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>knock knock
Let the devil in
Another month in the top 10 bros
Based.
Tell more about this.
I love how more and more people are using these stupid reactions images I've been making
OPEN UP THE DOOR IT'S REAL
Anyone ever read Hulk 2099? It’s pretty good and original
This is bad art right?
Sup? I heard that you guys needed a Devil Hulk put down in one hour or less.
Weapon H fight when?
here's a hulk
After the last issue, i'm on the Rick Jones hype train and there is no way to stop it.
Is it? The initial design always put me off checking it out.
There's a Hulk
And another sexy Hulk
Somebody punch Frank Cho in the face before I'll destory his art
Feathery Hulk
Leathery Hulk
She-Hulk is a slut
imagine the smell
Okay look pal we get it, you like She-Hulk, but she's not Bruce. Different narratives, motivations and focus...
Please don't take over the damn thread.
Fun kinda slut though.
>What is the Llama Song?
Jugs has good momentum.
I keked.
Harpy is best girl and WAY better than “Red She Hulk”
The design of him is different, but the story is original and I’ve grown to like the new look. It’s also only 10 issues so it’s not like it’s too long.
Without having been Red She-Hulk first, Harpy would still look like this monstrosity
The current Red Harpy works because they took aspects from both designs
user I'm sure she'd look the exact same, only green, given that that look was created in 1973 and would obviously be updated. You should be thankful she's red just to reference that dumb period.
Marlo looked almost identical to the old design when she was Harpy
And quite frankly I doubt anyone would want the bland Red She-Hulk style over this more distinctive look, glowing eyes and all.
And in 2009 Betty still looked fug as Harpy when she showed up in Fantastic Force
Fair enough. It's a good compromise that acknowledges "Yeah Red Shulkie was a thing" but keeps Betty as her distinct own thing. Harpy is awesome, and an intriguing character that reflects Betty's complex feelings towards Bruce. Hell I decided to send a letter to the fan letter section this month saying I'd read a spinoff called "Harpy; Bride of Hulk".
Hulk fans have endured much suffering.
But that look was fine for 1973. I don't know what suffering you're talking about. Oh and funny enough I actually just bought that issue. Should be arriving any day now in the mail
>buying bad books to spite DC
Unbelievable. Or not.
Why are you lurking Hulk threads to diss the book, King? Shouldn't you be happy that you have your Hollywood career and all that? Surely you wouldn't happen to be upset that your story is bleeding readers...
I have some of those old floppies too;
Have first Doc Samson, but it looks like a rat chewed on it.
I just can't wait until Ross shows up. Do you think he and Banner will be adversaries once again? Temporary allies? Better yet, will he receive a gamma makeover like Rick and Betty?
Ross also controlled Zaxx once.
Not sure how that works with Rulk tho.
Well he could be an amalgamation of both just like Betty is with her past personas. It would certainly be a nice pull, and certainly living up to the name "Thunderbolt". Rick in the Abomination suit was channeling some Bi-Beast imagery, and I don't see the original Zzax showing up so why not? Furthermore, Ross's Rulk form was already burning hot with energy, so it's not that big of a leap. My question is what would that look like? Is he pure energy? A burning, electrical discharging "corpse" of Rulk? Perhaps a visible skeleton underneath his red pecs?
Maybe he'll get this form but with electricity instead of fire
some she-hulk porn, anything, i need more sexy she-hulk
Well he certainly won't be looking like a symbiote or ride a motorcycle, that's for damn sure. But you may be onto something
>Base Rulk body and color
>Body is burning with radiation
>Skull is exposed, cackling red lightning
>Maybe a big lightning bolt scar across the chest
carnage ross
then hulk will call his old buddy venom
Aw, you saved my edit. Bless your heart.
Literally the only reason I haven't gotten rid of my Red Hulk paperback.
That's literally Cosmic Ghost Rider without the helmet.
Goddamn Cates is a back.
I doubt the Absolute Carnage stuff will crossover into Immortal Hulk. Ewig's run is pretty self contained, and only vaguely references outside events like when Hulk fought Ben Grimm last Fantastic Four issue.
Which issue?
>Which issue?
Sorry, I got the whole initial red hulk thing up to his defeat in one graphic novel. The last 15 pages are missing but I fapped like a loon to the she-hulk part in the beginning.
There was this strange article that went on for several pages analyzing and reanalyzing comic sales by title and writer and artist and number to try and figure out why Immortal Hulk had such huge numbers.
The idea that the book was actually just really good and different seemed to elude them.
>Not sure how that works with Rulk tho.
That kind of energy would make him unstable, which is why i'd like to see those two aspects together.
Or maybe it's because online journalists are stupid and their only knowledge of The Hulk is the MCU and think Savage is the only Hulk. Also no one wants to acknowledge that King's run on Batman is trash either. In fact Mister Miracle was crap too
muh
WITH THE NON STOP POP POP STAINLESS STEEL
Is it this one by chance? comicbook.com
>people are so unused to comics gaining readers instead of losing them after the first couple of issues that they think this is a big deal
This is beyond retarded.
I'm just sad people didn't noticed Ewing back when Ultimates was still a thing.
If any series deserves to make a comeback is this one.
As a Strangefag, I'm annoyed Waid's Strange isn't selling better but whatever, it has never been the best selling title
I became a full blown Strangefag because of Waid, so I empathize. It's annoying because the previous runs were terrible or simply not up to par to the character, merely relying on sick value and dragging the character through the mud, and yet sold better (at least Aaron's did, Waid is selling better than Cates).
>"Haha! Hey guys, I posted it again!"
Faggot.
This is you.
I AM CAPTAIN PLANET!
Thunderbolt as Zzzax made since; it should have been further explored.
It's really why this book has been so good.
Red Harpy is perfect.
Abomination shell.
Rick has turned into something, obviously.
Can't wait to see what Ewing/Bennett come up with for Ross.
One can only hope
I wonder if Skaar will show up in immortal hulk he is hulks half alien son be funny if we got Betty’s opinions on him since Bruce basically let hulk run free on that one
doc green depowered skaar.
skaar probaly still has his oldstrong powers.
Harpy Origin.
Not as bad as I remembered.
I hated Trimpe's art though.
ah modok is cool
MODOK is one of top Hulk enemies for me.
Also, Naked Betty.
that is the one. It's an interesting read, less for the conclusion and more for accidently revealing what a shit-show modern comic sales are.
Wouldn’t be surprised, and would like it, red carnage hulk or abomination vs venom Hulk would be awesome. Just like how the red goblin was pretty cool and popular and he got to fight symbionts spider man
Eh, comic sales have hardly increased issue to issue even back in the 80s-90s, unless it's a landmark
Hot
Why dont they ever leave him alone
Personally I say leave the symbiote shit out of this book. Besides, Ross's corpse doesn't even have one anymore because Carnage took the fragment he had, and the US government is en route to return his body to his grave site. A Rulk/Zzax hybrid seems more likely, and it would awesome if a literal thunderbolt jumpstarted the transformation like a classic Frankenstein scenario
If I'm not mistaken, a tie-in to Carnage is a foregone conclusion.
But, ya, Symbiotes could possibly make this a bit of a convoluted mess.
Well, Satan, we already have an Absolute Carnage tie-in/reference; Cletus dug up Ross's grave. Basically it sets the stage of how Ross will wake up, acknowledges the event, and doesn't alienate Immortal Hulk readers who haven't read nor care for the symbiote event happening right now. For example the plot if Immortal Hulk didn't abruptly stop to show Puppet Master taking over Hulk just to crash Thing's honeymoon
>Hating on Trimpe
He's not as dynamic as Buscema, but I'm still going to have to admonish you.
>I'm still going to have to admonish you
I understand, but,
Have to make my case here.
Trimpe drew the old block Hulk for nearly a decade-
Which, in my opinion, enabled the writers to keep writing Hulk in a retarded manner.
Trimpe comes back in '83, that's 20 years of practice drawing Hulk.
Pic related is the result.
On an optimistic note, I have held back on my hatred of PAD, as of late.
I could talk shit about Buscema too, but,
I feel like Sal got it right, particularly headed into #300 issue.
Crossroads work from Sal was brilliant.
Anyone picking this up on Wednesday?
Who're the core/quintessential enemies in Hulk's rogues gallery?
The Leader
The Abomination
MODOK
Thaddeus Ross
Wendigo
Just to name a few
Thank you kind user, I'm just fascinated by Marvel rogue galleries, especially the ones meant to be both solo-book and A-list heroes like Hulk, Spidey, Cap, Thor, etc.
Honestly, Damage is the most shameless rip-off I have ever seen.
This is even worse than Captain Marvel.
Will we ever get him back?
>Hulk defeats Handbomination
>Fortean dies horribly
>The 'shell' is left to rot
>Two years from now, a meteor streaks across the sky
>The shell stirs, digs itself out and starts to walk towards the crash site
>Soon it is met by the charred, blank-eyed Abomination, finally back home from orbiting Mars
>In a joyful reunion, the two gruesome apparitions embrace and merge into the most abominable monstrosity the world has ever seen
Bi Beast
Absorbing Man
Mole Man
Wolverine
Tyrannus
Wolverine
Talbot
Rhino
Sasquatch
Those are the biggie's of old school Hulk, together with other user's list.
Damage is boring because his normal persona is so fucking boring and doesn't mirror/mesh well with his alter ego at all. Even if you go by the basic level dual personality surface level understanding of Bruce/Hulk, you'd have "smart nervous guy and dumb brute monster". What does Damage have? A soldier and a monster that beats nearly everybody for one hour. That's it.
As for The Abomination, yeah, that's be a great cliffhanger for this arc, and about what I'd expect from Blonsky's return. In fact Blonsky falling from the sky like a meteor would tie well with the Biblical stuff, since such imagery is associated with end times and whatnot.
Cain has been shown to be quite sociable when he tries not to be a total asshole. And he's got that whole boyish redhead thing going on...
He also did it at least twice before. It's actually kind of his thing.
Why are you still here?
What, falling from the sky?
Lewds when?
Ending up in space, anyway.
Here's MODOK and Ross thawing him out.
He was a space popsicle.
Yup.
Ah, Sal Buscema...
Check out Jim Shooter's title from that issue.
Fair enough. I can understand that
>I could talk shit about Buscema too, but,
I feel like Sal got it right, particularly headed into #300 issue.
I'm kind of biased since Buscema's Hulk is burned into my memory, but I can also accept that.
Yeah, it's pretty much his thing. Seems like he's spent more time shunted into space than anything else. As much time as he spends under other people's control.
Man, I never realized how much Emil's life sucks until just now.
Wasn't Blonsky that second face in that Abomination body? And wasn't he still in that body?
Weird how that was not adressed at all.
>I'm kind of biased since Buscema's Hulk is burned into my memory
Mine too, especially concerning that bygone era.
Sal's Hulk in the last part of Mantlo's run was so much improved, from when he started.
Trimpe, nope, never improved, block Hulk.
I also feel like Shooter was putting a boot everyone's ass leading up to Secret Wars.
Hence, the MODOK reference.
Dunno, but everything else besides Rick was ripped apart like an empty shell, so it probably got destroyed.
What if Blonsky comes back with weird new powers since he's been floating in space for so long? What if he and his shell merge, and he gets four arms, a tail, and maybe a rocky shell like Thing?
I'm pretty sure those were two Rick faces. I mean, they have they exact same features and haircut. It wouldn't make sense for Emil to be anywhere near there when they already pointed out his brain wasn't attached to the husk they fused to Rick.
He didn't get new powers after he'd been floating in space for years as a collection of disparate atoms.
Things change, as seen in this run. Gammas are doing all sorts of crazy shit now. For all we know, Blonsky was afflicted by some other radiation during his absence
>It happens.
Probably. My LCS needs the money
What is Rick thinking here?
Will he sing?
Yeah along side a trade of it. It seems like a fun book and I don’t know why I’m not supporting it
>Wish I had brought my parachute...
>Gamma boosted Destiny Force
>you will never ride Red Harpy to battle
Come the fuck on mang
She really sucks like a vacuum.
>that massive rise
But how?
>Superman will be in the public domain
>Rick can just throw radioactive Superman at people
OH shit son
Unlike other series, Immortal Hulk has acquired new readers instead of progressively losing them over time. That's all there is to it, and the reason why you don't see the same trend in the sample series is because starting big then drip down readers as orders decrease is pretty much the norm. Unlike this.
And the sad part is that there's people who actually believe this is some kind of speculator nonsense when other series that have been hit hard by this (like Batman Damned or Major X) do not exhibit this behavior, simply because the speculator market is at the end a drop in the bucket compared to the overall market. You'd have to buy thousands upon thousands to resell in eBay in order to create a false impression of interest, and do so consistently too.
Amazing.
You managed to contribute absolutely nothing in four retarded posts.
But those are from two different anons.
Duly noted.
It was a cursory observation.
Also how is asking about the massive rise a retarded post? I think it's a perfectly valid question that ought to interest everyone in the business.
In the course of a usual thread, it would be a Batfag attempting to discredit the numbers.
So is that guy with the glowing eyes Rick or that jock guy dug up in that Ghost Phase issue.
It's Rick, you can see him in the cover for Immortal Hulk #22, arriving to the scene all barefoot and puking.
My Apologies.
The Bat is dead. Bury it. Consider this mercy.
>arriving to the scene all barefoot and puking
Based.
...
Also, upon further analysis (and with the benefit of having months to discuss this shit proper), perhaps that's not puke but the glow of his eyes as he casts down his sight.
I mean, there's no mouth there, just a haze.
>Talbot
I miss him bros.
You know they could easily revive Batman simply by ditching King and making it about detective stories again
I don't remember rick having 1.5 faces though. Still, its the same face.
Given this book, it probably actually is puke.
Certainly, but I think by then Immortal Hulk would have its spot in the top 10 secured. Think about it, aside from the Batman ongoing there's three (3) Batman miniseries that should be done soon. And aside from those, if you remove the #1s (leaving HoX/PoX because let's face it, it's gonna stay), we end up with
>House of X #1
>Powers of X #1
>Amazing Spider-Man #25
>Black Cat #2
>Immortal Hulk #20
>Batman #74
Remove Black Cat (that shit is pure variant mafia), add an event or two, and you have enough space for Hulk to roam about.
I suppose you're right, I just don't think this guy has the benefit of wasting more fluids... Look at him.
There needs be some allowance for random Hulk-outs in Hulk Thread.
Sorry, Bro.
It's not that simple.
Too much confidence has been broken.
They exploited Batfags.
Batfags won't forget.
Ah, he'll be fine. Just needs a little exercise and sunlight.
I do think the variant covers probably helped initially, but a lot of the people who bought it just for the covers apparently read it and stuck around.
This is one series that has been helped tremendously by positive word of mouth.
The most degenerate batfags will never stop buying no matter how bad it gets.
He was pretty damn great. Also, going from guest... star, I guess, to main villain is damn impressive.
And people wonder why I respond to multiple posts.
They will forget the moment King is out on his ass.
It's almost like they are doing a Beast Rabban / Feyd Rautha inverse bait-and-switch for when they announce Batman will be written by Bendis from here on out.
With the advent of the new Inhumans and the rise of mutants, human beings who have no genetic potential on their own have been left in the dust. Thunderball has decided to close the gap, with research from the government and the Leader's mutates and Bruce Banner's experiments on gamma mutation on others, Eliot Franklin has perfected the use of gamma radiation to give normal humans superpowers and make them a better version of themselves. Through exposure to his tempered gamma rays, the subject will become faster, stronger, more intelligent, more personable and potentially develop other powers. Tens of thousands have been exposed to the procedure and they've followed Thunderball as their leader to learn more about their powers and what it means for the human race. But Thunderball is only an expert on the science of gamma radiation and not how to "use" it and more importantly than that, he's a crook at heart who only cares about his own interests.
He doesn't know what he's doing and all the original gamma spawns know it. The Hulk and the Leader know more than anyone else that this is a recipe for disaster and every day more and more people are being given the powers of Doc Samson and then some thinking that gamma rays are just a superpower inducer when they're so much more than that. Bruce Banner wants to depower all of Thunderball's followers so they can't harm themselves or anyone else and not get into a race war with the mutants; the Leader just wants to take over the cult and start again with creating his new race of supermen. All of their bad blood is put behind them as they call a truce to stop the new gamma mutates by working together
Didn't PAD bring him back only for Loeb to fuck it all up and reveal that the Talbot that PAD brought back was a LMD spy Leader put into place as part of a long term plan of his?
If Rick shoots any radioactive superhumans at people it should be Marv and Genis.
Remember Devil Hulk?
Actually no
Is this a new story?
It's the first Marvel comic in years I actually try to support
That's actually not a bad treatment. I want to see that play out.
I do. I also remember this Devil Hulk.
... And also this Devil Hulk.
because it was ewing (who nobody reads) and hulk (who hasnt had an ongoing in a while and his last couple of runs were fucking awful) so it started with quite a low readership and then good word of mouth meant that the sales increased
>who nobody reads
I read Ewing.
No way me too!
Fuck off with your mugga music, this is a Hulk thread.
That's not how Batfags operate though. They'll hate King forever and claim that they've always hated him, but they'll forgive DC the very moment King is off the book.
Actually, PAD introduced his strikingly similar nephew Matt. Loeb using an LMD of Glenn did happen, though.
How much background information and reading do I need in order to fully enjoy IH?
Zero (0).
Oh wait I guess knowing that he was dead until then, and that he got revived during Avengers No Surrender, his first full appearance in the Devil Hulk persona. Other than that... You can hop in without knowing a single thing. That's the beauty of it.
Remember this Devil Hulk?
¡Ayyy, el diablo!
kys faggot
Barefoot and puking makes more sense.
That would mean puking gamma acid is Rick's thing,
Not a power of the Abomination husk.
Is Immortal Hulk taking place along with the New Carnage story?
so do i (ive been following him since zombo) but pretty much everything he did before immortal hulk with marvel got cancelled prematurely
Seems like it is, particularly, concerning Ross.
>> 23. IMMORTAL HULK #21 (MARVEL) - 54,333 [25]
>no variants at all for that issue
I wonder how the the two will tie in.. With the whole gamma thing and symbiote codex thingy.
Probably not too much.They'll vaguely reference it, but don’t expect Carnage to appear
Ultimates was the crown jewel of good books from marvel at the time, the storytimes were always great to participate in and because there was actual conversation and speculation instead of shitposting.
from Wikipedia:
Tie-ins
Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 #30-31
Absolute Carnage: Avengers #1
Absolute Carnage: Ghost Rider - Symbiote of Vengeance #1
Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk #1
Absolute Carnage: Lethal Protectors #1-3
Absolute Carnage: Miles Morales #1-3
Absolute Carnage: Scream #1-3
Absolute Carnage: Separation Anxiety #1
Absolute Carnage: Symbiote Spider-Man #1
Absolute Carnage vs Deadpool #1-3
Venom Vol. 4 #17-19
Is that good or bad?
It's fine.
Well, yeah, it IS a big deal, just because it's not behaving like any other book on the shelves. It is legitimately a weird anomaly; even other really good titles rarely sustain themselves on quality alone.
what're the extras? Just inks
Usually those have the original script, the inks without dialogue, the colors without dialogue, all the variants and the issue itself.
But since comes out more than a year after its original release, maybe there is something more.
That one actually slipped my mind. Also, there's barely any good shots of that version.
That's perfect.
Nice, I'm picking up the directors cut f issue one wednesday and I'm getting the trades. I'm starting hulk from the beginning after. So its hulk then he takes over the numbering of tales to astonish? Where should I start to get a better understanding of what ewing is doing? (does that rhyme?)
You're not going to find much in Tales to Astonish.
Other than key issues like first Wolverine, first Samson, etc,
I would start with IH #288 through to Peter David's run.
That has you starting with Banner controlling the Hulk, and subsequent meltdown.
David runs with the psychological aspect when he takes over.
Thanks user
BUMP!
Actually, I don't see any of these as having any bearing on this Immortal Hulk.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. The Devil Hulk from the flashback in that same issue.
Fun bit of trivia: Joe Bennett also drew , although he could be forgiven for forgetting what Devil's supposed to look like, given the 18 year gap between these issues.
Post it or it didn't happen.
It's not like his appearance was that consistent anyway.
Not Immortal Hulk.
Maybe a good Anti that Ewing needs to explore.
Immortal Hulk is based on Blake's orc, who eventually lays it all down.
Won't say anymore.
how tf did ewing bullshit this away when it's the worst thing devil has done
Because that's not Ewing's Hulk.
something something trauma-induced perception filter
Also wendigo and Wolverine were same issue and wolverines first. But Hulk Wolverine is kino rivalry
We all have a responsibility to keep them around as long as possible
There's something kind of pathetic about the first thing Devil Hulk's gonna do is screw Bruce's Ex's. Shouldn't the piece of Bruce that is going to END THE FUCKING WORLD if it ever gets loose be a bit less petty?
Imagine Red Carnage Hulk vs Venom Hulk, it would be amazing
Western monster girls > eastern "monster" girls
prove me wrong
hey it's tomie
This is Rachne, she's way hotter than Betty.
>human torso
>skin
I sleep.
>being an unironic furry
O-oh.
Posting the perfect woman is cheating.
Where’s his chin?
Holy fuck what happened? Why is Man-Thing there
That's nuAbomination, not Man-Thing.
Oh shit, damn wtf happened
Of course he's being petty, he wants to get under Bruce's skin for denying him for the last longest.
Though, given present context, it makes one wonder what these conversations looked like from Devil's perspective.
Government black site super science, of course!
My favorite part about MCU Hulk is the fact that he doesn't actually want to be left alone. He just wants friends.
That's true for comic Hulk too.
So more of a Frankenstein abomination then a hulkish abomination
Essentially.