Hulk: Green Hulk/Red Hulk

Hulk (2008) (Collected Editions) #1-2

by Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness (Illustrator), Arthur Adams (Illustrator)

Superstars Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness will change the way you see the Hulk! The breathtaking events that ended World War Hulk rocket into this brand-new saga. When one of the Hulk's oldest cast members is murdered, everyone turns to the team of Iron Man, She-Hulk and Leonard Samson to solve the grizzly case. All the evidence points to the Hulk as the killer, but all is not as it seems! Plus, Hulk goes toe-to-toe with Wolverine in "PUNY LITTLE MAN." Then, when Bruce Banner sets out to find the Red Hulk he doesn’t expect his search will lead him to Sin City, Nevada. And imagine his surprise when he arrives to discover the unbridled carnage a pack of Wendigos can unleash! Las Vegas buffets will never be the same! Plus, She-Hulk’s Lady Liberators have one goal: Subdue the Red Hulk, and make him pay in the process. All this plus KING-SIZE HULK!

Collects Hulk #1-9, King-Size Hulk #1 and the backup story from Wolverine #50.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels

304 pages, Hardcover

First published July 11, 2011

About the author

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

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

Reviews

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25 stars. This book had awesome action with a basic ass plot. The Red Hulk is on the loose and Banner and others are trying to stop him and figure out who he is. Again, the plot is very simple but the book shines with some great fights with Red Hulk and a plethora of Marvel characters. Plus McGuinness, Art Adams and Frank Cho all bring their A game on art duty.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

The edition I have collects Hulk #1-9, King Size Hulk #1, and the backup story from wolverine #50.
This is a pretty good story, and I really loved the art. My only complaint would be that it felt like the plot didn't advance as much as I would have liked it to, especially for such a large volume. However, it was a pretty easy read, so I can't complain too much.

[Vittorio Rainone · Rating 2 out of 5]

Non che non sia godibile. Il fumetto fila via velocemente, si fa leggere, ma è tutto troppo veloce. Vero, si punta sul grottesco, sull'esagerato, ma la fastidiosa impressione che ne consegue è che tutti i supereroi siano una specie di calciatori professionisti con poteri: della serie, giochiamo da anni in campionati importanti, abbiamo accumulato un sacco di esperienza, ma continuiamo a comportarci come bambini idioti. Simpatico, Rulk, peccato che attorno a lui ci sia il nulla.

[SensationDaria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un albo meravigliosamente disegnato, scritto e inchiostrato!
Ho apprezzato soprattutto la narrazione orizzontale che abbraccia più personalità dell’universo Marvel: vedere interagire Hulk, Thor, She Hulk, I Fantastici 4, lo SHIELD, Tempesta, Valchiria e molte altre è stato davvero interessante e avvincente.

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 2 out of 5]

L'ho visto più come un divertissement che come una storia vera.

Ma carino il capitoletto extra con tutte le supereroine. Tante non le conoscevo neanche.

[Malia · Rating 2 out of 5]

The artwork was great but I've read better dialogue. And having a chapter where Red Hulk drop kicks half the women in the Marvel lineup without breaking a sweat (mainly, I'm guessing, because the author and artist wanted to really zoom in on the women's brick house figures) was just dumb. I read a comic devoted to Storm kicking the collected ***es of Black Panther, Cyclops and The Shadow King last week only to be treated to her getting stomped by big red this week? And in this fic she had hella backup!

I don't know much about She-Hulk in other works but they clearly didn't know how to write interesting dialogue for women in this book. Hell bent on revenge after a beatdown I understand but 'let me call up my girls to give a whoopin'? Really? That's as far as the plot was thought through? That's just pitiful.

And don't even get me started on 'Wendi-Hulk'. This whole book was mainly just an excuse to have some seriously beautiful artwork put together with not a lot of plot. But I will say this- A-Bomb was the prettiest shade of blue I've ever seen.

[Patrick Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked this up to try to get some sort of background as to what has been happening with Hulk and get a little bit of understanding towards the whole red hulk thing. Not sure this was the best place to start. Will fill this out further once I finish. Meh, it was a pretty book... But it is not the place to start if you are looking for a starting place to get to where the hulk(s) are now.

[Charles · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Ed McGuinness art was about the only thing going for this book. Poor pacing, no character development this story was sort of all over.