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Essential Incredible Hulk #7
Essential Hulk 7
When the villainous Corporation set their sights on the Green Goliath, they send the manipulative Moonstone to turn the Hulk's couch time with Doc Samson into a destructive rampage, imprison him on Alcatraz Island, and manipulate ol' Greenskin into going toe-to-toe with Machine Man! Then, on the run from Gamma Base, the Hulk finds himself used as a gamma-irradiated battery by new foe Goldbug and old nemesis Tyrannus! Plus: the Hulk is enraged to learn that Gamma Base has the remains of his departed love Jarella - and no one, will stop him from giving her a proper burial. COLLECTING: Incredible Hulk 226-248, Annual 7-9; Captain America (1968) 230
544 pages, Paperback
First published September 10, 1980
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Roger Stern
1,552 books111 followersRoger Stern is an American comic book author and novelist.
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May 7, 2014
As a kid in the 70's, I loved the TV show The Incredible Hulk. While I was also a comic book junkie, I did not read the comic 'Hulk' as much as I did say, Batman or Spider-Man. For me, the TV show was better than the comic book at the time.
I picked up vol 7 of The Essential Hulk, which covers the years 1979-80.
While I have not read the volumes before it, I was still able to get into the story with no touble.
If you are a big Bruce Banner fan, I have some sad news-Banner REALLY takes a back seat here, to The Hulk. Whole issues go by, and we see nothing of Banner. And when we do, the scenes where he changes back into the monster are 'eehh'...not all that great.(IMO)
The stories here, are good though. Hulk tears stuff up-A LOT! Hulk says "Bah"... And Hulk tears stuff up, A LOT.....
The art is really good, though I feel they go back and forth on the height and mass of the Hulk. Sometimes he looks huge, others, not so much.
Some good guest stars here...Captain America(great cover too!) Power Man and Iron Fist are mentioned on the blurb in the back, but if you blink, you'll miss them. Captain Marvel is here as well. Oh, and President Jimmy Carter!!!!!(I kid you not)
I did enjoy this. I just wish we had more Banner....
I picked up vol 7 of The Essential Hulk, which covers the years 1979-80.
While I have not read the volumes before it, I was still able to get into the story with no touble.
If you are a big Bruce Banner fan, I have some sad news-Banner REALLY takes a back seat here, to The Hulk. Whole issues go by, and we see nothing of Banner. And when we do, the scenes where he changes back into the monster are 'eehh'...not all that great.(IMO)
The stories here, are good though. Hulk tears stuff up-A LOT! Hulk says "Bah"... And Hulk tears stuff up, A LOT.....
The art is really good, though I feel they go back and forth on the height and mass of the Hulk. Sometimes he looks huge, others, not so much.
Some good guest stars here...Captain America(great cover too!) Power Man and Iron Fist are mentioned on the blurb in the back, but if you blink, you'll miss them. Captain Marvel is here as well. Oh, and President Jimmy Carter!!!!!(I kid you not)
I did enjoy this. I just wish we had more Banner....
July 4, 2016
This was when I got into reading Hulk comics and I'd forgotten how good this stuff was, the end of the Roger Stern era and the very beginning of the Bill Mantlo decade.
Lots of Hulk, very little Banner, an interesting, diverse ensemble of supporting characters, lots of big action scenes, great bad guys and a lot of very cool guest stars.
There are great 'Hulk Smash!' moments, but there are also some quieter bits that give Hulk some solid characterization and emotional depth.
Fun to remember the days when three issues was an epic and when you got recaps and explanations, instead of writers assuming you've read every issue.
Plus, it was very cool to see them use the Hulk comic to wrap up the loose story threads from one of my favorite short-lived, goofy characters, It, the living colossus!
Lots of Hulk, very little Banner, an interesting, diverse ensemble of supporting characters, lots of big action scenes, great bad guys and a lot of very cool guest stars.
There are great 'Hulk Smash!' moments, but there are also some quieter bits that give Hulk some solid characterization and emotional depth.
Fun to remember the days when three issues was an epic and when you got recaps and explanations, instead of writers assuming you've read every issue.
Plus, it was very cool to see them use the Hulk comic to wrap up the loose story threads from one of my favorite short-lived, goofy characters, It, the living colossus!
March 8, 2016
Was pretty good, The last issues in this collection were my favorite.
September 24, 2017
Roger Stern continues to make the title readable, but he can't do much more than that.
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