World Famous Comics: World War Hulk (Marvel Comics)
World War Hulk (Marvel Comics)
By: Greg Pak Publisher: Marvel Comics Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Marvel Comics Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 224 Publication Date: May 21, 2008
Product Description: An epic story of anger unbound! Exiled by a group of Marvel "heroes" to the savage alien planet of Sakaar, the Hulk raged, bled, and conquered through the pages of last year's "Planet Hulk" epic, rising from slave to gladiator to king. Now the Hulk returns to Earth to wreak his terrible vengeance on Iron Man, Reed Richards, Dr. Strange, Black Bolt - and anyone else who gets in the way! Stronger than ever, accompanied by his monstrous Warbound gladiator allies, and possessed by the fiercest and purest rage imaginable, the Hulk may just tear this stupid planet in half! Collects World War Hulk #1-5.
Didn't Meet My Expectations. I love Pak as a writer. He's great. However, compared to Planet Hulk, this story just didn't work for me. Yeah, the Hulk wanted revenge for being shot into space by Stark, Richards, Strange, and Blackbolt, and yeah I'd probably be pretty mad if my wife was disintegrated as well, but compared to Planet Hulk, this story was pretty lame. It was cool that the Hulk's Warbound allies were included, and the betrayal revelation was amazing and totally unpredictable, but I think the art was the main reason that this didn't hook me. John Romita Jr. is not one of my favorite artists out there, no matter how many awards and accolades he gets. In fact, I think the only things that he has done that really worked for me are his Eternals run with Neil Gaiman and his work on the new series Kick-A@#. I am sorry that Marvel, with the abundance of talented artists that they have out there, had to choose JR JR to do this book. They should have kept the same artist from Planet Hulk if you ask me. Anyway, asides from the art, the story wasn't that bad, but it's nothing to write home about. Peace and Love, Jake (This is reviewing the paperback version, which is available by the way).
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