The Hulk was never one of my favorite Marvel characters, because all he did was get mad and smash things - kind of like an incredibly powerful baby. In the previous volume, though, he was semi-cured, inasmuch as Bruce Banner's mind now controlled the body of the Hulk. And Bill Mantlo was having fun in these latest stories analyzing what this would mean for the character. I'm not entirely sure I like the change, but it certainly does make for more interesting and nuanced stories. It will be interesting to see where the plots go - back to Big Baby Hulk, I imagine...