Oh for heaven's sake...
A red Hulk? And according to a February 18th USA Today article, the Jeph Loeb written tale centers on: "the Red Hulk, who may or may not be Bruce Banner and who is even more savage than the green version."
And Loeb himself says: "I wanted to bring a danger back to the book. The Red Hulk is the kind of Hulk we haven't seen before -- a thinking, calculating, brutal weapon-toting kind of Hulk. Everything the Green Hulk isn't, the Red Hulk is."
Hmmm - "the kind of Hulk we haven't seen before" huh? Let's review recent history. Specifically the time frame when Peter David was writing the Hulk. Starting with the great Gamma bomb chase/leader story through to when he introduced Mr. Fixit - who was the Hulk incognito, as much as that is possible.
Thinking - check. Calculating - check. Brutal - check. Weapon-toting - check. So all of these elements of the Hulk were well in place. So we have seen these characteristics before.
Didn't Loeb write the incredibly overrated "Hush" story? He's done a few things I've liked, but I think he's discovered an "inconvenient untruth" here. I understand that he wants to project like he has an original, great idea. But he doesn't.
I seem to also remember a Hulk story where there was a Rick Jones Hulk and a Hulk and a Bruce Banner running around all at the same time. Of course, it was only a matter of time before BB restored the status quo and returned us to the Bruce Banner/Hulk scenario once again.
That scenario has worked quite well for over 40 years - why mess with it now? I'd like to give the writers enough credit to assume that they have the talent to write good stories without rewriting the characters they chronicle. But with the recent events in Spider-Man, Captain America and the Hulk, I am wondering if I've held out too much hope.
I sincerely hope not - I'd still like to see well written stories that don't contradict all that went before. But that doesn't seem to be the current Marvel Method. Too bad - all they really need are good stories. They've had that before...and I hope they will again.
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Interesting blog, your opinions are slightly fanatic at times but are entertaining nonetheless. I really agree with your statements on the "One More Day" story line. I must admit I am not an avid reader of Spidey but I can say that I am disappointed in Marvel for this course of action. The whole idea of retroactive continuity always seemed a bit crazy to me but who am I to speak, just a lowly Marvel fan, right? Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad to know that someone is reading. And commenting. I hope you will continue checking in.
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