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The Immortal Hulk (Collected Editions) #7-8
The Immortal Hulk Omnibus, Volume 3
THE EISNER-AWARD NOMINATED SERIES CONTINUES! He's cuddly. He's lovable. He's down with the kids. And he's available for your corporate retreat. Yes, there was another Hulk once - the one who made all those nasty threats about ending the world. But who needs him? The Living Hulk is here - you might know him as Xemnu. And he's going to save us all, or your money back! But who will triumph when Xemnu battles Robert Bruce Banner, the strangest man of all time?! Plus: As events grow ever stranger, the Thoughtful Man arrives - and his dreadful thoughts are vast and dark enough to swallow even the Devil. And when the war with the Minotaur finally ends, a grateful humanity will know who saved them all. Can there be a happy ending for the Immortal Hulk?
Collecting Immortal Hulk #31-40, Immortal Hulk #0, Immortal She-Hulk #1
Collecting Immortal Hulk #31-40, Immortal Hulk #0, Immortal She-Hulk #1
356 pages, Paperback
First published April 8, 2021
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May 24, 2022
It must be frankly embarrassing to other Marvel creators to see how effortless Ewing makes this sort of thing look. His desire to rummage around the long, confusing history of the Hulk and somehow find a way to synthesise ALL of it is impressive enough, but that it never looks like a technical effort is even more impressive. God knows I love Grant Morrison, but even he would happily admit he gets carried away by his own ideas. This is like a wholly focussed attempt to do what Morrison does but within the boundaries of a conventional superhero comic (albeit one that’s less and less of a conventional superhero comic by the issue, and instead a sort of clammy, horror riff on subverting that sort of thing). It’s wildly entertaining, blackly hilarious, completely commits to the story and is effortlessly surprising. Absolutely a modern masterpiece
October 13, 2021
This “superhero” book stuck the landing with a psychologically and philosophically rich supernatural tale about anger, redemption, and much more. This whole series is up there with the best deceptively entertaining but secretly and unsettlingly insightful pulp novels.
May 10, 2026
Enquanto o principal estúdio de cinema norte-americano olhava para estes personagens da forma mais aborrecida e cinzenta possível, o maluco do Ewing chega com uma proposta maluca de unir anos e anos de histórias e personagens numa única run ao mesmo tempo que apresenta terror corporal, terror cósmico incapaz de ser compreendido, contrariedades e traumas incapazes de serem curadas. O heroísmo surge só depois como resposta a essas maldições que atiram todos os personagens para um cataclismo partilhado do qual estão condenados a entrar e sair. Faz lembrar o momento em que Morrison agarra em décadas de publicação do Batman e ata tudo numa única história, mas esta run não vai só beber às boas ideias do filme do 2003 do Ang Lee mas também às obras do David Lynch e do David Cronenberg.
O capitulo do Breaker of Worlds no volume anterior já demonstrava imenso potencial em torno da figura do Leader/ Samuel Sterns, mas tudo neste volume a partir do Immortal Hulk 0 elevam o personagem e a história a uma dimensão superior. Muito bem atado ao mesmo tempo que há consciência que nem tudo numa história com este tom pode ser concretizado. Bom o suficiente para coloca-lo entre o olimpo dos vilões da Marvel, e justificar a lomba anterior com Roxxon e Xemnu que parecia um tanto desligada da linha principal envolvendo todos os personagens. Dependendo do final é bem possível que esta seja uma das melhores histórias da editora desde o Born Again do Frank Miller.
O capitulo do Breaker of Worlds no volume anterior já demonstrava imenso potencial em torno da figura do Leader/ Samuel Sterns, mas tudo neste volume a partir do Immortal Hulk 0 elevam o personagem e a história a uma dimensão superior. Muito bem atado ao mesmo tempo que há consciência que nem tudo numa história com este tom pode ser concretizado. Bom o suficiente para coloca-lo entre o olimpo dos vilões da Marvel, e justificar a lomba anterior com Roxxon e Xemnu que parecia um tanto desligada da linha principal envolvendo todos os personagens. Dependendo do final é bem possível que esta seja uma das melhores histórias da editora desde o Born Again do Frank Miller.
May 10, 2024
I know I wrote in my previous review on Goodreads that I would not continue The Immortal Hulk. I really was entertained by The Immortal Hulk. I did not enjoy when he was in hell, but I persevered and continued. Then, I liked it again. After that, however, I just did not get the story and did not enjoy it. I said to myself that I would not continue. As time continued, it perturbed me that I had not finished the storyline. I decided that I would finish. I am glad that I did.
Despite some parts of the story lines just being bizarre, this is overall a good storyline, and it is coming together at this point. The artwork is still top notched. I am new to The Hulk lore, so I was able to get a sense about Bruce Banner's haunting past, and The Hulk has become my favorite marvel character even more. If you find yourself at times, like I did, thinking this is just a far-out story and want to give up, please do not. It is worth reading. I am looking forward to continuing this series and the conclusion.
Despite some parts of the story lines just being bizarre, this is overall a good storyline, and it is coming together at this point. The artwork is still top notched. I am new to The Hulk lore, so I was able to get a sense about Bruce Banner's haunting past, and The Hulk has become my favorite marvel character even more. If you find yourself at times, like I did, thinking this is just a far-out story and want to give up, please do not. It is worth reading. I am looking forward to continuing this series and the conclusion.
July 22, 2022
Somehow, issues 31 to 40 of the Immortal Hulk manage to be even weirder than the second omnibus. The capitalism and social media satire continues and concludes, and things get seriously cosmic, and Ewing draws even more heavily on the Hulk's long and confused history while exploring the Hulk's immense mental health issues. This collection also includes a satisfying She-Hulk story and reprints of two older Hulk comics dealing with Banner's horrific childhood that are especially relevant to Ewing's story. Strong, if sometimes very messy, stuff.
November 8, 2021
This is still a remarkable achievement for Al Ewing but for the first time the series started to feel a bit weighted down by the how internal this story has become. Immortal Hulk is still amazing and continues to expand on what I thought was possible from a superhero comic but for the first time since I started reading the series did I start to find its limitations.
January 9, 2023
The penultimate collection of Al Ewings incredible run on The Hulk continues where volume 2 left off with the reintroduction of the 'original' Hulk from Marvels monster era, Xemnu and continues into a meeting with a classic Hulk villain pulling the strings. Everyone get ready to follow....The Leader.
October 24, 2024
Having minimal & casual knowledge of the Hulk's expanded team and rogues, I'm sure there's a lot of nuance in this series that is lost on me. There's enough context within the story to follow without having to deep dive the history of any character or storyline in order to know whats going on.
The series is phenomenal and this volume being the lead up to the finale is a great ride to take.
The series is phenomenal and this volume being the lead up to the finale is a great ride to take.
December 21, 2021
This could’ve easily been the point were I would’ve stopped reading this book. But no. What could have been a silly concept turns into one of the best metaphors on capilaism and geek culture of all marvel history. Brilliant.
March 12, 2023
The Xemnu arc is probably my favorite one in all of Immortal Hulk. The way it handles the topic of nostalgia - and how it sets up the next story bits - proves yet again that Ewing is the best talent that Marvel hus under contract at the moment
November 6, 2021
This is all really well done and intelligent, but a little too way out for me to really love.
August 4, 2022
Lost a point because I enjoyed the pacing a little less but still FANTASTIC overall. Probably my favorite run of all time at this point.
September 14, 2022
Really quite disturbing, well done .
January 16, 2023
Incredibly imagery. Hulk tearing out of Banner's body. Four-face, many-limbed Hulk. Hulk in atmospheric re-entry. Strong stuff.
May 26, 2023
Great story; however, the blatant political talking points that are included for the sake of virtue signaling are annoying and tiresome
January 2, 2024
Just read the series at this point
July 22, 2023
Absolute banger, again and again the story just gets weirder but better. And artwork is always solid as well. Loved the twists in this one and the horror aspects as well.
November 13, 2022
Y’know what? This was way better than I thought it was going to be.
That being said, there are many elements that drive this down to somewhere between 3.5 and 4 stars for me, (leaning toward 4). Firstly,
Get.
The.
Ideology.
Out.
Of.
My.
Hulk.
Comics.
Seriously, every time I felt any narrative momentum building up in this book and finding myself immersed and interested; everything is brought to a screeching halt by some dumb hamfisted political element. Then the book would have to work to get me back on board. And sure, you could probably say, “Jon, just because you disagree doesn’t mean politics don’t belong in comics.” And let me tell you, I’d still be rolling my eyes even if I agreed with the politics on display and it was still handled obviously and clumsy.
Luckily, only the first fourth of the book was concerned with the Hulk declaring “war on the human world…or rather, the capitalist society that is speeding the planet towards extinction”, (😒).
How about the Hulk goes and knocks down the Marvel office building, take out THAT massive corporation; if capitalism is so speedily catapulting us towards extinction.
As I said though, I feel like that stupid element is disbursed with towards the beginning and the rest of the book returned to the far more intriguing storyline elements that I enjoyed in the earlier part of this run. The place below, the alternate Hulks, the Green doors. I love this stuff.
But that brings me to the second element that I don’t jive with, and that is how abstract and confusing everything is. I seriously have no idea what was going on 60% of the time. I’m still not sure what is going on with The Leader, I think I kind of get it. But it seems like Ewing fancies himself a cerebral, forward thinking, genre defying writer; but I mostly finish a lengthy passage about life and immortality and death and rebirth scratching my head, but shrugging nonetheless because delving deeper isn’t worth my time.
That being said, I think I caught on because by the end I was fully on board with where the narrative was going and look forward to the final omnibus. If that omnibus delivers what I want and sticks the landing, it will redeem all the reservations I’ve had with this run.
Also, the art, the horror elements, really reels you in. This pulls it just ahead of complete confusion mingled with mediocrity and on to a genuinely interesting story.
Perhaps this book exemplifies the Hulk and his alternate personalities perfectly. Part Cold nihilistic science, part strange hippie, part horror, part childhood comic forced to confront reality.
That being said, there are many elements that drive this down to somewhere between 3.5 and 4 stars for me, (leaning toward 4). Firstly,
Get.
The.
Ideology.
Out.
Of.
My.
Hulk.
Comics.
Seriously, every time I felt any narrative momentum building up in this book and finding myself immersed and interested; everything is brought to a screeching halt by some dumb hamfisted political element. Then the book would have to work to get me back on board. And sure, you could probably say, “Jon, just because you disagree doesn’t mean politics don’t belong in comics.” And let me tell you, I’d still be rolling my eyes even if I agreed with the politics on display and it was still handled obviously and clumsy.
Luckily, only the first fourth of the book was concerned with the Hulk declaring “war on the human world…or rather, the capitalist society that is speeding the planet towards extinction”, (😒).
How about the Hulk goes and knocks down the Marvel office building, take out THAT massive corporation; if capitalism is so speedily catapulting us towards extinction.
As I said though, I feel like that stupid element is disbursed with towards the beginning and the rest of the book returned to the far more intriguing storyline elements that I enjoyed in the earlier part of this run. The place below, the alternate Hulks, the Green doors. I love this stuff.
But that brings me to the second element that I don’t jive with, and that is how abstract and confusing everything is. I seriously have no idea what was going on 60% of the time. I’m still not sure what is going on with The Leader, I think I kind of get it. But it seems like Ewing fancies himself a cerebral, forward thinking, genre defying writer; but I mostly finish a lengthy passage about life and immortality and death and rebirth scratching my head, but shrugging nonetheless because delving deeper isn’t worth my time.
That being said, I think I caught on because by the end I was fully on board with where the narrative was going and look forward to the final omnibus. If that omnibus delivers what I want and sticks the landing, it will redeem all the reservations I’ve had with this run.
Also, the art, the horror elements, really reels you in. This pulls it just ahead of complete confusion mingled with mediocrity and on to a genuinely interesting story.
Perhaps this book exemplifies the Hulk and his alternate personalities perfectly. Part Cold nihilistic science, part strange hippie, part horror, part childhood comic forced to confront reality.
March 12, 2025
The xemnu arc is the best hulk story I’ve ever read and just a very solid bit of existential horror as for the rest of the book it seems to be setting up the end of the immortal hulk in very dramatic ways.
November 11, 2025
Psychological, weird, and intense. Al Ewing creates a story that is both deeply intimate and also mythological. An all time great that will go down as a must read for all Marvel fans.
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