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The Immortal Hulk, Vol. 8: The Keeper of the Door
Follow the Leader! Hulk's archenemy sets his sights on infiltrating the green behemoth's friend group in preparation to enact his nefarious, long-fomenting plans. Can the Leader push Hulk beyond his breaking point? Al Ewing's best-selling, pulse-pounding story reaches new heights and new lows for the Hulk! COLLECTING: Immortal Hulk (2018) 36-40
112 pages, Paperback
First published February 2, 2021
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May 18, 2021
Hell yeah!
This one goes back to the supernatural horror vibes that the first few volumes did so well.
There's this whole crazy thing happening with Leader literally taking over Banner's mind. And with all the crazy characters in there, things get freaky fast.
Between this mysterious paranormal Green Door, Banner's horrible father, the original Hulk, every single one of Bruce's personalities vying for attention, and Leader with his insidious plans for...what?
What is he planning?!
I don't know. I don't know what's happening, but I'm here for whatever comes next.
Easily my favorite title coming out of Marvel right now!
If you are one of those people whose friends have been telling you to pick this up and give it a chance, but for whatever reason, you're reluctant to grab a Hulk comic? Stop your waffling and give it a shot. I have yet to have someone come back and tell me they weren't completely hooked after the first few issues.
Highly Recommended!
This one goes back to the supernatural horror vibes that the first few volumes did so well.
There's this whole crazy thing happening with Leader literally taking over Banner's mind. And with all the crazy characters in there, things get freaky fast.
Between this mysterious paranormal Green Door, Banner's horrible father, the original Hulk, every single one of Bruce's personalities vying for attention, and Leader with his insidious plans for...what?
What is he planning?!
I don't know. I don't know what's happening, but I'm here for whatever comes next.
Easily my favorite title coming out of Marvel right now!
If you are one of those people whose friends have been telling you to pick this up and give it a chance, but for whatever reason, you're reluctant to grab a Hulk comic? Stop your waffling and give it a shot. I have yet to have someone come back and tell me they weren't completely hooked after the first few issues.
Highly Recommended!
June 28, 2022
This has become one of the best Hulk runs out there. I love that Ewing has completely leaned into the horror angle. Joe Bennett delivers some body horror worthy of H.R. Giger. It's truly creepy. I really like how Banner's mindscape is portrayed as well.
In this arc, the Leader makes his presence known. He's wormed his way into the psyche of a few of the team members and manifestations of the Hulk. While we still don't know his end goal, he's got everyone on the run. Things are looking grim.
In this arc, the Leader makes his presence known. He's wormed his way into the psyche of a few of the team members and manifestations of the Hulk. While we still don't know his end goal, he's got everyone on the run. Things are looking grim.
May 21, 2023
Reread: 21/05/2023
I really liked this volume and it does read better the more you reread it, and each time you find something new and this one was so awesome, you get to see the mind palace of the Hulk and how the Leader is controlling it, the re-emergence of the devil hulk and I loved that part, this is like bringing it full circle and showing how Leader has been behind it all through the start of the series and that makes for such a compelling read like I said last time too! Absorbing man gets an awesome moment too and then finally in the real world, so many cool things happen with Gamma flight and all and the ending was just amazing. This is one of those volumes that will cement your love for the Hulk and his world for sure and its been building towards a great ending and I am excited to see it!
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This volume was another good one, Hulk sort of is caught in the situation with that blast and we see how Leader did that using Rick to get into Bruce's mind system and control him but there is this amazing mind-scape situation where all the hulks and leader are sort of fighting and DEVIL HULK enters and his battle is so epic, the way he takes down the others but alas a choice made and Bruce taken to the below-scape and Devil killed, the only remaining are Joe and Savage and they are in Gamma Flight space station and the escape from there and its all building to the final fight its so awesome! I loved the whole setting for the final arc with Leader and his involvement as Brian and it ties back to earlier volumes, one of the better ones for sure and the art is freaking gorgeous and insane. Some sequences will make u horrified but its the sheer genius of this guy! Another great issue!
I really liked this volume and it does read better the more you reread it, and each time you find something new and this one was so awesome, you get to see the mind palace of the Hulk and how the Leader is controlling it, the re-emergence of the devil hulk and I loved that part, this is like bringing it full circle and showing how Leader has been behind it all through the start of the series and that makes for such a compelling read like I said last time too! Absorbing man gets an awesome moment too and then finally in the real world, so many cool things happen with Gamma flight and all and the ending was just amazing. This is one of those volumes that will cement your love for the Hulk and his world for sure and its been building towards a great ending and I am excited to see it!
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This volume was another good one, Hulk sort of is caught in the situation with that blast and we see how Leader did that using Rick to get into Bruce's mind system and control him but there is this amazing mind-scape situation where all the hulks and leader are sort of fighting and DEVIL HULK enters and his battle is so epic, the way he takes down the others but alas a choice made and Bruce taken to the below-scape and Devil killed, the only remaining are Joe and Savage and they are in Gamma Flight space station and the escape from there and its all building to the final fight its so awesome! I loved the whole setting for the final arc with Leader and his involvement as Brian and it ties back to earlier volumes, one of the better ones for sure and the art is freaking gorgeous and insane. Some sequences will make u horrified but its the sheer genius of this guy! Another great issue!
February 25, 2021
Immortal Hulk, Vol. 8: The Keeper of the Door collects issues 36-40 of The Immortal Hulk.
I only read two current Marvel books and The Immortal Hulk is one of them. I'm getting to the point where I need to reread the previous volumes, though. In this volume, Bruce Banner goes up against The Leader. Gamma Flight and Doc Samson are also in the mix.
Body horror abounds in this one as The Hulk gets a laser blast through the head and various characters are torn apart in various ways. Even more than previous volumes, this one reminds me of the Len Wein-Berni Wrightson Swamp Thing run of the 1970s.
Ewing and Bennett continue taking the Hulk t0 some uncomfortable places and I'm all about it. My only gripe is that like the last two volumes, this one feels a little too decompressed for my taste.
Immortal Hulk continues to be one of the top Marvel books. Sad we only get two more trades of this. Four out of five stars.
I only read two current Marvel books and The Immortal Hulk is one of them. I'm getting to the point where I need to reread the previous volumes, though. In this volume, Bruce Banner goes up against The Leader. Gamma Flight and Doc Samson are also in the mix.
Body horror abounds in this one as The Hulk gets a laser blast through the head and various characters are torn apart in various ways. Even more than previous volumes, this one reminds me of the Len Wein-Berni Wrightson Swamp Thing run of the 1970s.
Ewing and Bennett continue taking the Hulk t0 some uncomfortable places and I'm all about it. My only gripe is that like the last two volumes, this one feels a little too decompressed for my taste.
Immortal Hulk continues to be one of the top Marvel books. Sad we only get two more trades of this. Four out of five stars.
December 24, 2024
The extent of the Leader’s influence is finally made known as he enacts his nefarious plans and team Hulk realize how deeply they have been infiltrated. A great return to horror after the last volumes political and corporate soapbox lectures.
April 14, 2025
Another mind-blowing volume of Immortal Hulk, which keeps going from strength-to-strength. Al Ewing keeps dropping subtle hints that the run has a definite end point planned but I hope it's not coming as soon as these hints seem to indicate, as I'm going to bawl like the Big Guy does in this volume when this run is over!
April 12, 2021
Another excellent volume in terms of both writing and art!
Samuel Sterns is back and particularly malevolent as The Leader, I highly recommend the entire run so far!
Samuel Sterns is back and particularly malevolent as The Leader, I highly recommend the entire run so far!
March 27, 2021
Okay this was better than the last volume as the Leader gets to outsmart everyone.
This volume is far more focused with watching the Hulk losing himself to the Leader. The Leader is back and with a vegence as he goes after everyone who is near the Hulk. In doing so he's able to get close enough to finally take down the hulk or least one of the hulks inside the big green monster. But can he finish off the hulk completely? Who will stand up to a creature who can control you?
This was horrific in watching many people getting deformed and destroyed and I loved that part. Hulk is pushing body horror and doing it so well. On top of that, any time we get inside the Hulk's mind it's always interesting and trippy so I want more of that. Leader is vicious and a piece of shit so he's a perfect villain for the big green monster too.
Overall, a far stronger arc this time around leading to a ending that leaves me asking, where do we go from here? A 4 out of 5.
This volume is far more focused with watching the Hulk losing himself to the Leader. The Leader is back and with a vegence as he goes after everyone who is near the Hulk. In doing so he's able to get close enough to finally take down the hulk or least one of the hulks inside the big green monster. But can he finish off the hulk completely? Who will stand up to a creature who can control you?
This was horrific in watching many people getting deformed and destroyed and I loved that part. Hulk is pushing body horror and doing it so well. On top of that, any time we get inside the Hulk's mind it's always interesting and trippy so I want more of that. Leader is vicious and a piece of shit so he's a perfect villain for the big green monster too.
Overall, a far stronger arc this time around leading to a ending that leaves me asking, where do we go from here? A 4 out of 5.
June 7, 2025
Hulk goes up against his greatest rival, the Leader, who manages to enter his mind. Hulk's multiple personalities have to team up to face this threat, but the Leader is not so easily defeated. The mental battles prove to be just as engaging as the physical battles of past volumes.
One thing to note is that this volume cranks up the body horror to an 11, so just be aware of that if that is something that you do not enjoy.
One thing to note is that this volume cranks up the body horror to an 11, so just be aware of that if that is something that you do not enjoy.
August 17, 2021
Al Ewing's freaky horror Hulk book marches ever onwards, with the Leader's plan on the table at last. Seeing how he has wound himself in and out of the series thus far is impressive forward planning, and the mindscape stuff with Devil Hulk and the World Breaker is insane.
We end in a very, very different place to where we start, and with rumours that this book is ending at #50, I'm terrified as to what's going to happen next with only 10 issues left to go.
Joe Bennett and his ever-growing army of inkers and colourists turn out another five issues of warped visuals that are always about || that far away from making me feel ill. There are some shapes that the body shouldn't make, and Immortal Hulk has all of them.
There's never going to be another Hulk book like this, and I don't think I ever want there to be.
We end in a very, very different place to where we start, and with rumours that this book is ending at #50, I'm terrified as to what's going to happen next with only 10 issues left to go.
Joe Bennett and his ever-growing army of inkers and colourists turn out another five issues of warped visuals that are always about || that far away from making me feel ill. There are some shapes that the body shouldn't make, and Immortal Hulk has all of them.
There's never going to be another Hulk book like this, and I don't think I ever want there to be.
December 2, 2020
Still enjoying the Immortal Hulk run. All that inner-landscape stuff is FUN when you get to stir the pot a lot. And the Leader? What a cool villain he is, here.
Alpha Squadron, tho? Laughable.
Did I mention I like Fix-it Joe? I really do. What a weird alt he is.
Alpha Squadron, tho? Laughable.
Did I mention I like Fix-it Joe? I really do. What a weird alt he is.
June 5, 2022
This volume just breezed right along for me, like I was carried along by a happy gamma wave towards some conclusion I can’t even begin to guess what.
I’ll say this once and again: Bennett is having an absolutely life-changing time, bending our brains with the Rob Bottin-level designs of all the monsters and mutates swinging their gibbering, oozing limbs across the pages.
I’ll say this once and again: Bennett is having an absolutely life-changing time, bending our brains with the Rob Bottin-level designs of all the monsters and mutates swinging their gibbering, oozing limbs across the pages.
February 18, 2022
Rick Jones becomes a giant penis and Bruce Banner deals -- or fails to deal -- once more with his daddy issues while the Leader sprays his suck everywhere, soaking the pages in it.
I actually enjoyed the last page, and not just because it meant I could stop reading the Leader suck, but because it was the only clever thing in the book. I chuckled, and a one-star rating was averted.
I actually enjoyed the last page, and not just because it meant I could stop reading the Leader suck, but because it was the only clever thing in the book. I chuckled, and a one-star rating was averted.
November 12, 2022
Woah this was weird, but in a good way!
In the first volumes, the whole idea of this series was hulk but really scary. Somehow most of that went away, in place of politics stuff. In this volume though, Al woke up one day and decided to go back to that. And he wasn't messing around. Because this time it's WILD. Personally a bit to crazy...
But don't get me wrong, I still loved it. Now, this whole volume was just one big action sequence. And I thought it was awesome, a bit too crazy, but awesome. I enjoyed the whole plotline with the Leader, and I look forward to see how it all plays out in the next volume.
If your not reading this series, I highly recommend!
In the first volumes, the whole idea of this series was hulk but really scary. Somehow most of that went away, in place of politics stuff. In this volume though, Al woke up one day and decided to go back to that. And he wasn't messing around. Because this time it's WILD. Personally a bit to crazy...
But don't get me wrong, I still loved it. Now, this whole volume was just one big action sequence. And I thought it was awesome, a bit too crazy, but awesome. I enjoyed the whole plotline with the Leader, and I look forward to see how it all plays out in the next volume.
If your not reading this series, I highly recommend!
April 4, 2021
Usually don't appreciate this type of distorted art but it seems to work in this mind altering world
May 22, 2022
Things get wild. Internally. And it's so much fun just to watch all of Hulk's alternative personalities go up the stage. The supernatural horror element becomes a bit more predominant and I'm all for it.
August 24, 2021
Al Ewing continua surpreendendo com uma pegada de terror em suas história do Imortal Hulk como nenhum outro roteirista do golias esmeralda fez. Ewing trabalha bem o conflito entre as personalidades de Bruce Banner, dialoga com os personagens coadjuvates de uma forma que nos deixa entretidos com eles também, dá uma atmosfera de horror cósmico em que tudo pode acontecer, do cosmos ao inferno, e, neste volume ele inclui uma pessoa que parece, eu disse parece, estar por trás de todos esses acontecimentos: um dos arquiinimigos do Hulk, o Líder. A forma como todas as personalidades do Hulk se colocam para desfazer o nó de desastres que o Líder foi deixando é muito empolgante, de maneira que você não consegue largar o gibi para ir atrás das explicações. Seja de como o Líder deixou tudo naquela situação, seja como os aliados e personalidades do Golias Esmeralda vão se livrar das arapucas desenhadas por Samuel Sterns, o Líder. Que venham os dois últimos volumes dessa cultuada fase.
August 4, 2021
In The Keeper of the Door, the Leader's machinations are revealed. I'll admit to being baffled by the "it was the Leader all along!" revelation in the the previous volume, but now I get it! The Green Door stuff is finally, finally clicking into place. Basically, after finishing The Keeper of the Door, I realized I'm going to need to re-read this entire series for any of it to truly make sense.
In the meantime, I'm plenty pleased with the Leader conquering Bruce Banner's mindspace and dragging him to Hell. It's fun, even if it's super trippy. Joe Bennett's artwork continues to be out-of-this-world good. I mean, it's disgusting, but epicly so. The only disappointment in this volume (besides the fact that I still don't really know what's going on) is the introduction of yet another government asshole to stick his dumb thumb in Gamma Flight's affairs.
In the meantime, I'm plenty pleased with the Leader conquering Bruce Banner's mindspace and dragging him to Hell. It's fun, even if it's super trippy. Joe Bennett's artwork continues to be out-of-this-world good. I mean, it's disgusting, but epicly so. The only disappointment in this volume (besides the fact that I still don't really know what's going on) is the introduction of yet another government asshole to stick his dumb thumb in Gamma Flight's affairs.
April 23, 2021
4
Trippy and interesting and unpredictable. But with that comes an amorphous story structure that can feel all over the place, like a series of things keep happening without a a directional thread to follow.
Trippy and interesting and unpredictable. But with that comes an amorphous story structure that can feel all over the place, like a series of things keep happening without a a directional thread to follow.
August 4, 2021
I've never really been a Hulk fan...until now. Even I can recognize that this is one of the most amazing runs of a comic in, like, forever. Would hate to be the person who has to follow Al Ewing on this title.
December 19, 2020
Still no resolution to the arc that started last volume, but this volume is packed with really good stuff nonetheless. They even managed to turn little wimpy the Leader into a body horror nightmare.
May 16, 2021
This is a frantic action packed volume paired with great story telling.
This series is consistently one of the best current marvel runs out atm. Bennett has easily become one of my favourite comic artist of all time. Almost every panel could be worthy of a full page splash.
I can't recommend this series highly enough!!!
This series is consistently one of the best current marvel runs out atm. Bennett has easily become one of my favourite comic artist of all time. Almost every panel could be worthy of a full page splash.
I can't recommend this series highly enough!!!
January 24, 2023
The Immortal Hulk Vol. 8 The Keeper of the Door collects issues 36-40 of the Marvel Comics series written by Al Ewing with art by Joe Bennett.
The Leader has revealed he has been secretly portraying some of The Hulk’s closest allies, navigating Bruce Banner’s life to right where he wants him.
This was another fantastic arc that continues to redefine The Hulk. Ewing and Bennett have taken a long established character and completely rewritten the book into a horror story. The designs in the book are truly warped and I love it.
The Leader has revealed he has been secretly portraying some of The Hulk’s closest allies, navigating Bruce Banner’s life to right where he wants him.
This was another fantastic arc that continues to redefine The Hulk. Ewing and Bennett have taken a long established character and completely rewritten the book into a horror story. The designs in the book are truly warped and I love it.
April 16, 2025
The extraordinary thing about this series is that I've been confused for a good few episodes now - too many Hulks in a head, a green door, Hell (and back), body horror a-go-go... you name it - and yet I keep coming back for more.
There's something incredibly fascinating about it all and I just want to get to the bottom of it.
So I say hats off to Al Ewing, who manages to produce such a level of writing and lead me by the nose. I should have stopped 10 issues ago and you can be sure I'll be reading the next 10.
There's something incredibly fascinating about it all and I just want to get to the bottom of it.
So I say hats off to Al Ewing, who manages to produce such a level of writing and lead me by the nose. I should have stopped 10 issues ago and you can be sure I'll be reading the next 10.
April 11, 2021
This one is basically an extended fight between a multitude of character on either side of the green door. There's some nice improved explanation of what the green door is, along with a new mystery, and some good backstory on Bruce's dad and the Devil Hulk. But the fighting that takes up most of this volume makes it pretty forgettable.
April 27, 2021
This story is getting so complex that I think I'll need to re-read the entire series once Ewing's done. But that complexity all feels like it's for a purpose. Even with possibly too much going on, each volume on its own is still absorbing and fascinating and wonderfully horrifying.
February 26, 2021
Another outstanding volume. Some answers are revealed, some insights into Bruce's personality and plenty of grotesque imagery. I'm really curious how this run is going to end.
May 10, 2021
The last two volumes crept away from the horror motifs that Ewing had going on. Volume 8 jumps back into the horror pool.
This is the best comic Marvel has going.
This is the best comic Marvel has going.
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November 29, 2020As the best Marvel book of the moment approaches its end, inevitably we're at the point where a volume can't necessarily tell its own tale as well as playing its part in the overarching work. So there isn't necessarily a volume-specific theme to be picked out in the same way as before, but this is still an excellent mix of body horror with cosmic horror/psychodrama (in that it's largely taking place within the tortured psyche of Banner and the Hulks). The lead's oldest enemies are manoeuvred into place by his ultimate foe; his allies are battered, separated, reshaped. And of course anyone who says things are always darkest right before the dawn only betrays their own ignorance - it's always darkest in the middle of the night, obviously.
April 13, 2021
As expected, this series continues to expand its mythos in some of the most interesting ways. And the body horror element never leaves.
This "mindscape" concept for Hulk is fascinating. It allows Ewing to show us so many different aspects of the character's emotional and mental state.
This "mindscape" concept for Hulk is fascinating. It allows Ewing to show us so many different aspects of the character's emotional and mental state.
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