Hulk: Gray #1

Hulk: Gray #1

by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale (Artist)

Travel back to the early days of the Hulk, before he was the Jade Giant, and discover one of his first conflicts with General Ross. See how the Hulk fell in love for the first time! And watch him destroy!

Genres: Comics, Marvel

22 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 3, 2011

About the author

Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III is an Emmy and WGA nominated American film and television writer, producer and award-winning comic book writer. Loeb was a Co-Executive Producer on the NBC hit show Heroes, and formerly a producer/writer on the TV series Smallville and Lost.

A four-time Eisner Award winner and five-time Wizard Fan Awards winner (see below), Loeb's comic book career includes work on many major characters, including Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Hulk, Captain America, Cable, Iron Man, Daredevil, Supergirl, the Avengers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, much of which he has produced in collaboration with artist Tim Sale, who provides the comic art seen on Heroes.

Reviews

[Tim Gertz · Rating 5 out of 5]

As someone basically knowing nothing about the Hulk except what the MCU tells you… I was pretty blown away by this. I loved the structure and ease in narration as well as mono-/dialogue, the art is great as well… what’s not to like about this? I simply had a pretty great time. Looking forward to the rest of the run as well as the Immortal Hulk Omnibus which is already lying in my living room and waiting for me to finish this sort of introduction to the Hulk.

[zach · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Army bad.”

sounds about right

[Mikey Baker · Rating 4 out of 5]

an interesting origin of the incredible hulk

[Doctor Doom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Technically Goodreads is not supposed to list individual comics [though graphic novels are allowed] but since someone has listed some I will mark as read those I have. I liked this "book" but honestly I think comics were longer when I was a youth.
That being said, I liked it because it did hearken back to a simpler time [albeit with a little wokeness thrown in for what I can only assume was pandering]. The artwork on the Hulk is a little wonky [his arms are long enough to be considered apelike]. The artwork on others is a strange mixture: Ross looks like he was drawn by Ditko and looks as if he is perpetually yelling. Betty looks like a mewling caricature of her 1960s persona. Rick looks ridiculous. And the beat goes on...