So while it’s cool to see everyone going up against Hulk you soon realize that you’re reading the same fight over and over again. And this is pretty much the same for the other battles. He’s the first one Hulk takes on, but the fight happens off page, and then suddenly he’s defeated. As an example let’s take Black Bolt, leader of the Inhumans, said to be the second-most powerful hero. I get that Hulk is really dangerous and his anger levels are to the extreme so he is practically unstoppable, but the fights should be epic set-pieces. It’s just pages and pages of Hulk punching people but it feels like he’s playing a game where he’s using a cheat to be invincible and super-strong. The problem is that there’s not really any nuance to the violence. But mostly it’s ‘Hulk Smash’, and while I love the Hulk Smashing things it grew tiresome fairly quickly. I thought the best parts of the graphic novel were when this situation was explored, especially when civilians got involved and started supporting Hulk.
I think it’s cool that the heroes are painted in a bad light and I was fully on Hulk’s side (as I’m sure most readers are) and yet, the actions of Iron Man et al are understandable as Hulk is a danger. In this collection there’s a prologue that begins on Sakaar and we’re with Hulk’s warbound (his allies) that talk about the events leading up to World War Hulk, and we also spend some time with a de-powered She-Hulk as she rebukes Doc Samson for supporting Iron Man.
Hulk has always been one of my favourite characters so to see him take on the Marvel universe in a full-blooded battle is something that just screams badassery. I love the premise of this story and was excited to read it. Filled with fury at having been exiled and having his heart torn apart, Hulk returns to Earth with one thing on his mind – revenge.
His joy was short-lived though, for the vessel that carried him to Sakaar exploded and took with it Hulk’s Queen. Hulk overthrew the evil king and became a cherished saviour, finally recognised for the hero he is. They intended for him to land on an uninhabited planet but on the way something went wrong and he landed on Sakaar. Strange, and Iron Man tricked Hulk and jettisoned him off to space. It follows on from Planet Hulk, and the basic story is that Reed Richards, Black Bolt, Dr. World War Hulk is the explosive graphic novel that shows what happens when you make the Hulk really, totally, incredibly angry.
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