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Post by badwolf on Nov 20, 2014 11:33:36 GMT -5
Ok, first of all, the Ang Lee film is great, and far superior to the dumbed-down follow-up.
I've read a few of the Trimpe issues but the Hulk era I read most during my formative years was the Mantlo & Buscema run. The first I remember is #250, a double-sized issue featuring the Silver Surfer, and I read it fairly regularly until sometime in the Crossroads arc in the early 300s.
I also enjoyed John Byrne's short stint on the book (I like pretty much anything he does.)
And I'm one of the few people who really liked Bruce Jones' run.
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Post by shaxper on Dec 20, 2015 9:54:28 GMT -5
Just read this one for the first time last night: (from Incredible Hulk #207) Having only come in for Wein's run, I didn't have much of an attachment to Jarella, but Buscema's art really sells Hulk's grief here. Wow.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2015 12:55:38 GMT -5
Just read this one for the first time last night: (from Incredible Hulk #207) Having only come in for Wein's run, I didn't have much of an attachment to Jarella, but Buscema's art really sells Hulk's grief here. Wow. Buscema is top notch throughout his run on Hulk which goes all the way to the end of Mantlo's run which ends around Hulk #312 or so...great stuff.
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Post by Warmonger on Dec 20, 2015 13:19:49 GMT -5
The Len Wein/Sal Buscema depiction of the Hulk will always be my favorite. I have always favored the simple, brute version of the character.
I know most people consider Peter David's run the gold standard, but I really didn't care for it. And I HATED how his Hulk was drawn throughout.
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 20, 2015 13:35:19 GMT -5
The Len Wein/Sal Buscema depiction of the Hulk will always be my favorite. I have always favored the simple, brute version of the character. I know most people consider Peter David's run the gold standard, but I really didn't care for it. And I HATED how his Hulk was drawn throughout. The Pantheon got so BORING so quickly! Peter David was NEVER my favorite Hulk. Even when I was reading it. The years when Herb Trimpe was the artist, aided and abetted by many very talented writers and inkers. That's my favorite era for the Hulk.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Dec 20, 2015 14:10:44 GMT -5
Ok, first of all, the Ang Lee film is great, and far superior to the dumbed-down follow-up. I've read a few of the Trimpe issues but the Hulk era I read most during my formative years was the Mantlo & Buscema run. The first I remember is #250, a double-sized issue featuring the Silver Surfer, and I read it fairly regularly until sometime in the Crossroads arc in the early 300s. I also enjoyed John Byrne's short stint on the book (I like pretty much anything he does.) And I'm one of the few people who really liked Bruce Jones' run. About both those movies : The Ang Lee movie had some interesting parts, but... Even if it had a good actor in its lead, it made no sense to chose one that was already extremely bulky to turn him into something even more bulkier. In that regard, having punny Edward Norton as buce Banner made much more cinematographic sense. Oh, and I'm also one of those who loved Bruce Jones'run, probably the best of all those I've read, storywise.
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Post by shaxper on Dec 20, 2015 14:34:06 GMT -5
The Len Wein/Sal Buscema depiction of the Hulk will always be my favorite. I have always favored the simple, brute version of the character. I'm most way through the run now, and it feels like there are two very different Hulk in it. The first half features a Hulk with a childlike innocence who reminds me a bit of the Boris Karloff Frankenstein monster. But somewhere around issue 200 he reverted into a simple angry brute again. I liked the first half a lot better.
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Post by Action Ace on Dec 20, 2015 18:56:35 GMT -5
As mentioned in another thread, I want the story of what happens if Donald Duck was at the gamma bomb test site instead of Bruce Banner. That takes the "my secret, I'm always angry!" to a whole new level.
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Post by realjla on Dec 20, 2015 20:59:09 GMT -5
As mentioned in another thread, I want the story of what happens if Donald Duck was at the gamma bomb test site instead of Bruce Banner. That takes the "my secret, I'm always angry!" to a whole new level. He said, "Puny bomb burned Duck's pants off! That makes Duck MAD! And the MADDER Duck gets, the....WAAAK-WAAAK..."
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Post by Farrar on Dec 22, 2015 1:07:15 GMT -5
I loved that issue with Valkyre, too. Does anybody have a scan of the Hulk trying to score some hors d'oeuvre from a snobbish butler? Is this it?
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Post by the4thpip on Dec 22, 2015 13:34:17 GMT -5
That's it!
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Post by shaxper on Dec 22, 2015 14:39:08 GMT -5
That is priceless. Where is that from, and who was the artist?
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Post by Farrar on Dec 22, 2015 15:11:34 GMT -5
It's from Hulk #142, art by Herb Trimpe and John Severin. And I JUST noticed that pip posed his question a year and half ago! Sorry to be so late with this--I just came across this thread thanks to Shax reviving it with that heartbreaking sequence of the Hulk being comforted by the Valkyrie. That story was included in the collection "Hulk: Heart of the Atom", which I read for the first time a few years ago. I found that Hulk-Jarella story incredibly moving and I was very touched by the Defenders' devotion to him. Btw, the guy in the foreground of the #142 page is alleged to be modeled on Marvel staffer/background artist/production guy Tony Mortellaro. Here's a shot of him from the bullpen photos included in Fantastic Four Annual #7 from 1969 (I love Lieber and Palmer so I'm not cropping them out ).
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Post by shaxper on Dec 29, 2015 19:54:29 GMT -5
FYI I finished Len Wein's run on Incredible Hulk today (#176-220) and reviewed it here.
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Post by Warmonger on Dec 29, 2015 20:50:47 GMT -5
Ok, first of all, the Ang Lee film is great, and far superior to the dumbed-down follow-up. I've read a few of the Trimpe issues but the Hulk era I read most during my formative years was the Mantlo & Buscema run. The first I remember is #250, a double-sized issue featuring the Silver Surfer, and I read it fairly regularly until sometime in the Crossroads arc in the early 300s. I also enjoyed John Byrne's short stint on the book (I like pretty much anything he does.) And I'm one of the few people who really liked Bruce Jones' run. While the Ang Lee version had the best story, I just couldn't get over the Hulk growing to 200 feet tall and looking like a giant plush toy. Couple Ang Lee's script with Ed Norton as Banner and a Ruffalo-esque Hulk and I think you would have the definitive Hulk movie.
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