It took me a while. But I finally got on the bandwagon of this critically acclaimed, fan favorite series. Thank you local public library!
Delving back into his earliest days, along with the Bill Bixby led TV series, Bruce Banner and the Hulk are sharing equal time with each other. Bruce leads the way during the day. But the night is Hulk's time.
In this first volume, Banner travels the Midwest. He wanders based on an itch in the back of his brain. Some would say, it's just the wound from where Hawkeye fatally shot him with a special Gamma tipped arrow. But this newly resurrected Banner believes that this irritation is the Hulk guiding Bruce on a series of missions of mercy.
I loved this first volume. The first 3-4 issues had great twist endings similar to the EC Comics of the 1950s. Each issue has Banner playing gumshoe with the Hulk leaving a trail of retribution across the US.
Around issue 4, we then add Alpha Flight's Sasquatch to the mix. In his human guise, Sasquatch is the second foremost expert of Gamma radiation. Can the Canadian hero, along with an intrepid reporter with a secret past that ties-in with the Big Green Machine, find the Hulk before he goes from Hulk Smash to total Hulk Rampage?!
I loved Al Ewing's (Mighty Avengers) writing. He really captures the source material created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby back in 1962 while tying in those great twist endings found in classic horror comics. This series is a perfect mix of terror and sci-fi! Some awesome covers by my all-time fav artist Alex Ross, doesn't hurt the quality either! A great start to a very promising series that has a large following!
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.
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