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Incredible Hulk
De_El:
Basically the main benefit this film had was making me think "Oh, okay, well I guess I should go see Iron Man or something now." I was really excited about Iron Man back when it came out, but then I didn't rally have any time and such, and sort of forgot about it a little. The Incredible Hulk was pretty enjoyable, and it did not feel like a waste of money. Uhh...yeah. I had fun. Other than that, I don't suppose it was a terribly remarkable film. But it tweren't bad, by no means.
It made me really curious about trying to go back and read some Hulk comics though. The last time I did that was like, years ago and all I remember is that Bruce Banner woke up in some hospital and a "tornado" somehow had conveniently saved him from awful circumstances, oh and it killed like dozens of people. And then like a couple scenes later in the same comic Brucey is sitting on the edge of a cliff and tries to blow his own brains out, but of course it if not physically possible to do so, at least not with the puny revolver he used. That doesn't sound familiar to anybody, does it? I think it was in an Ultimate series or something. Would anybody know enough to recommend a good place to start with Hulk? Any good one-offs that may exist?
0bsessions:
--- Quote from: Sox on 18 Jun 2008, 17:53 ---I just got back from watching the movie. People are telling me it's "almost as good as Iron Man" and "easily on par with Iron Man". Well, these people are all wrong.
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What? How dare you, Darryl! This movie was great, it...
--- Quote --- It was slightly better than Iron Man. I've never seen a comic book movie handled this well before. Everybody was fantastic, I even found myself liking Liv Tyler.
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Oh, I see. It was a fakeout. I get it.
Abyway, De_El, I am pretty sure you're referring to the miniseries 'Banner' by Brian Azzarello. It was a mini from back in like 2002. I only ever read the first issue, though, so I can't really judge it.
Anyways, good places to read some good Hulk. Unfortunately, my Hulk reading was never all that extensive, but I can give a few examples of some great stories I have read:
Hulk: Gray by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. It's a continuity lite early story of the Hulk. It's by the same team that did Batman: The Long Halloween (Which is allegedly one of the primary influences on the new Dark Knight flick) and it makes for a good, fun read. It's a bit pricey on Amazon (You shouldn't have to pay more than $15-$20 for it).
There's also Future Imperfect by Peter David. This one involves the Hulk (At this point, essentially Banner's intellect combined with Hulk's strength) being flung into a post Apocalyptic future to take down a tyrant called the Maestro.
A very recent, but very excellent and popular Hulk story is Planet Hulk by Greg Pak, one of the best new writer's Marvel has. Don't worry about the sold out "Prelude to Planet Hulk. While not a bad story, all you need to know is that a group of Marvel's most well known leaders decides Hulk is too dangerous and they trick him into a long distance shuttle that throws him off into space, with the intention of leaving him on a beautiful, green planet with no indigenous lifeforms. As is customary, though, something's gotta go wrong. This is from an era where Hulk is less a mumbling savage and has some semblence of intellect.
Planet Hulk leads into World War Hulk, also by Pak. I won't give a synopsis as it kind of ruins the entire story of Planet Hulk, but it's a good old fashioned smash-fest.
Aside from those, there's Marvel's Digital Comics Unlimited. It's a subscription based website that allows you to read comics online for $10 a month or $60 a year. They've got a pretty decent selection of Hulk comics (Though not as comprehensive as it should with the new movie out). It's got at least enough to warrant a month's subscription to wade through (Such as the first run of The Ultimates, which is a great Hulk story AND the lead up to and most of Planet Hulk). They have free samples, too, so I'd recommend checking it out.
carrotosaurus:
The Ultimates is a great place to start, as a lot of the Marvel Avengers film franchise seems to be basing itself (loosely) off that. They're also pretty damn good.
ditto on Planet Hulk.
There's also some Essential Hulk collections, of which I think Vol. 2 should be required reading.
0bsessions:
Marvel Essentials in general are absolutely fantastic. I learned most of my Marvel history from collecting them through my teens. They're ridiculously cheap and ridiculously comprehensive (The X-Men ones alone cover something like 200 issues' worth and can be gotten for under $150 if you bargain shop online)
Plasticity:
I really enjoyed this movie. I didn't catch that it was Doc Samson the first time, glad someone mentioned that.
I heard Luke Cage and Power Man show up at some point, can anyone tell me where they were?
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