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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
Although I do find Hulk a fascinating character in the Marvel Universe, he is limited as basically his stories (at least the ones I was exposed to) play on his Jekyll and Hyde/Frankenstein's Monster complex. Hulk Gray focuses on the latter side of Hulk's character.
As such Hulk: Gray is a Frankenstein rewrite - After the famous gamma ray accident that changed Bruce Banner, Hulk goes searching for his love Betty and he tries to persuade her that he is not the monster that society makes him out to be.
Tender, heartfelt, yet with an undertone of brutality, Hulk: Gray is an excellent introduction to understanding Hulk Psyche.
A Hulk story told about the early days. Before Hulk was green.
The art was reminiscent of early Kirby work, and the story is dark and sad.
My problem with the comic book Hulk is Banner seems to revel in being the Hulk. Why else would he keep it a secret? I suppose if General Ross was your boss, you might not have a lot of options, but a brilliant scientist should have been able to find a colleague who could help him and not rely on a teenager.
Anyhow, it is what it is. A story about Hulk, Rick, Betty, and Ross. It’s pretty good, and keeping the Hulk grim and gray is done to good effect.
But to be honest, there isn’t much of a plot, and the art can’t save it all by itself.
Recommended only to Hulk fans, which I’ve never really been.
The art was reminiscent of early Kirby work, and the story is dark and sad.
My problem with the comic book Hulk is Banner seems to revel in being the Hulk. Why else would he keep it a secret? I suppose if General Ross was your boss, you might not have a lot of options, but a brilliant scientist should have been able to find a colleague who could help him and not rely on a teenager.
Anyhow, it is what it is. A story about Hulk, Rick, Betty, and Ross. It’s pretty good, and keeping the Hulk grim and gray is done to good effect.
But to be honest, there isn’t much of a plot, and the art can’t save it all by itself.
Recommended only to Hulk fans, which I’ve never really been.
Ironically, I discovered this series because it was mentioned in a video I was listening to in order to fall asleep, but the writing was so incredible that I read the entire volume non-stop while writing down notes even though I'm exhausted and have serious trouble paying attention to almost anything.
While this comic drastically changes original canon, and there are pieces of it that have been changed by further backstory since it was written, I really enjoyed this different and more emotional view of who Hulk was and how his relationships between both those he cared about and hated played out.
The revelations Bruce has while speaking felt organic and written with thought, and unfortunately while the last conclusion he comes to is not a pleasant one, it was built up to and flowed smoothly with the rest of the plot instead of being dropped like a second gamma bomb.
I tend to care about media I'm interested in for the characters much more than the events surrounding them, so reading something that focused on psychology rather than action was refreshing. The narrative between Bruce and Leonard that layered over the rest of the story was executed effectively, when it could have easily come off as shallow.
While there's really nothing in this series that is joyful, it was created so well that it's still enjoyable and I will probably read it again even though I now have an entire eleven pages of details I've written down about it to refer to.
While this comic drastically changes original canon, and there are pieces of it that have been changed by further backstory since it was written, I really enjoyed this different and more emotional view of who Hulk was and how his relationships between both those he cared about and hated played out.
The revelations Bruce has while speaking felt organic and written with thought, and unfortunately while the last conclusion he comes to is not a pleasant one, it was built up to and flowed smoothly with the rest of the plot instead of being dropped like a second gamma bomb.
I tend to care about media I'm interested in for the characters much more than the events surrounding them, so reading something that focused on psychology rather than action was refreshing. The narrative between Bruce and Leonard that layered over the rest of the story was executed effectively, when it could have easily come off as shallow.
While there's really nothing in this series that is joyful, it was created so well that it's still enjoyable and I will probably read it again even though I now have an entire eleven pages of details I've written down about it to refer to.
I never knew that the Hulk’s back story was so heartbreaking.
This entire comic story is Bruce talking to his friend and doctor, Leonard Samson, and it timelines the Hulk’s first days. While I don’t know if this is a slightly altered story line or anything like that, I will say that it was a wonderful read. I found it completely fascinating, and I flew through the pages.
And boy did this story just hit my feels hard. While I didn’t full on cry, there were times that I teared up for the Hulk, Bruce, Betty, and just all of the clusterfucks they faced in this beginning.
For the Hulk, I damn near cried during the bunny panels, because the gentle giant had no idea what had happened, and that was really haunting (and telling).
For Bruce and Betty, I got kind of emotional because this ended really depressingly. I don’t know if that’s normal for Hulk comics or Marvel comics, but I didn’t feel like there was a winner or hero of this story.
And for Bruce, I just felt for him, for the memories he has to bear as both the man and the monster, and he was just really easy to empathize with and to root for.
I’m sure there are better, more interesting, more action packed Hulk comics out there, but I’m really happy I started with HULK: GRAY. I’m definitely looking forward to trying out other comics featuring the Hulk, and delving further into Marvel’s universe.
This entire comic story is Bruce talking to his friend and doctor, Leonard Samson, and it timelines the Hulk’s first days. While I don’t know if this is a slightly altered story line or anything like that, I will say that it was a wonderful read. I found it completely fascinating, and I flew through the pages.
And boy did this story just hit my feels hard. While I didn’t full on cry, there were times that I teared up for the Hulk, Bruce, Betty, and just all of the clusterfucks they faced in this beginning.
For the Hulk, I damn near cried during the bunny panels, because the gentle giant had no idea what had happened, and that was really haunting (and telling).
For Bruce and Betty, I got kind of emotional because this ended really depressingly. I don’t know if that’s normal for Hulk comics or Marvel comics, but I didn’t feel like there was a winner or hero of this story.
And for Bruce, I just felt for him, for the memories he has to bear as both the man and the monster, and he was just really easy to empathize with and to root for.
I’m sure there are better, more interesting, more action packed Hulk comics out there, but I’m really happy I started with HULK: GRAY. I’m definitely looking forward to trying out other comics featuring the Hulk, and delving further into Marvel’s universe.