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The Immortal Hulk (Collected Editions)
The Immortal Hulk, Vol. 6: We Believe in Bruce Banner
The critically acclaimed series continues! With a new base of power at his command, the Immortal Hulk has decided to stop smashing the world and start changing it. First on his list? The Evil Roxxon Corporation. But the company's CEO will not go down without a fight. Dario Agger survived the War of The Realms and will take whatever means necessary to stop the Immortal Hulk! Plus: What is the Hulk Generation? And a return to Monster Isle!
COLLECTING: IMMORTAL HULK 26-30.
COLLECTING: IMMORTAL HULK 26-30.
112 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2020
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September 20, 2021
I thought Immortal Hulk was a bit less horror and a bit more political with this one.
It's not bad at all, but I could feel myself slowly losing interest at first because it was the creepy element that originally hooked me. It seemed like this was going to veer from freaky to soapbox-y, but it got back to Hulk Smash and I ended up liking this volume quite a bit by the time it was over.
The gist is that Banner is starting a violent revolution against corporations because nothing else is working to stop them from basically ruining/destroying pretty much everything. And I can't say that I disagree with his views. I mean, how are these assholes getting away with this shit time and time again. Too big to fail, my ass.
The Minotaur is quite the literal evil head of the Roxxon corporation and he makes a pretty good bad guy. He brings the monsters - again literally.
I'm honestly not sure how he keeps a staff around him, though, as he seems to crush heads willy-nilly throughout the whole story.
Between Banner going rogue with a military slush fund, some interesting theories floating around about his dissociative identity disorder, and the mystery of whythefuck you can't kill a Hulk, this is one of the top titles I look forward to reading right now.
I honestly think this is going somewhere interesting.
The writing and art are both very solid, so if you haven't checked this title out...?
Well, why haven't you checked this title out?!
It's not bad at all, but I could feel myself slowly losing interest at first because it was the creepy element that originally hooked me. It seemed like this was going to veer from freaky to soapbox-y, but it got back to Hulk Smash and I ended up liking this volume quite a bit by the time it was over.
The gist is that Banner is starting a violent revolution against corporations because nothing else is working to stop them from basically ruining/destroying pretty much everything. And I can't say that I disagree with his views. I mean, how are these assholes getting away with this shit time and time again. Too big to fail, my ass.
The Minotaur is quite the literal evil head of the Roxxon corporation and he makes a pretty good bad guy. He brings the monsters - again literally.
I'm honestly not sure how he keeps a staff around him, though, as he seems to crush heads willy-nilly throughout the whole story.
Between Banner going rogue with a military slush fund, some interesting theories floating around about his dissociative identity disorder, and the mystery of whythefuck you can't kill a Hulk, this is one of the top titles I look forward to reading right now.
I honestly think this is going somewhere interesting.
The writing and art are both very solid, so if you haven't checked this title out...?
Well, why haven't you checked this title out?!
April 13, 2020
Immortal Hulk Volume 6: We Believe in Bruce Banner collects IMMORTAL HULK 26-30.
In this volume, Bruce Banner releases a manifesto, saying humanity can't survive under its current systems and singles out disaster capitalism in the form of Roxxon Oil! Social media mobilizes a new Teen Brigade of Hulk supporters. Roxxon recruits some monsters of its own...
Is political horror a genre yet? If not, it should be after this. The Minotaur embodies everything wrong with today's flavor of capitalism and is one of the slimier villains I've encountered in recent years. Pitting him against the unstoppable force of the Hulk is a no-brainer. My only gripe with this book is that it's very decompressed and seemed like it was over before it really got going. Xemnu the Titan is prominent on the cover but is on maybe three panels in the entire book.
I've officially run out of ways to praise this book. The Immortal Hulk is one of the smarter books on the racks and the horror approach to The Hulk continues to amaze two and a half years into the run. Al Ewing and Joe Bennett continue to produce the best Hulk run in decades.
In this volume, Bruce Banner releases a manifesto, saying humanity can't survive under its current systems and singles out disaster capitalism in the form of Roxxon Oil! Social media mobilizes a new Teen Brigade of Hulk supporters. Roxxon recruits some monsters of its own...
Is political horror a genre yet? If not, it should be after this. The Minotaur embodies everything wrong with today's flavor of capitalism and is one of the slimier villains I've encountered in recent years. Pitting him against the unstoppable force of the Hulk is a no-brainer. My only gripe with this book is that it's very decompressed and seemed like it was over before it really got going. Xemnu the Titan is prominent on the cover but is on maybe three panels in the entire book.
I've officially run out of ways to praise this book. The Immortal Hulk is one of the smarter books on the racks and the horror approach to The Hulk continues to amaze two and a half years into the run. Al Ewing and Joe Bennett continue to produce the best Hulk run in decades.
April 10, 2021
Hulk declares war on entities harming the Earth. First up, Roxxon and Dario Agger from Jason Aaron's Thor run. Their brand of disaster capitalism has Hulk smashing. Banner and the Hulk are mostly secondary characters in this. The story is mainly told through the eyes of Dario Agger and those working with the Hulk. Oh, and if you're expecting Xemnu the Titan from the cover, that's largely a tease. He doesn't show up until the last page.
January 9, 2023
Reread: 09/01/2023
This was another great one and the book becomes a bit socio-political and it could be divisive but still shows the new nature of Hulk and well great new enemy in Dario Agger/Minotaur, aka Mr Roxxon and thus the evil corp. comes in this book and I love the monologue of the villain and how he plans to exploit and use the hulk and it leads to some crazy plots and amazing fights especially with Lovecraftian monsters and so that will be fun to see, one of those volumes that just ups the ante on the monster smashing and thats why its better! Plus the art is just wonderful like I said but that cameo in the end promises even crazier stories ahead!! Highly recommending it!!
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Hulk takes control of shadowbase and we have his next enemy coming in the form of Roxxon and Dario Agger aka The Minotaur and since Bruce is targeting corporations and so Roxxon is on his list and he hurts the servers of Roxxon which leads to tumbling losses and in response to that we have them unleashing what could be described as Lovecraftian-monsters which is designed to spoil the Hulk's image in a way, only for a new foe to come in and its intriguing who it is. Loved this whole sequence and there are some cringy scenes in the book, idk why the author put it there but barring that other things are quite awesome!
This was another great one and the book becomes a bit socio-political and it could be divisive but still shows the new nature of Hulk and well great new enemy in Dario Agger/Minotaur, aka Mr Roxxon and thus the evil corp. comes in this book and I love the monologue of the villain and how he plans to exploit and use the hulk and it leads to some crazy plots and amazing fights especially with Lovecraftian monsters and so that will be fun to see, one of those volumes that just ups the ante on the monster smashing and thats why its better! Plus the art is just wonderful like I said but that cameo in the end promises even crazier stories ahead!! Highly recommending it!!
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Hulk takes control of shadowbase and we have his next enemy coming in the form of Roxxon and Dario Agger aka The Minotaur and since Bruce is targeting corporations and so Roxxon is on his list and he hurts the servers of Roxxon which leads to tumbling losses and in response to that we have them unleashing what could be described as Lovecraftian-monsters which is designed to spoil the Hulk's image in a way, only for a new foe to come in and its intriguing who it is. Loved this whole sequence and there are some cringy scenes in the book, idk why the author put it there but barring that other things are quite awesome!
August 5, 2020
This superlative book continues to go from strength-to-strength. I've been reading the Hulk since 1982 and I can honestly say I think this is the best it has ever been (sorry, Mr. David; your seminal run is a VERY close second). If you have ANY interest in the Hulk and have been waiting for a good time to put your toe in the gamma-waters... well, screw dipping your toe; JUMP RIGHT IN! The gamma-water is frickin' awesome!
December 23, 2024
The series has been excellent so far but now appears to be sliding off the rails a bit. Woke Hulk. Hulk declares war on a large corporation with much political babble and green nonsense. Bernie Sanders and AOC would be proud. We hear enough of this in the real world.
April 27, 2020
Over the last few years, Al Ewing's Immortal Hulk has already been very successful but incorporating the classic Marvel character's mythos into an almost horror-style genre. One might even worry that the gamma-powered "demonic" element could get old, as fun as these storylines may be, but by volume 6 of this series there is no sign Ewing will ever run out of engaging and unique ideas.
In this book, the villain happens to be the Roxxon corporation. Headed by an evil minotaur. This is apparently a connection to the less successful 'War of the Realms' crossover, but we don't really need to know that. Rather, the focus is on Roxxon as an toxic right-wing corporation, complete with a Roxx News channel. Get the satire?
Along with Sean Murphy's Batman: White Knight series, Immortal Hulk expresses some of the best socially progressive takes in the superhero genre. While the usual vigilante vs thug archetype actually proves to be somewhat problematic if you think too much about it, it's very inspiring to see writers utilize such mythology to comment on serious societal issues. Well done.
All that, and also the Hulk fights giant monsters in entertaining and violent fashion. What's not to love!
In this book, the villain happens to be the Roxxon corporation. Headed by an evil minotaur. This is apparently a connection to the less successful 'War of the Realms' crossover, but we don't really need to know that. Rather, the focus is on Roxxon as an toxic right-wing corporation, complete with a Roxx News channel. Get the satire?
Along with Sean Murphy's Batman: White Knight series, Immortal Hulk expresses some of the best socially progressive takes in the superhero genre. While the usual vigilante vs thug archetype actually proves to be somewhat problematic if you think too much about it, it's very inspiring to see writers utilize such mythology to comment on serious societal issues. Well done.
All that, and also the Hulk fights giant monsters in entertaining and violent fashion. What's not to love!
February 7, 2020
Ewing just can't seem to make a bad Hulk Arc.
Just when you think Al Ewing is hitting every horror genre, body horror, gore horror, or just general monster horror. He decides to go into the biggest horror of them all..political horror.
When hulk's followers begin to rally in his name, the head of Roxxon, Dario Agger from War of Realms wants to take hulk down. But in a fight? He can't win. Hulk is just too powerful. What if he can get the media on his side? What if he can create his own Hulk like savior. What if Hulk's mission is too far gone from the people?
Somehow Ewing does even a political story with the Hulk insanely interesting. From the thought of people revolting to fight for the hulk, or in the name of, to the "White Messiah" style storyline this is heading towards, everything adds up. Dario Agger is a piece of shit but he works well as one and despite his huge size, its his brains that is the scary part. The art still is solid and some epic fight scenes follow. My only negative is it feels a bit rushed at the later half of this arc.
Overall, Hulk is damn good once again. I'm hoping it stays in the 4 or 5 star range because this is Hulk's strongest run by far. A 4 out of 5.
Just when you think Al Ewing is hitting every horror genre, body horror, gore horror, or just general monster horror. He decides to go into the biggest horror of them all..political horror.
When hulk's followers begin to rally in his name, the head of Roxxon, Dario Agger from War of Realms wants to take hulk down. But in a fight? He can't win. Hulk is just too powerful. What if he can get the media on his side? What if he can create his own Hulk like savior. What if Hulk's mission is too far gone from the people?
Somehow Ewing does even a political story with the Hulk insanely interesting. From the thought of people revolting to fight for the hulk, or in the name of, to the "White Messiah" style storyline this is heading towards, everything adds up. Dario Agger is a piece of shit but he works well as one and despite his huge size, its his brains that is the scary part. The art still is solid and some epic fight scenes follow. My only negative is it feels a bit rushed at the later half of this arc.
Overall, Hulk is damn good once again. I'm hoping it stays in the 4 or 5 star range because this is Hulk's strongest run by far. A 4 out of 5.
May 27, 2025
Six volumes in and this series is still very strong. Both the writing and the art are top notch. This particular volume focuses heavily on an anti-corporate storyline as Hulk goes up against the power of the Roxxon Corporation.
October 21, 2020
This run of the Hulk is still going super-strong. I did prefer the earlier volumes' focus on the psychology of Banner and the disassociative personalities, it's true, but this one makes up for that by going political on us.
Can you say Disaster Capitalism? Well, Devil Hulk can say Disaster Capitalism. He also happens to have Banner's sense of tactics.
Me likey. Me likey -- a lot. It's best to have good intelligence and use it intelligently, after all, and if you have an excellent target, then, by all means, HULK SMASH. :)
The fact that it's targeted at the young (within the story's narrative) doesn't mean that the anger we all feel isn't coming out in spades. People are TIRED of the short-sale of our world.
Let me put it this way: this comic is very much of our time, and it's good.
Can you say Disaster Capitalism? Well, Devil Hulk can say Disaster Capitalism. He also happens to have Banner's sense of tactics.
Me likey. Me likey -- a lot. It's best to have good intelligence and use it intelligently, after all, and if you have an excellent target, then, by all means, HULK SMASH. :)
The fact that it's targeted at the young (within the story's narrative) doesn't mean that the anger we all feel isn't coming out in spades. People are TIRED of the short-sale of our world.
Let me put it this way: this comic is very much of our time, and it's good.
September 14, 2022
3.5: Not my favorite out of the series, but it wasn't all that bad either. I was surprised how volume went down, considering the ending of the last one. In the last volume, the last issue is this whole cosmic thing that I thought was leading in to this volume. And, even though I didn't love this volume, I'm glad we got this instead of what I thought we were going to get, because I really didn't like the last issue (of the last volume).
So, instead of the space stuff, we get more of a political hulk. He decides that he's going to change the world, and we basically follow him doing that.
We also follow the leader of Roxxon, who is trying to stop Hulk. At the end, there is a big battle, so if that's the reason why you read this series, don't worry it's still here. And, to be honest I wish there was a tad more of that and less of the politics because, it got boring after a while in my opinion.
I recommend.
So, instead of the space stuff, we get more of a political hulk. He decides that he's going to change the world, and we basically follow him doing that.
We also follow the leader of Roxxon, who is trying to stop Hulk. At the end, there is a big battle, so if that's the reason why you read this series, don't worry it's still here. And, to be honest I wish there was a tad more of that and less of the politics because, it got boring after a while in my opinion.
I recommend.
March 22, 2020
Is there anything this book can't do? Apparently finished with the Green Door for now, Bruce Banner turns his attention on fixing the world, and that means taking down Dario Agger and Roxxon. Good on you, Bruce. Tear down the system, and all that.
Of course, this involves Hulk-Smashing his way through some Roxxon facilities, and Agger responds with giant monsters of his own. It's all very political, and a different bent to the book after all the existential introspection from the last few arcs. It's definitely just as good, but the book's shifted gear and it takes a second for the reader to catch up.
The middle issue, with guest artist Mattias Bergara, focuses almost entirely on a new Teen Brigade, a little like that issue from a few volumes back in which we focused on different characters and their interpretation of the Hulk. It's issues like this that show Ewing really knows what he's doing - they could come across as filler, but instead they're entirely necessary additions to the story that enhance everything around it even if it doesn't push the story forward.
Joe Bennett's super-creepy artwork remains in place for the rest of the volume, which is only going from strength to strength. The fact that he can keep up with the shipping schedule and remain this strong, even with the additional inkers involved, is crazy.
Immortal Hulk's here to stay, clearly, as we move into a new storyline that promises to be just as insane as previously, even if it's from a completely different angle.
Of course, this involves Hulk-Smashing his way through some Roxxon facilities, and Agger responds with giant monsters of his own. It's all very political, and a different bent to the book after all the existential introspection from the last few arcs. It's definitely just as good, but the book's shifted gear and it takes a second for the reader to catch up.
The middle issue, with guest artist Mattias Bergara, focuses almost entirely on a new Teen Brigade, a little like that issue from a few volumes back in which we focused on different characters and their interpretation of the Hulk. It's issues like this that show Ewing really knows what he's doing - they could come across as filler, but instead they're entirely necessary additions to the story that enhance everything around it even if it doesn't push the story forward.
Joe Bennett's super-creepy artwork remains in place for the rest of the volume, which is only going from strength to strength. The fact that he can keep up with the shipping schedule and remain this strong, even with the additional inkers involved, is crazy.
Immortal Hulk's here to stay, clearly, as we move into a new storyline that promises to be just as insane as previously, even if it's from a completely different angle.
February 3, 2020
Lots of topical references in this volume, as Hulk and company decide to become terrorists targeting crooked corporations, internment camps, environmental despoilers, etc.
Lots of buildup issues with another decent Godzilla-like ending featuring a whole host of giant monsters to deal with.
Lots of buildup issues with another decent Godzilla-like ending featuring a whole host of giant monsters to deal with.
December 26, 2020
This volume is so incredibly clever. Six volumes in and this might be the best one. Eagerly anticipating reading more.
September 23, 2021
In Immortal Hulk, Volume 6, “We Believe in Bruce Banner”: Bruce and his team have taken over Shadow Base!; Roxxon’s CEO turns out to be the Minotaur!; Hulk wants to smash megacorporations!; Monsters unleashed in downtown Phoenix, AZ!; some giant Yeti-type monster shows up at the end to save the day… I think!
Al Ewing’s dark, weird, and super gory series is a unique and fun “interpretation” of the Hulk, although I feel like someone who is coming to the party extremely late, long after Rob from Accounting got wasted and called the boss a “douchebag” to his face and after Melissa from graphics was caught in the copy-room with that new intern doing the nasty and, also, the keg is dry. I don’t understand what is going on most of the time, and there are references to events that must have happened earlier in the day, but nobody will tell me anything. Like, who the fuck is the Minotaur? And, should I know who the fuck that Yeti guy is? Also, will someone please tell me what the fuck happened to Rick Jones?
Whatever, my serious lack of knowledge is not preventing me from having a good time. Party on, Hulk!
Al Ewing’s dark, weird, and super gory series is a unique and fun “interpretation” of the Hulk, although I feel like someone who is coming to the party extremely late, long after Rob from Accounting got wasted and called the boss a “douchebag” to his face and after Melissa from graphics was caught in the copy-room with that new intern doing the nasty and, also, the keg is dry. I don’t understand what is going on most of the time, and there are references to events that must have happened earlier in the day, but nobody will tell me anything. Like, who the fuck is the Minotaur? And, should I know who the fuck that Yeti guy is? Also, will someone please tell me what the fuck happened to Rick Jones?
Whatever, my serious lack of knowledge is not preventing me from having a good time. Party on, Hulk!
September 6, 2020
This volume leads off with the eponymous issue, which is rather brilliant: Banner decides that humans are the problem, and that he's going to put an end to it. Which sounds rather ominous.
The main plot sort of spins off of that: a war against Roxxon. And it's quite good. Ewing builds off of Aaron's brilliant work in Thor, which made Roxxon an entirely different sort of baddie. Even better, we get Banner really being proactive in his work against Roxxon, much to their surprise and our delight.
The only particular weakness in this volume is the final issue, because Ewing needs a big climax every five issues, and here it's a monster bash, unfortunately followed by a non-ending.
Still, this book continues to be great.
The main plot sort of spins off of that: a war against Roxxon. And it's quite good. Ewing builds off of Aaron's brilliant work in Thor, which made Roxxon an entirely different sort of baddie. Even better, we get Banner really being proactive in his work against Roxxon, much to their surprise and our delight.
The only particular weakness in this volume is the final issue, because Ewing needs a big climax every five issues, and here it's a monster bash, unfortunately followed by a non-ending.
Still, this book continues to be great.
May 7, 2022
The Hulk enters the realm of politics and attempts to destroy the status quo while the Minotaur plots destruction to overturn the fame and love the Hulk is getting among the teenage rebels of the world. I really enjoyed this story arc and direction, giving the Hulk such an interesting angle to explore in his role as a symbol/icon to humans.
March 27, 2020
An improvement on the last volume, but a huge teaser on the front cover. Don’t expect to see him.
This volume is all about planning - for banner and hulk to start making changes.
This volume is all about planning - for banner and hulk to start making changes.
January 21, 2023
The Immortal Hulk Vol. 6 We Believe In Bruce Banner collects issues 26-30 of the Marvel Comics series written by Al Ewing with art by Joe Bennett, Tom Reilly, and Matías Bergara.
The Hulk and Bruce Banner have taken over the control of Shadow Base and are use its technology to help further Gamma research for their own benefit. The Roxxon Corporation has set its hooks into capitalizing on Hulk rampages and profiting off his damage.
This arc lost me. It’s such a departure from the last arc with a big focus on some Ox-man character who I have no knowledge of. How is in he charge of this major company, why is he targeting Hulk, and why is so angry, why is he an ox? None of that is explained. I tuned out to a lot of this and just watched Hulk beat up some random monsters at the end. Hopefully the book rebounds after this.
The Hulk and Bruce Banner have taken over the control of Shadow Base and are use its technology to help further Gamma research for their own benefit. The Roxxon Corporation has set its hooks into capitalizing on Hulk rampages and profiting off his damage.
This arc lost me. It’s such a departure from the last arc with a big focus on some Ox-man character who I have no knowledge of. How is in he charge of this major company, why is he targeting Hulk, and why is so angry, why is he an ox? None of that is explained. I tuned out to a lot of this and just watched Hulk beat up some random monsters at the end. Hopefully the book rebounds after this.
September 9, 2020
Al Ewing and the current Hulk team create a nightmarish, near-apocalyptic world that is all too close to our own. This is a horror comic populated by homunculi whose physical forms ring with the cruelty and cynicism of their thoughts and behavior.
The art is spectacular and epic, as it must be for this story. This comic will make you think, laugh, and feel horrified, sometimes all at once.
This is the best, most focused volume yet in this excellent run and I can't wait for book 7.
The art is spectacular and epic, as it must be for this story. This comic will make you think, laugh, and feel horrified, sometimes all at once.
This is the best, most focused volume yet in this excellent run and I can't wait for book 7.
March 22, 2020
4.5*
Great arc!
Great arc!
August 22, 2020
I love the layers we keep uncovering with this version of Hulk.
July 8, 2020
It's a bit weird to see all the stuff about anarchist protestors and their conservative haters here on the other side of June 2020.
But other than that unsettling coincidence, there are just too many boring talking heads, overuse of the always awful Dario Agger Minotaur character, and a dumb it's-obviously-a-trap-but-we-must-walk-into-it situation.
This is normally the point in a series where I'd stop seeking out subsequent volumes, but I've heard it might be ending at #50, so I might come back for closure after the entire last half is available at my library or on Hoopla.
But other than that unsettling coincidence, there are just too many boring talking heads, overuse of the always awful Dario Agger Minotaur character, and a dumb it's-obviously-a-trap-but-we-must-walk-into-it situation.
This is normally the point in a series where I'd stop seeking out subsequent volumes, but I've heard it might be ending at #50, so I might come back for closure after the entire last half is available at my library or on Hoopla.
June 12, 2020
Not too sure about this one. Maybe I'm forgetting the last volume, so I apologize. This felt a bit more confusing and a bit less horror-filled than previous outings. Also maybe the volume with the least amount of substantial Hulk time. Oh well, they've still not lost me yet.
June 6, 2020
So Bruce Banner says, "The human world is a world that destroys itself--and all who try to live in it--to make money for a tiny percentage of those in charge...I am not a hero, I can't save the world. I'm not that person anymore. I can't build what needs to be built. But I can smash what needs to be smashed."
To which Amadeus Cho replies, "What's the plan here, Bruce? Is it just to break everything and hope things get better? Because I feel like we've seen that one lately."
And Cho's right because that hasn't worked so well for us lately, has it?
But Hulk does have a plan and he's going to become a little more intentional about those things he chooses to smash, a little more selective in his smashing, shall we say.
So he starts off by destroying Facebook and Fox News...
Please, don’t let it be a dream, don’t let it be a dream, don’t let it be a dream!
To which Amadeus Cho replies, "What's the plan here, Bruce? Is it just to break everything and hope things get better? Because I feel like we've seen that one lately."
And Cho's right because that hasn't worked so well for us lately, has it?
But Hulk does have a plan and he's going to become a little more intentional about those things he chooses to smash, a little more selective in his smashing, shall we say.
So he starts off by destroying Facebook and Fox News...
Please, don’t let it be a dream, don’t let it be a dream, don’t let it be a dream!
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February 1, 2020"There are the young people...you all...you do give me hope. Some hope. But you won't change anything either. None of you will. Not unless what is stopping you is removed. I am not a hero. I can't save the world. I'm not that person anymore. I can't build what needs to be built.
But I can smash what needs to be smashed."
There have been hints already at the Hulk's plan – that, dumb as some of his forms may seem, even he has realised that humanity can't go on as it has been, stripping the world bare for the benefit of a greedy few. But now he has the resources and organisation to back his sheer brute power, and the agreement of Bruce Banner. He also has the perfect antagonist in Dario Agger, the Roxxon CEO and closet minotaur from Jason Aaron's Thor, who, just as real CEOs will, has escaped anything but the most desultory slap on the wrist for literally aligning against humanity. Yeah, in his case it was with an army of dark elves and frost giants, rather than unchecked climate catastrophe in the scientific sense, but really, where's the difference? And it turns out he's quite happy to profit from the other one too. Something the Hulk is now taking a stand against, via a plan which recalls the first series of Mr Robot, except with significantly more smashing. Tell me again about how Marvel have stopped doing political books.
But I can smash what needs to be smashed."
There have been hints already at the Hulk's plan – that, dumb as some of his forms may seem, even he has realised that humanity can't go on as it has been, stripping the world bare for the benefit of a greedy few. But now he has the resources and organisation to back his sheer brute power, and the agreement of Bruce Banner. He also has the perfect antagonist in Dario Agger, the Roxxon CEO and closet minotaur from Jason Aaron's Thor, who, just as real CEOs will, has escaped anything but the most desultory slap on the wrist for literally aligning against humanity. Yeah, in his case it was with an army of dark elves and frost giants, rather than unchecked climate catastrophe in the scientific sense, but really, where's the difference? And it turns out he's quite happy to profit from the other one too. Something the Hulk is now taking a stand against, via a plan which recalls the first series of Mr Robot, except with significantly more smashing. Tell me again about how Marvel have stopped doing political books.
February 6, 2021
I think I'm finally getting into the Immortal Hulk series. We've waded through the "HULK SMASH" and "Green Door" nonsense, so the series can finally settle in to what it was always meant to be: an esoteric discussion of haves and have nots and who deserves what.
Yeah! I'm surprised too! We Believe in Bruce Banner is at least 50% talking heads, with Bruce/Hulk arguing for a redistribution of wealth and power and Dario Agger/Minotaur/Roxxon CEO arguing for more pap for the masses. It's a weird, subtle power battle that requires a lot of explanation and discussion. Fortunately, Al Ewing is an author well-suited to digging in to complex ideas. He's got a surprising knack for distilling man vs. media into pithy dialogue that still usually ends in a punchfest. So, if you're here for Hulk fighting a monster, you won't be disappointed.
Joe Bennett's art continues to be superb. I'm still just shocked at how much I enjoyed We Believe in Bruce Banner on an intellectual level. This stuff is terrifically compelling and I can't wait to see what happens next.
Yeah! I'm surprised too! We Believe in Bruce Banner is at least 50% talking heads, with Bruce/Hulk arguing for a redistribution of wealth and power and Dario Agger/Minotaur/Roxxon CEO arguing for more pap for the masses. It's a weird, subtle power battle that requires a lot of explanation and discussion. Fortunately, Al Ewing is an author well-suited to digging in to complex ideas. He's got a surprising knack for distilling man vs. media into pithy dialogue that still usually ends in a punchfest. So, if you're here for Hulk fighting a monster, you won't be disappointed.
Joe Bennett's art continues to be superb. I'm still just shocked at how much I enjoyed We Believe in Bruce Banner on an intellectual level. This stuff is terrifically compelling and I can't wait to see what happens next.
June 5, 2020
Oh god, that was bad. The entire run collected here is just talking, talking for pages and pages and pages and pages. Not the good kind of dialog you can get in a comic, the talking is actually the rantings of the Roxxon CEO, the god thing Minotaur who just to make sure you know he is the bad guy kills most of his assistants as he talks. The whole Roxxon company can just continue to operate while killing millions around the world but Americans and somehow the Punnisher or Cable or Deadpool don't just off them is dumb. Having them as the next bad guy for the Hulk is dumb. Disappointed in what had been a great series just sucking now.
December 23, 2022
Immortal Hulk, Volume 6: We Believe in Bruce Banner
Author: Ewing, Bennet, Reilly, Bergara
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Publishing Date: 2020
Pgs: 112
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REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Summary:
Bruce Banner is just getting started! He has an underground fortress. He has powerful allies. He’s even got henchmen. He’s got everything he needs to declare total war on human society. Bruce Banner is the most dangerous man in the world! Now, the Immortal Hulk is taking the fight to Earth’s lords and masters: the Roxxon Corporation. But when you mess with the Minotaur, you get the horns! Meanwhile, who are the members of the new Teen Brigade, and what role will they play in the Immortal Hulk’s newest scheme? Plus: Years ago, the first Gamma Bomb unleashed a terrifying creature with impossible strength who raged against the world. The authorities gave the beast a name — a name the whole world knows. But it was someone else’s name first, and now the Hulk That Was has returned to take the name back!
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Genre:
Marvel Comics
Comics
Superhero
Why this book:
Because I read the other volumes.
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Cover and Interior Art:
The Minotaur is a great character. But damn his design needed more work. He's Giffen-esque. And I'm not a big fan of Giffen-esque, especially if not drawn by Keith. The Minotaur seems almost drawn by a different hand than other characters in the same scene with him.
Hmm Moments:
So, they outed McGowan after protecting her from prosecution, as long as she agreed to work for them. Could be an official outing, or sour grapes from some of the rats who jumped from the ship to other black-budget projects. Fortean wouldn’t have been the only true believer in a program of that size. Just as he was a Ross fanboy, there would be Fortean fanboys.
Roxxon got themselves a kaiju, no four kaiju. Nice.
Uhm Moments:
Did Bruce and company communicate to Sunset Bain that something bad was about to happen to the Roxxon soc media servers? Does preknowledge and planning for a superhero/super terror attack constitute insider trading?
Meh / PFFT Moments:
I believe in Bruce Banner. ...really? Are we headed for a green messiah arc or is he going to lead a gamma terrorist organization, secretly... Not so secretly since he just announced he was leading a "secret" group with a government-funded black budget?
Wait...What?:
A government black budget program openly lead by the Hulk. …yeah, there wouldn’t be bipartisan furor in Washington and committee meetings and investigations into that. Sure there wouldn’t be.
Suspension of Disbelief:
Oh c'mon. Xemnu the f-ing Titan shows up as the savior, backed by Roxxon, the dirtiest corporation in the Marvel Universe, and everyone is going to accept it and treat Hulk as the villain of the piece. C'mon. Incredulity just snapped.
The Unexpected:
Xemnu the Titan, always good to see that villain/force of nature show up in comics.
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Last Page Sound:
This was just a collection, not a complete story. Nothing in this is complete. This went cliffhanger. I hate that. Even the title of the purported collection failed to pay off. Meh.
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Author: Ewing, Bennet, Reilly, Bergara
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Publishing Date: 2020
Pgs: 112
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REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Summary:
Bruce Banner is just getting started! He has an underground fortress. He has powerful allies. He’s even got henchmen. He’s got everything he needs to declare total war on human society. Bruce Banner is the most dangerous man in the world! Now, the Immortal Hulk is taking the fight to Earth’s lords and masters: the Roxxon Corporation. But when you mess with the Minotaur, you get the horns! Meanwhile, who are the members of the new Teen Brigade, and what role will they play in the Immortal Hulk’s newest scheme? Plus: Years ago, the first Gamma Bomb unleashed a terrifying creature with impossible strength who raged against the world. The authorities gave the beast a name — a name the whole world knows. But it was someone else’s name first, and now the Hulk That Was has returned to take the name back!
_________________________________________
Genre:
Marvel Comics
Comics
Superhero
Why this book:
Because I read the other volumes.
_________________________________________
Cover and Interior Art:
The Minotaur is a great character. But damn his design needed more work. He's Giffen-esque. And I'm not a big fan of Giffen-esque, especially if not drawn by Keith. The Minotaur seems almost drawn by a different hand than other characters in the same scene with him.
Hmm Moments:
So, they outed McGowan after protecting her from prosecution, as long as she agreed to work for them. Could be an official outing, or sour grapes from some of the rats who jumped from the ship to other black-budget projects. Fortean wouldn’t have been the only true believer in a program of that size. Just as he was a Ross fanboy, there would be Fortean fanboys.
Roxxon got themselves a kaiju, no four kaiju. Nice.
Uhm Moments:
Did Bruce and company communicate to Sunset Bain that something bad was about to happen to the Roxxon soc media servers? Does preknowledge and planning for a superhero/super terror attack constitute insider trading?
Meh / PFFT Moments:
I believe in Bruce Banner. ...really? Are we headed for a green messiah arc or is he going to lead a gamma terrorist organization, secretly... Not so secretly since he just announced he was leading a "secret" group with a government-funded black budget?
Wait...What?:
A government black budget program openly lead by the Hulk. …yeah, there wouldn’t be bipartisan furor in Washington and committee meetings and investigations into that. Sure there wouldn’t be.
Suspension of Disbelief:
Oh c'mon. Xemnu the f-ing Titan shows up as the savior, backed by Roxxon, the dirtiest corporation in the Marvel Universe, and everyone is going to accept it and treat Hulk as the villain of the piece. C'mon. Incredulity just snapped.
The Unexpected:
Xemnu the Titan, always good to see that villain/force of nature show up in comics.
_________________________________________
Last Page Sound:
This was just a collection, not a complete story. Nothing in this is complete. This went cliffhanger. I hate that. Even the title of the purported collection failed to pay off. Meh.
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January 23, 2021
É sensacional, é incrível, é fabulosa a maneira como Al Ewing consegue entender o funcionamento dos homens, dos monstros ou de ambos, projetar e revelar essa monstruosidade dentro de uma singela história em quadrinhos do gigante esmeralda, o Hulk. Neste encadernado, o roteirista entende que todos os movimentos políticos de extrema direita tão populares nos últimos anos só funcionam pela conivência das grandes empresas de comunicação digital por onde essas ideias são manifestadas, manipuladas e distribuídas. A solução de Hulk/Bruce Banner neste arco de histórias? Destruir com os conglomerados de mídia digital. Já pensou se para derrotar de vez Trumps, Bolsonaros, Erdogans e outros totalitaristas um monstro verde resolvesse incitar uma guerra destruindo os processadores e servidores de Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp e demais redes sociais? Se era ódio que eles queriam ver manifestado, é com ódio que o Hulk trabalha. Essa metáfora da realidade mais atual do mundo pela visão de Banner e, consequentemente, de Al Ewing é simplesmente genial. E só não vai gostar quem passa pano pra esse tipo de pensamento ou quem não entendeu a metáfora que está mais do que na cara.
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