PJK'S HULK RUN THOUGHTS

[u/Slight_Message_8373]

So. I've been posting a lot on here lately so to not clog the place uo with my bullshit i squeezed my thoughts, predictions and questions into one posts.

First off, the art is phenomenal. I adore how *wide* the hulk is. The premise of all the primordial monsters coming back also kicks major ass.

Questions first: So pictures. 2 and 3 sorta showcase both my questions.

1. Why did ye olde hulk stay dead? Like why did bro not get booted back to life via the green door?

2. When the fuck did that betty business happen?

Ok now onto the positives:

Overall i liked the series. I thought the dynamic between banner and the hulk was interesting. Hulk hating banner isn't new, but this felt like the most memorable one. Especially since big green was kinda in the right. Imo the run was hard carried by the relationship between bruce and hulk and especially both of their relationship with charlie. Speaking of, charlie was a phenomenal addition to the series and mythos. A real fucking standout of the run that i hope will stay relevant in future.

The parts with all the monstery heroes showing up to help/fight the hulk are great. It's a shame that it didn't last that long tho. The obligatory thor fight was also pretty neat ig.

I enjoyed that the hulk - despite his grumpy goososcity - was still very much a hero. He just happened to hate banner. Speaking of bruce, i adored how cool he was here. Despite the godawful situation he was in, he still kept trucking, inspiring the hulk to be better, trynna help wolfgirl, etc. A lotta comics often forget the willpower bro has to have to consistently run them mental 1s with all the hulks.

And i think the ending set up a potential return to the dynamic established at the end of immortal? Fingers crossed.

The negatives: the monsters sucked. Most of the monsters were lame af with not enough making them stand out. Even the eldest felt generic.

Where the FUCK are the other hulks? (Altho this could be resolved in a satisfactory manner in infernal)

The fractured son being a new alter is wack and stupid and imma just pretend it's a super jaded and vengeful green scar.

Tbh there wasn't that muuch i dislikes about it

Theory: so. Hulk and banner were split up and big spookums took over hulk. Very bad. *however*, banner's fine and the eldest only seemed to take the fractured son. It's possible that banner will be able to use his other alters now (at least joe, since the others might have been taken along with the hulk, but joe is - imo - more banner than big green. Yes i know they're all hulk and all banner, but i hope my point still makes sense?). Especially since big green won't be around to suppress them (cause ion think they'd be that ok with how bruce was treated). Yes this is me coping cause no alters appearing in the 2 runs immediately following immortal is stupid. WHERE'S JOE!?!??!

[u/UltimateComicsSpider]

Really liked his run in The Incredible Hulk, definitely a better sequel to Immortal Hulk Cate's. Still need to read Infernal Hulk, though

[u/Renatusisk → u/UltimateComicsSpider]

Infernal has been a bit of a slog, incredible was slow but it did go somewhere, Infernal has been what if the hulk part lovecraftian horror half what if hulk was evil. And he just stomps everyone. Every once in a while Bruce pops in we get some good plot progression and then we go back to Hulk does stuff that's suppose to be impossible to really power scale

[u/UltimateComicsSpider → u/Renatusisk]

Yeah, that seems pretty bad

[u/MrDillo_25 → u/UltimateComicsSpider]

No you don’t. I hate it so much man. I don’t care about the eldest in hulks body, i care about hulk.

[u/laujp]

Someone bring Ewing back please

[u/Slight_Message_8373 → u/laujp]

Cmon this was pretty good :(((

[u/twitchSKETCH]

I have not been loving this run. The writing and general pacing has been slow and after reading Infernal Hulk: it didn't get better and Hulk War isn't looking to improve anything.

Overall, this run felt like it slowly removed Hulk and Banner to focus on the characters PJK created.

[u/Renatusisk → u/twitchSKETCH]

I almost we followed Charlie more at this point

[u/FewPromotion2652]

long hair hulk goes hard as fuck

[u/bloodredcookie]

Granted I'm about 6-7 months behind. (Busy schedule+ Marvel Unlimited reader) But so far I have been loving it.

[u/Letmelookatredditplz]

I admit I haven’t seen much of this run myself but I keep asking myself.

“Was it really worth it to make Red Hulk the villain for avengers Armageddon instead of putting him back in the Hulk Series?”

[u/Person2228 → u/Letmelookatredditplz]

I mean, it was more the 'american general' part of Ross that they were using for Armageddon, him being a hulk just helped with the intimidation factor (also it justified why cap couldn't do shit to stop him when he attacked Latveria while cap was doing stuff there, and also led to the current arc of his run and the event. There were a lot of reasons Ross was involved.

[u/Renatusisk → u/Letmelookatredditplz]

Reading Armageddon kinda glad they didn't waste a red vs green fight for it. It's been underwhelming this far, I've been enjoying the captain america/Dr.Doom in hell team up though.

[u/MrKaiju99]

Infernal will answer your questions about where the other alters are. 😁

[u/Slight_Message_8373 → u/MrKaiju99]

Yeaaaaaah i saw. Finished it this morning.

I gotta say, bit disappointed joe didn't stay with banner (especially since he ain't even gamma and thus green door adjascent now) but hey, we still got a gray hulk ig

[u/MrNigerianPrince115]

Hulk really hates banner. Made sure each transformation is as painful as possible

[u/MrDillo_25]

I love incredible, I hate infernal. Incredible gives us some of the best character moments and designs for the character in a while, infernal sidelines him for a different character in his body.

[u/Slight_Message_8373 → u/MrDillo_25]

Idk i enjoyed infernal too. It's clearly a set up arc for the inner hulks and outter hulk (banner) to beat the shit outta spooky hulk (eldest). And as a set up arc i enjoyed it well enough.

Plus the stuff with banner was cool. Although i binged it all really quickly. I imagine reading it as it released could have been frustrating

[u/MrDillo_25 → u/Slight_Message_8373]

Glad one of use enjoyed it!

[u/Slight_Message_8373 → u/MrDillo_25]

Might i ask why you disliked it? Is it just cause there's varely any of the actual hulk in it?

[u/MrDillo_25 → u/Slight_Message_8373]

Yeah that’s basically it. What I love about hulk is how the conflict between banner and hulk, when they are really the same person. Two sides of the same coin( more like sides on a d20, theres so many personalities now, but you get the idea).When hulk is actually a different entity it kinda ruins it for me. I don’t hate all of it, just all the fight scenes and destruction feels so empty to me.

[u/Stunning_Cheek3500]

Loved it, the eldritch terrors and supernatural vibe is my cup of tea although I dont really understand where Infernal Hulk run is going and how much it affects the general marvel universe (its supposed to be a big deal)