Product Description: Dr. Robert Bruce Banner may have the appearance of a mild-mannered scientist, but after being caught in gamma bomb explosion, he became the unstoppable engine of destruction know as the Incredible Hulk! Marvel is proud to present the tales of the everyone's favorite man-monster from the very beginning: From the earliest Stan Lee and Jack Kirby issues that put an irradiated angle on the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde complex to the Steve Ditko's psychological slobbernockers in Tales to Astonish and the Jade Giant's return to his solo series, this Hulk-sized collection is the foundation for every purple-pants'd adventure ever! Featuring artwork by a who's who of Marvel Age luminaries and scripts by Stan "The Man" Lee, they'll introduce to you to General Thunderbolt Ross; the tortured woman who loves both the man and the monster, Betty Ross; the Leader; the Abomination; and a series of earth-shaking fights between the Hulk and the Silver Surfer, Thor, Giant-Man, Namor, Hercules, and more! Collecting the first adventures of the Jade Giant in one painstakingly restored volume with every page, every pin-up, and every letters column. Not to mention unused covers, critical essays, and bonuses galore! Collects Hulk #1-6, Tales to Astonish #59-101, and Incredible Hulk #102.
Christmas gift for my son. He totally enjoyed receiving this as he is collecting these hardbound comics. He says it is a good read!
Keep 'em coming! Hulk smash with Omnibus! This book is huge and heavy! With Amazon's usual discount price, you basically get 30 issues of classic Hulk for around two bucks each, hardbound! You won't get a better deal than that! All of Marvel's Omnibus books are fabulous collections and money oh so much better spent than wasting your cash on the overpriced crud being published today.
Just Beneath The Surface Just below the surface lies untamed and incredible power, once I cracked the cover I found undiscovered stories of the Hulking Thing I had never seen. I didn't start reading Hulk comics until about 1974 so all of these stories were new to me. But I never looked back into the older Hulk comics, so this was a real treat, I didn't know what I was missing.
It was a surprise to find stories where the Hulk is an intelligent, cunning and conniving Hulk. This is a real switch from what I'm used to; "HULK SMASH PUNY HUMAN!" The other thing noted by one other reviewer is that these stories are like the abridged version of comics, very short. It's good to get in a quick story while you wait for something like a TV commercial break. The dichotomy between the indestructible and the fragile is always present and remains the struggle throughout.
This Omnibus Collection of the Incredible Hulk does not read like a graphic novel. Although there are progressions and story threads that run through the different stories there is very little continuity. To me this was exciting because instead of reading something to a conclusion what I read was the evolution of the Hulk, Dr. Banner, The Leader, General Ross and Betty.
I am very happy to have this Incredible Hulk Omnibus Collection. For true believers, it is a must have. The overall quality is outstanding, the inks and page treatments are vibrant and archive quality.
Hulk Smash! Lee & Kirby rocking the sixties comic scene with innovative and groundbreaking storytelling. If you grew up on comics like I did, don't hesitate and pick up this awesome collection of classic Hulk adventures!
HULK Omnibus the STRONGESTof ALL!!! Due to the wear-and-tear of rereading old comics, I have always been a fan of collections, especially those that include extra art or interviews of the creators reflecting on work deemed classic with the passing years. Collected works have even greater weight when the volumes pertain to hard to find or very expensive comics. The Marvel Masterworks seemed to be the best there was even when compared to graphic novels or trade paperbacks because you could get 10 issues for each volume that included the annuals. Sure, they were more expensive but considering the amount of issues you could get for around $55, it was certainly a better deal than buying the comics themselves if you wanted less degeneration of these precious issues. At least you got a chance to read years old stories without wearing gloves or paying a mint, if you'd ever found them at all.It seemed the best value and quality for any collected works.
This ALL changed when Marvel upped the stakes with their Omnibus collections. The Marvel Omnibus collections are bar none the best quality and value to date. The characters are given a heightened sense of their contribution to the comics industry; we care more about the issues we're collecting because Marvel has shown how they care about the character as well.
The Omnibus collections are literally the "red carpet" for their volumes, no less for the HULK OMNIBUS. The sheer SIZE of their pages show you Marvel's dedication to underlining, capitalizing and bold-facing their subject matter's importance here and their rightful place in comics iconic history: much larger than their original comics, sturdy binding, glossy pages, every page of each original comic, AS WELL as unreleased art, current and former interviews (including everything that was in the Masterworks counterpart), alternate variant covers and --best yet--up to 30 ISSUES per volume, whether they be annuals or special appearances (i.e. "What If?" etc...). All this for the cost of less than TWO volumes of the Marvel Masterworks that would only give the reader 20 comics. Much lees if you purchase or pre-order here from Amazon.
I'm not knocking the Masterworks because I still feel they have tremendous value, especially when considering what you can get from those that have yet to be released from the Omnibuses. Also, many Masterworks have become less expensive on the resell market due to the Omnibuses' popularity. Some may not see the difference bewteen the Masterworks vs. Omnibus and just want the issues for sheer volume.
The Marvel Omnibus' are every bit as good as the DC Absolute series and sometimes much better because not all the DC Absolute series have nice glossy pages. Here, every Marvel volume is as good as the last and the next.
The fine line is that the Omnibus collections are the best there is that Marvel has to release. As a Marvel fan,I am more than likely to collect every volume I can for my favorite superheroes, maybe even those I'd never considered owning before. The Omnibuses remind us just WHY they are icons. X-men, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Iron Man and now Hulk; comic book stars given the star treatment, a Director's Cut for their comics. I can't see it getting any better than this.
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