had they left out half the stuff with Sentry and not had the Hulk *SQUEE* heavy hitters left right and centre.

We have seen the Hulk fight these people before. He has never been this angry before is no excuse for a single slap taking out the Thing nor a 3 panel fight with Juggernaut in one of the all too many spin-offs.

Also with the revealing of who is and who isn't a Skrull and the problems the heroes are having fighting Super-Skrulls, there is no way they would have gone down so easily but that is a retrospective nail in the coffin of an already buried pile of toss.

The whole will he won't he of the Sentry stuff was appalling. They should have had him in from the start or left him out entirely.

He won't fight. He is fighting, yay he will save everyone. Oh no it is Reed with a hologram super-power amplifier deus ex machina thingy. Oh no the Hulk broke it because he is angrier than he has ever been and can kill anyone and destroy anything with his pinky toe. Sentry still won't fight. "Oh nos if I don't fight everyone will die but if I do fight it means leaving my house again and I swore never to do that again because the writers will lose my neuroses and psychological illnesses as a device to differentiate me from Superman" Hulk is going to win and enslave the whole human race. 3 seconds to Hulk pwnage....2....1....wait Sentry is here to save the day and because we said it wouldn't happen, you lot didn't see it coming, how clever are we?. confusing have they lost their powers or are they just hurt bit. The end.

Where do I get started with Red Hulk?

I'll start with Ed McGuinness. I do quite like some of his stuff but it shouldn't be in mainstream books, it just doesn't fit. He is a cartoonist and not a comic book artist.

It is obvious who Red Hulk is. He has been Hush all along. It is the same story with a different hat. There is no mystery, Loeb is making it up as he goes along from the notes he made while he was rehashing other peoples' stuff for his previous stories.

He cannot write and has never had a single idea of his own.

Hush was a rehash of Knightfall but not as good and the big bad at the end of it was nowhere near as cool or as effective as Bane.

Long Halloween was a rehash of [insert name of generic Mafia movie here]. It even had the wedding scene from Goodfellas in it.

Ultimates 3 was Secret Invasion with robots instead of aliens.

The Catwoman Rome Holiday Mystery or whatever it was called contradicted itself and was so bad DC didn't even hire a proof-reader so it was full of spelling mistakes. Not all Loeb's fault but he wrote the steaming heap so he is at least partially responsible.

Onslaught Reborn was based around some Leifeld splash pages.

Do I need to go on?

I can understand different strokes for different folks but why not try stroking something else. Then Jeph Loeb will stop tainting the industry with his dross.

So you dont like his stuff then?