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jaredwill_'s review
5.0
A good comic has something to say. This is one of the best stories I’ve read about the difference between good and evil and the uses of power. There’s no subtlety about the message but, I’m ok with a Hulk comic just smashing you over the head.
thaakier_am's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
unladylike's review
5.0
The conversations, story, and unprecedented (to this reader's eyes) disfigurement of Hulk drive this book through one of the best romps in "Hell" I've seen in comics.
dantastic's review
4.0
Emaciated and pissed off, the Hulk fights for his life in hell!
Immortal Hulk: Hulk in Hell collects Immortal Hulk #11-15. Hulk in Hell picks up where the last volume left off, with the Hulk in Hell, facing off hordes of enemies, including his father.
Al Ewing's horror take on The Hulk continues to amaze me. It reminds of of Swamp Thing, both the Len Wein-Bernie Wrightson version and Alan Moore's take on the character. It's a smart book and more than the Hulk beating the shit out of things, although there's also plenty of that. The relationship between Bruce Banner and the Hulk is getting more and more complex.
Ewing makes great use of b- and c-list characters like Puck, Absorbing Man, Doc Samson, and Berserker to weave new threads into the story of The Hulk. The gamma-irradiated monster has never been more interesting to me. Four out of five stars.
Immortal Hulk: Hulk in Hell collects Immortal Hulk #11-15. Hulk in Hell picks up where the last volume left off, with the Hulk in Hell, facing off hordes of enemies, including his father.
Al Ewing's horror take on The Hulk continues to amaze me. It reminds of of Swamp Thing, both the Len Wein-Bernie Wrightson version and Alan Moore's take on the character. It's a smart book and more than the Hulk beating the shit out of things, although there's also plenty of that. The relationship between Bruce Banner and the Hulk is getting more and more complex.
Ewing makes great use of b- and c-list characters like Puck, Absorbing Man, Doc Samson, and Berserker to weave new threads into the story of The Hulk. The gamma-irradiated monster has never been more interesting to me. Four out of five stars.
surfmonkey01's review
4.0
The first part is a little weird and metaphysical, but the second half starts to bring the overall story of the series into focus. Things are going to get very interesting from here
jimmydean's review
3.0
it's on the cusp of something, a gothic and sci-fi mash-up that puts psychology at the fore-front, its digging, there's so much history here that it's trying to unpack and reconfigure...it feel like it's gearing up towards the crux of it all, it remains a genuinely fresh take on a character I'd never wanted to dig into much before
modkuraika's review
4.0
I haven't been into a run of Hulk like this in I don't know how long. Such a fun contrast, and leans a little more heavily into Bruce's established dissociative identity disorder than other books dare.
helpfulsnowman's review
3.0
Ehhhh, I don't know, this is giving me hardcore Swamp Thing, Alan Moore vibes. Which is okay, but sometimes gets a little poetic for my liking.
What is it with these green characters getting all introspective and shit?
TBH, I also could've done without the little speech where a Black woman lectures the Hulk on how his anger is coddled by society where hers is a liability. And this is her reason for wanting to be shot with a gamma ray or whatever and become an inhuman monster, she sees that as her route to being able to express her anger.
Can we take that apart a little?
First of all, to say the Hulk has been able to let loose with his anger in a consequence-free way seems more than a little unfair. As Hulk reminds her, he was shot into fucking space. Then she's like, "You get angry and wreck shop, and Tony Stark tries to send you to a paradise planet." Which is true, but discounts the fact that what ended up happening is that Hulk gets sent to a hellscape where he fights for his life in an arena, builds an entire life, and then has it all taken away. This is one of many examples of times when his anger was super-not-permissable.
Second, a Hulk's anger is like a nuclear weapon or something. There's danger in keeping it around, but at the same time, the Marvel U is one with a bunch of bad guys who do need extreme punching in the face. They need it, they might not like it, but they need it. Some normal-ass lady's anger is not useful on the same level.
Third, I would argue that Hulk's anger is not permitted and allowed, it's exploited. How many times has Hulk been pointed in a direction to fuck some shit up? Is that really being tolerant and facilitating his anger? Is this enabling? Or is it taking advantage of his anger?
Fourth, I don't know that it's fair to call tolerance of the Hulk a choice on anyone's part. How many ways have they tried to control or eliminate the Hulk? I don't know that anyone is choosing to be tolerant of the Hulk so much as they're seeing it as a situation where there really is no other option. Hulk is blasted, by Iron Man, with a gigantic space laser that destroys an entire town in the process, and (minor spoiler) he still manages to come back.
Finally, I would say, at the very least, Hulk is suffering from some high levels of mental/emotional disorder. If I were his lawyer, I think I could make a pretty good case for a insanity plea, and I'm not even remotely smart. "Your honor, has there ever been a clearer case of a multiple personality disorder than a man who literally transforms into a gigantic green monster and acts in a completely different manner, is capable of feats of strength never seen before, and acts in ways that are counter to his own best interest?"
Overall, I get it, she's saying, "You get to be angry, and I don't." But it feels like a super-juvenile way of looking at it. Comparing Hulk and a normal lady in the way we might compare, say, a female CEO and a male CEO, one of them being seen as passionate, the other as bitchy, is more than a bit of a stretch.
Oh, also, this conversation happening when they're in LITERAL HELL also seems kind of ridiculous. I feel like if I were walking around with Hulk in actual hell and seeing shells of people with their eyes burned out, I might care a little less about equity of access to anger.
What is it with these green characters getting all introspective and shit?
TBH, I also could've done without the little speech where a Black woman lectures the Hulk on how his anger is coddled by society where hers is a liability. And this is her reason for wanting to be shot with a gamma ray or whatever and become an inhuman monster, she sees that as her route to being able to express her anger.
Can we take that apart a little?
First of all, to say the Hulk has been able to let loose with his anger in a consequence-free way seems more than a little unfair. As Hulk reminds her, he was shot into fucking space. Then she's like, "You get angry and wreck shop, and Tony Stark tries to send you to a paradise planet." Which is true, but discounts the fact that what ended up happening is that Hulk gets sent to a hellscape where he fights for his life in an arena, builds an entire life, and then has it all taken away. This is one of many examples of times when his anger was super-not-permissable.
Second, a Hulk's anger is like a nuclear weapon or something. There's danger in keeping it around, but at the same time, the Marvel U is one with a bunch of bad guys who do need extreme punching in the face. They need it, they might not like it, but they need it. Some normal-ass lady's anger is not useful on the same level.
Third, I would argue that Hulk's anger is not permitted and allowed, it's exploited. How many times has Hulk been pointed in a direction to fuck some shit up? Is that really being tolerant and facilitating his anger? Is this enabling? Or is it taking advantage of his anger?
Fourth, I don't know that it's fair to call tolerance of the Hulk a choice on anyone's part. How many ways have they tried to control or eliminate the Hulk? I don't know that anyone is choosing to be tolerant of the Hulk so much as they're seeing it as a situation where there really is no other option. Hulk is blasted, by Iron Man, with a gigantic space laser that destroys an entire town in the process, and (minor spoiler) he still manages to come back.
Finally, I would say, at the very least, Hulk is suffering from some high levels of mental/emotional disorder. If I were his lawyer, I think I could make a pretty good case for a insanity plea, and I'm not even remotely smart. "Your honor, has there ever been a clearer case of a multiple personality disorder than a man who literally transforms into a gigantic green monster and acts in a completely different manner, is capable of feats of strength never seen before, and acts in ways that are counter to his own best interest?"
Overall, I get it, she's saying, "You get to be angry, and I don't." But it feels like a super-juvenile way of looking at it. Comparing Hulk and a normal lady in the way we might compare, say, a female CEO and a male CEO, one of them being seen as passionate, the other as bitchy, is more than a bit of a stretch.
Oh, also, this conversation happening when they're in LITERAL HELL also seems kind of ridiculous. I feel like if I were walking around with Hulk in actual hell and seeing shells of people with their eyes burned out, I might care a little less about equity of access to anger.
hereticburger's review
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0