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Incredible Hulk Epic Collection
Incredible Hulk Epic Collection, Vol. 2: The Hulk Must Die
Marvel's Green Goliath is pulling no punches! After the cancellation of his debut series, the Incredible Hulk returns in TALES TO ASTONISH - and he means business! Dr. Robert Bruce Banner's alter ego battles General "Thunderbolt" Ross, the Leader and his Humanoids, the Executioner, and more Communists than you can shake a tank at. And if that's not enough, round two pits the Hulk against Hercules, introduces classic villain the Abomination, dives into the intrigue of the Secret Empire, and goes cosmic with the Silver Surfer and the High Evolutionary! Featuring stories by Stan Lee and art by a who's who of Marvel greats - Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, Bill Everett and John Buscema - these are the tales that made the Hulk a global icon! Collecting material from TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #60-96 and NOT BRAND ECHH #3.
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First published October 25, 2017
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February 14, 2018
Although the original Incredible Hulk series was cancelled after only six issues, a string of memorable appearances in other Marvel titles such as the Avengers and the Fantastic Four led to a tremendous resurgence in popularity, earning him a starring place in Tales to Astonish, a double-feature style magazine in which the Hulk was paired with Giant Man, and later with Namor the Sub-Mariner. It was truly in the Tales to Astonish series, most of which is collected here, that the Hulk began to flourish. The book introduced mainstays such as Glenn Talbot, the Leader, and the Abomination, and set up the soap opera-ish, serialized storytelling for which Marvel would become famous.
Tales to Astonish kicks things off by beginning the Hulk’s very first long-running storyline, a saga which also introduces his greatest nemesis. The brain to the Hulk’s brawn, the Leader is the ultimate foil and to this day rightfully stands as his opposite number. While Bruce Banner was a brilliant scientist changed by gamma rays into a rampaging monster, the Leader was, by contrast, an unskilled laborer whose brush with gamma rays transformed him into an insane, evil genius. The Hulk and the Leader are like two sides of the same coin; similar origins, but with different backgrounds and circumstances propelling them down two different directions. It’s only natural that they would become the deadliest of enemies. The Abomination, another longtime foe of the Hulk, also has a certain resonance. More akin to a dark reflection, a twisted mirror image that shows what could happen if the Hulk’s power was harnessed for the purposes of evil, the Abomination is even stronger than the Hulk and maintains his normal intellect, still making him one of the most dangerous adversaries the Hulk ever faced.
Interestingly, Stan Lee continues to experiment with the Hulk’s personality. When Tales to Astonish begins, the Hulk has a brutish, thug-like persona that’s very cunning and belligerent. As the series progresses, however, the Hulk’s intellect slowly declines to the level of a small child, then he quickly gains the mind of Bruce Banner (although he still winds up talking like a thug), and then the process repeats, with the gradual regression back to the childlike savage that would define the characterization of the Hulk for the entirety of the next decade.
Much will also be said about the art, and rightfully so. The contributions of such legends as Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, John Romita Sr., and more, help to skyrocket these stories into the “Epic” status.
Muddled only by the Communist overtones of certain issues and some dated dialogue, these early Hulk stories remain a treat to the diehard Marvel fan, showing the continual evolution of a fan-favorite character, the solidification of his supporting cast and the settling into a reliable means of storytelling. These truly are Tales to Astonish!
Tales to Astonish kicks things off by beginning the Hulk’s very first long-running storyline, a saga which also introduces his greatest nemesis. The brain to the Hulk’s brawn, the Leader is the ultimate foil and to this day rightfully stands as his opposite number. While Bruce Banner was a brilliant scientist changed by gamma rays into a rampaging monster, the Leader was, by contrast, an unskilled laborer whose brush with gamma rays transformed him into an insane, evil genius. The Hulk and the Leader are like two sides of the same coin; similar origins, but with different backgrounds and circumstances propelling them down two different directions. It’s only natural that they would become the deadliest of enemies. The Abomination, another longtime foe of the Hulk, also has a certain resonance. More akin to a dark reflection, a twisted mirror image that shows what could happen if the Hulk’s power was harnessed for the purposes of evil, the Abomination is even stronger than the Hulk and maintains his normal intellect, still making him one of the most dangerous adversaries the Hulk ever faced.
Interestingly, Stan Lee continues to experiment with the Hulk’s personality. When Tales to Astonish begins, the Hulk has a brutish, thug-like persona that’s very cunning and belligerent. As the series progresses, however, the Hulk’s intellect slowly declines to the level of a small child, then he quickly gains the mind of Bruce Banner (although he still winds up talking like a thug), and then the process repeats, with the gradual regression back to the childlike savage that would define the characterization of the Hulk for the entirety of the next decade.
Much will also be said about the art, and rightfully so. The contributions of such legends as Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, John Romita Sr., and more, help to skyrocket these stories into the “Epic” status.
Muddled only by the Communist overtones of certain issues and some dated dialogue, these early Hulk stories remain a treat to the diehard Marvel fan, showing the continual evolution of a fan-favorite character, the solidification of his supporting cast and the settling into a reliable means of storytelling. These truly are Tales to Astonish!
October 16, 2023
The Hulk was featured as a guest-star in Tales to Astonish #59, featuring Giant-Man and the Wasp, but with #60 he got his own series and became a co-star. This volume includes most of those stories from #60-96 and after 5 more issues, the Hulk would get his own title again, one he wouldn’t have to share, but those last five will have to wait until the next volume, we don’t want to get ahead of ourselves.
Tales to Astonish #60-61 - While Steve Ditko is usually associated with Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, he also had quite a run with the Hulk as well. He first worked on the character in Hulk #6 and then in Amazing Spider-Man #14 (both included, along with the aforementioned Tales to Astonish #59, in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection, Vol. 1: Man or Monster?), but his run on the Hulk officially began here with these stories. This 2-part story starts off with the Hulk confronting a robot built by his alter ego, Bruce Banner. It may not be the most auspicious beginning, but it does have a lot of Ditko touches. We’re also reintroduced to General Thunderbolt Ross and Betty Ross, as well as meeting Major Talbot for the first time.
Tales to Astonish #62 - Pits the Hulk against the Chameleon, introduces the Leader, and offers the return of Rick Jones, but the story itself is all very pedestrian.
Tales to Astonish #63-64 - The Leader is actually revealed while he and his “humanoid” creations take center stage against the Hulk. This begins a deep-dive into anti-communist propaganda.
Tales to Astonish #65-67 - More “Red baiting” as the Hulk is captured by the Soviets and taken to foreign lands. And sadly Ditko ends his run on the series after only eight installments.
Tales to Astonish #68-69 - Jack Kirby is back! And will be until #83, with at least plots and layouts. But what’s even more interesting with this transition is reading the change in emphasis and style. This is a perfect example of how little influence Stan Lee actually had on these early Marvel titles as both Ditko and Kirby had very unique ways of telling a story, but seeing this switch from one creative powerhouse to another, even with Lee still “writing” the book, there is a massive shift and change in the word choices, as well as tonal quality. Had Lee truly been “writing” these comics and not just editing them, this transition would not have been so pronounced. In any case, Kirby wraps up much of the literal cliffhanger Ditko had left the strip in and quickly moves forward with lost story threads and dangling plot lines. Ditko’s subtler magic is replaced with Kirby’s boisterous power.
Tales to Astonish #70-74 - Kirby now embarks on an attempt to recreate the Hulk (and the green guy now shares the title with Namor, as the Giant-Man and Wasp series ended with their story in #69). Experimenting with the basic concept of this reimagined Jekyll/Hyde character. He conceived a way for Banner to be injured so that he must remain the Hulk or he will die (a similar method and complication that is the basis for Iron Man’s initial premise). Thus begins a story arc that leaves the Hulk with Banner’s mind, but his personality is still more brutal than that of Banner, so we’re reading about an altogether different hybrid here (one that Peter David would explore in more detail many years from now). Rick Jones continues to be integral, and the Leader takes center stage as the antagonist to be dealt with, but the Red-baiting has subsided a bit. Instead, Kirby takes things into a more fantastical direction, introducing the Watcher from the pages of the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk begins stepping into a larger cosmic playing field.
Tales to Astonish #75-79 - With the Leader apparently dead, our superhero soap-opera spins in another new direction. You have to admit that Kirby sure doesn’t let things get stagnant, a new beginning with #78 Bill Everett lends his artistic talents to Kirby’s layouts. After using the device that appears to kill the Leader, the Hulk then finds himself the target of a weapon that propels him into a far-future Earth where he fights the Executioner. But the time shift wears off, as does Hulk’s attachment with Banner’s brain and personality, and he begins to revert to his more savage personality. Wrapping up these selections, it is the end of an era as Rick Jones, believing Banner/Hulk has been killed, reveals that Banner and the Hulk are one and the same person to first Major Talbot and then to Betty Ross, and then there’s that titanic fisticuffs between Hulk and Hercules.
Tales to Astonish #80-83 - These 4 stories wrap up Kirby’s second run on the character, and Everett will be departing as well. First of all there’s a subterranean war brewing between Tyrannus and the Mole Man, and the Hulk gets trapped in the middle of it. Then we get a surprise appearance of the Secret Empire and their hired agent Boomerang. Next up, lots of shenanigans between Boomerang, General Ross, Major Talbot, the Army, the Secret Empire, and Rick Jones all before we get … well, you remember that seen in The Incredible Hulk film with Betty and the Hulk in a cave during a rainstorm? Here’s the inspiration. And on that moment, Kirby and Everett take their leave and there’s a lot of dangling plot threads that need tidying up. Is Lee gonna be up to the task?
Tales to Astonish #84-87 - This begins another clear tonal shift and stylistic change in the writing, even though Lee is still taking credit for writing the title. Further, #84 is definitely nothing more than a placeholder to get from the sudden end of Kirby/Everett’s run and waiting to see what direction the title is going to be heading in. But if Lee had been writing the title all along, this transition really shouldn’t have been as jarring and as obvious as this. Still the art by John Buscema for at least three of these installments is very nice.
Tales to Astonish #88-91 - Gil Kane. Four issues from the pencil of Kane and they are a treat. At least visually. The writing is typical of Lee in that it at times seems that he doesn’t remember what happened in the previous issue, or what happened a few issues back. Only the current story thread, or threat, matters. It’s almost like the Hulk wrote the darn thing. Still, we get the defeat of Boomerang, the arrival of the Stranger and the creation of the Abomination in these stories, and nearly a pardon for Bruce Banner.
Tales to Astonish #92-96 - Marie Severin provides the art for these last five installments in the Hulk’s soap opera. Oddly, this is the art style I most associate with the Hulk stories from Tales to Astonish, maybe that’s because they’re coming at the end of the run. Not sure, but it doesn’t really matter. Lee is still writing and at least this transition is less jarring, but we’ve also taken some time off since the last issue and allowed at least a month to pass. Long enough for Banner to custom build a device to attempt and remove the gamma radiation from his body. Next up we have the Silver Surfer arriving and then the Hulk is whisked off to another world by the High Evolutionary in an attempt to put down an insurrection. In any case, this is a new direction for the stories and they have a different and more coherent narrative thread. Whether this is from Severin or from Lee is not readily clear. Unfortunately, it arrives just in time for this particular volume to end.
We wrap it up with a humor piece from Not Branch Echh #3 and some lovely reproduction of original art and vintage in house advertisements featuring the green behemoth himself. A nice volume that is presents the Hulk in a frenzy of non-stop adventure.
Tales to Astonish #60-61 - While Steve Ditko is usually associated with Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, he also had quite a run with the Hulk as well. He first worked on the character in Hulk #6 and then in Amazing Spider-Man #14 (both included, along with the aforementioned Tales to Astonish #59, in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection, Vol. 1: Man or Monster?), but his run on the Hulk officially began here with these stories. This 2-part story starts off with the Hulk confronting a robot built by his alter ego, Bruce Banner. It may not be the most auspicious beginning, but it does have a lot of Ditko touches. We’re also reintroduced to General Thunderbolt Ross and Betty Ross, as well as meeting Major Talbot for the first time.
Tales to Astonish #62 - Pits the Hulk against the Chameleon, introduces the Leader, and offers the return of Rick Jones, but the story itself is all very pedestrian.
Tales to Astonish #63-64 - The Leader is actually revealed while he and his “humanoid” creations take center stage against the Hulk. This begins a deep-dive into anti-communist propaganda.
Tales to Astonish #65-67 - More “Red baiting” as the Hulk is captured by the Soviets and taken to foreign lands. And sadly Ditko ends his run on the series after only eight installments.
Tales to Astonish #68-69 - Jack Kirby is back! And will be until #83, with at least plots and layouts. But what’s even more interesting with this transition is reading the change in emphasis and style. This is a perfect example of how little influence Stan Lee actually had on these early Marvel titles as both Ditko and Kirby had very unique ways of telling a story, but seeing this switch from one creative powerhouse to another, even with Lee still “writing” the book, there is a massive shift and change in the word choices, as well as tonal quality. Had Lee truly been “writing” these comics and not just editing them, this transition would not have been so pronounced. In any case, Kirby wraps up much of the literal cliffhanger Ditko had left the strip in and quickly moves forward with lost story threads and dangling plot lines. Ditko’s subtler magic is replaced with Kirby’s boisterous power.
Tales to Astonish #70-74 - Kirby now embarks on an attempt to recreate the Hulk (and the green guy now shares the title with Namor, as the Giant-Man and Wasp series ended with their story in #69). Experimenting with the basic concept of this reimagined Jekyll/Hyde character. He conceived a way for Banner to be injured so that he must remain the Hulk or he will die (a similar method and complication that is the basis for Iron Man’s initial premise). Thus begins a story arc that leaves the Hulk with Banner’s mind, but his personality is still more brutal than that of Banner, so we’re reading about an altogether different hybrid here (one that Peter David would explore in more detail many years from now). Rick Jones continues to be integral, and the Leader takes center stage as the antagonist to be dealt with, but the Red-baiting has subsided a bit. Instead, Kirby takes things into a more fantastical direction, introducing the Watcher from the pages of the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk begins stepping into a larger cosmic playing field.
Tales to Astonish #75-79 - With the Leader apparently dead, our superhero soap-opera spins in another new direction. You have to admit that Kirby sure doesn’t let things get stagnant, a new beginning with #78 Bill Everett lends his artistic talents to Kirby’s layouts. After using the device that appears to kill the Leader, the Hulk then finds himself the target of a weapon that propels him into a far-future Earth where he fights the Executioner. But the time shift wears off, as does Hulk’s attachment with Banner’s brain and personality, and he begins to revert to his more savage personality. Wrapping up these selections, it is the end of an era as Rick Jones, believing Banner/Hulk has been killed, reveals that Banner and the Hulk are one and the same person to first Major Talbot and then to Betty Ross, and then there’s that titanic fisticuffs between Hulk and Hercules.
Tales to Astonish #80-83 - These 4 stories wrap up Kirby’s second run on the character, and Everett will be departing as well. First of all there’s a subterranean war brewing between Tyrannus and the Mole Man, and the Hulk gets trapped in the middle of it. Then we get a surprise appearance of the Secret Empire and their hired agent Boomerang. Next up, lots of shenanigans between Boomerang, General Ross, Major Talbot, the Army, the Secret Empire, and Rick Jones all before we get … well, you remember that seen in The Incredible Hulk film with Betty and the Hulk in a cave during a rainstorm? Here’s the inspiration. And on that moment, Kirby and Everett take their leave and there’s a lot of dangling plot threads that need tidying up. Is Lee gonna be up to the task?
Tales to Astonish #84-87 - This begins another clear tonal shift and stylistic change in the writing, even though Lee is still taking credit for writing the title. Further, #84 is definitely nothing more than a placeholder to get from the sudden end of Kirby/Everett’s run and waiting to see what direction the title is going to be heading in. But if Lee had been writing the title all along, this transition really shouldn’t have been as jarring and as obvious as this. Still the art by John Buscema for at least three of these installments is very nice.
Tales to Astonish #88-91 - Gil Kane. Four issues from the pencil of Kane and they are a treat. At least visually. The writing is typical of Lee in that it at times seems that he doesn’t remember what happened in the previous issue, or what happened a few issues back. Only the current story thread, or threat, matters. It’s almost like the Hulk wrote the darn thing. Still, we get the defeat of Boomerang, the arrival of the Stranger and the creation of the Abomination in these stories, and nearly a pardon for Bruce Banner.
Tales to Astonish #92-96 - Marie Severin provides the art for these last five installments in the Hulk’s soap opera. Oddly, this is the art style I most associate with the Hulk stories from Tales to Astonish, maybe that’s because they’re coming at the end of the run. Not sure, but it doesn’t really matter. Lee is still writing and at least this transition is less jarring, but we’ve also taken some time off since the last issue and allowed at least a month to pass. Long enough for Banner to custom build a device to attempt and remove the gamma radiation from his body. Next up we have the Silver Surfer arriving and then the Hulk is whisked off to another world by the High Evolutionary in an attempt to put down an insurrection. In any case, this is a new direction for the stories and they have a different and more coherent narrative thread. Whether this is from Severin or from Lee is not readily clear. Unfortunately, it arrives just in time for this particular volume to end.
We wrap it up with a humor piece from Not Branch Echh #3 and some lovely reproduction of original art and vintage in house advertisements featuring the green behemoth himself. A nice volume that is presents the Hulk in a frenzy of non-stop adventure.
March 16, 2018
A great collection with art by Marie Severin, John Buscema, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Bill (Sub-Mariner creator) Everett
If you like classic Hulk, you are going to love this one by Marvel's greatest artists! See the Hulk fight Boomerang, Mole Man, Abomination, General Ross and many more! This is classic Hulk at it's finest. Marie Severin was one of the unsung heroes of Marvel artists. In this book, she drew a multi-part story with the Silver Surfer. She shows both the gentle and brutal side of the Hulk that is unmatched today. If you have an appreciation for Hulk's early years, you won't be dissatisfied!
If you like classic Hulk, you are going to love this one by Marvel's greatest artists! See the Hulk fight Boomerang, Mole Man, Abomination, General Ross and many more! This is classic Hulk at it's finest. Marie Severin was one of the unsung heroes of Marvel artists. In this book, she drew a multi-part story with the Silver Surfer. She shows both the gentle and brutal side of the Hulk that is unmatched today. If you have an appreciation for Hulk's early years, you won't be dissatisfied!
April 9, 2020
Mostly boring, and completely at sea for about a year? Two years? Hard to keep track.
Ditko's work here is top notch. Kirby did layouts only, finished by various artists of varying levels of talent. Gil Kane's thirty pages here were in Bring on the Bad Guys back in the day.
The final arc with the High Evolutionary made the slog through the mushy middle worthwhile.
Ditko's work here is top notch. Kirby did layouts only, finished by various artists of varying levels of talent. Gil Kane's thirty pages here were in Bring on the Bad Guys back in the day.
The final arc with the High Evolutionary made the slog through the mushy middle worthwhile.
June 14, 2022
Scientist Bruce Banner, having been exposed to gamma rays from a bomb of his own design, transforms in times of stress into the Hulk.
This second volume collects much of the Hulk's solo feature in the comic Tales to Astonish. For the most part, this is serialized, told in 10 page installments, with the scripting by Stan Lee and artwork by notable silver age artists like Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, and John Buscema.
The Hulk's early adventures could be somewhat uneven, with the concept of the character in a state of flux. Initially something of a Jekyll and Hyde knock-off, the character developed into more of a tormented, raging beast. By the end of this book, the Hulk has developed into the character that he would remain until decades later under Peter David's writing.
This volume, while streamlining the character of the Hulk, does show a lack of inspiration in the types of stories being told with him. While villains such as the Leader and the Abomination are thrown in, much of the action is in the form of Thunderbolt Ross and the army attempting to capture/destroy the Hulk. Stan Lee often talked about the illusion of change in comics, but these stories are often repetitive and formulaic, with Ross generally responsible for a greater threat in trying to combat the Hulk. The Hulk then defeats the threat, sometimes earning a brief respite, but invariably Ross goes back to viewing him as a menace to be removed.
It's at the very end of this volume that the stories veer from that formula, with the Hulk interacting with the High Evolutionary and his genetically engineered New Men. Getting away from the Hulk vs. the stubbornly clueless military and shifting to concepts and opponents more fantastical than himself provides a late boost and some promise for following volumes.
Despite the creative talent involved, I can't rate this more than 3 stars, which may even be a little generous.
This second volume collects much of the Hulk's solo feature in the comic Tales to Astonish. For the most part, this is serialized, told in 10 page installments, with the scripting by Stan Lee and artwork by notable silver age artists like Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, and John Buscema.
The Hulk's early adventures could be somewhat uneven, with the concept of the character in a state of flux. Initially something of a Jekyll and Hyde knock-off, the character developed into more of a tormented, raging beast. By the end of this book, the Hulk has developed into the character that he would remain until decades later under Peter David's writing.
This volume, while streamlining the character of the Hulk, does show a lack of inspiration in the types of stories being told with him. While villains such as the Leader and the Abomination are thrown in, much of the action is in the form of Thunderbolt Ross and the army attempting to capture/destroy the Hulk. Stan Lee often talked about the illusion of change in comics, but these stories are often repetitive and formulaic, with Ross generally responsible for a greater threat in trying to combat the Hulk. The Hulk then defeats the threat, sometimes earning a brief respite, but invariably Ross goes back to viewing him as a menace to be removed.
It's at the very end of this volume that the stories veer from that formula, with the Hulk interacting with the High Evolutionary and his genetically engineered New Men. Getting away from the Hulk vs. the stubbornly clueless military and shifting to concepts and opponents more fantastical than himself provides a late boost and some promise for following volumes.
Despite the creative talent involved, I can't rate this more than 3 stars, which may even be a little generous.
October 15, 2023
After only appearing as a guest star in other titles for a few years, the Hulk finally gets a home in Tales to Astonish. Tales to Astonish began including 10 page Hulk stories (as well as 12 page Giant Man, and later Sub-Mariner stories) from #60 onwards. This book includes all the Hulk stories in Tales to Astonish until #96.
It's not bad. If you've read other Stan Lee comics from the 1960's then you know what to expect. A lot of great characters but also a lot of contrived stories that don't always make a lot of sense, or that contradict themselves (For example, the Hulk always wants to be left alone. When he finally gets a place all to himself, he gets angry that he's all alone and wants to be where others are).
Still, despite it's shortcomings, these stories are entertaining, and the art is great. There's also the debut of some major Hulk villains such as the Leader and Abomination. Unexpectedly, it also has the debut of Boomerang who seems to have been a much bigger threat then he is these days. Mostly though, the biggest threat to the Hulk continues to be General Ross and the army, who constantly hound him.
A good collection for fans of classic Hulk.
It's not bad. If you've read other Stan Lee comics from the 1960's then you know what to expect. A lot of great characters but also a lot of contrived stories that don't always make a lot of sense, or that contradict themselves (For example, the Hulk always wants to be left alone. When he finally gets a place all to himself, he gets angry that he's all alone and wants to be where others are).
Still, despite it's shortcomings, these stories are entertaining, and the art is great. There's also the debut of some major Hulk villains such as the Leader and Abomination. Unexpectedly, it also has the debut of Boomerang who seems to have been a much bigger threat then he is these days. Mostly though, the biggest threat to the Hulk continues to be General Ross and the army, who constantly hound him.
A good collection for fans of classic Hulk.
April 4, 2018
This feels kind of like the Amazing Spider-Man comicstrip (or any other very short serial).
It seems like the authors are trying to come up with clever ways to tread water. But then big, huge stuff also happens, very briefly.
I can't believe people liked getting B-stories like this for years.
This is probably only interesting for historical purposes. Note that the Leader is unintentionally a sad and unmenacing figure and Glenn Talbot may be the greatest person in Marvel history (rather than a sneering villain.) Also note that, for some reason, the authors originally thought it would be interesting for the Hulk to revert to Bruce Banner whenever the Hulk was stressed. This creates more tension, but was reversed in this volume to the now-classic "The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets."
The changes in art style are interesting, but do not seem to add much.
It seems like the authors are trying to come up with clever ways to tread water. But then big, huge stuff also happens, very briefly.
I can't believe people liked getting B-stories like this for years.
This is probably only interesting for historical purposes. Note that the Leader is unintentionally a sad and unmenacing figure and Glenn Talbot may be the greatest person in Marvel history (rather than a sneering villain.) Also note that, for some reason, the authors originally thought it would be interesting for the Hulk to revert to Bruce Banner whenever the Hulk was stressed. This creates more tension, but was reversed in this volume to the now-classic "The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets."
The changes in art style are interesting, but do not seem to add much.
September 30, 2021
Tales #60-96 (luta com robô criado por banner , o camaleão , primeira aparição do líder , banner é capturado por um exército russo, o super humanoid do líder , Hulk uni se ao líder e vai parar ao templo do vigia onde luta contra a criatura mais poderosa da galáxia, Hulk viaja no tempo para o futuro , vs o executor , vs Hércules , vs tyrannus , vs boomerang , confronto feroz com um novo super humanoid , enfrenta o estranho mas passa a ser uma marioneta contra a humanidade nas maos dele , a origem e o primeiro confronto com o abominável, primeiro confronto com o surfista prateado , encontra o alto evolucionário)
É tb neste período que todos ficam a saber que o Hulk é o banner
É tb neste período que todos ficam a saber que o Hulk é o banner
September 15, 2024
I started out by really not liking this book but I came around a bit by the end. I thought the really long ongoing story with the leader got boring early and didn't improve, but I did enjoy some of the stuff after that. The standout to me was the story with high evolutionary which was, to me, randomly way better than anything else in this book.
December 31, 2020
Classic endless circle Hulk.
Banner turns to Hulk > Hulk smash > Betty worries, Rick searches and Gen. Ross calls in the troops > Hulk fights troops > Hulk meets a baddie, fights baddie > Hulk wins and runs away > Hulk turns back into Banner.
Banner turns to Hulk > Hulk smash > Betty worries, Rick searches and Gen. Ross calls in the troops > Hulk fights troops > Hulk meets a baddie, fights baddie > Hulk wins and runs away > Hulk turns back into Banner.
August 24, 2023
A collection of a wider variety than the first volume when it came to the content of the stories, however, not all that great. Was interesting reading this before seeing the High Evolutionary in GOTG Vol 3, though.
May 13, 2020
All the characters are frustratingly static, and Stan Lee's writing got on my nerves. A real slog.
March 18, 2021
3.5 stars...Herc and Leader were fun early on... Boomerang was very dated...but towards the end it got really interesting with the Silver Surfer and the High Evolutionary
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