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Post by james on Apr 11, 2024 18:01:30 GMT -5
With 60 or so meetings of the Thing and the Hulk over the years it literally just occurred to me Byrne had never done his version of this classic battle
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 12, 2024 4:10:18 GMT -5
He certainly could have during his FF run. Maybe he intended to do it when he took over the Hulk title. Too bad he left in one of his tantrum's before he could.
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 12, 2024 4:12:38 GMT -5
Here's an image that was on the net.  |
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Post by james on Apr 12, 2024 6:15:46 GMT -5
He certainly could have during his FF run. Maybe he intended to do it when he took over the Hulk title. Too bad he left in one of his tantrum's before he could. I was definitely thinking about his FF run. Good point about Hulk. |
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Post by spoon on Apr 12, 2024 9:57:12 GMT -5
I read an issue from Byrne's Hulk run years ago. I felt bad to discover the run was so short. Then, I actually bought all his issues and read it through a couple years ago. I discovered it actually wasn't very good. I mean the writing, because the art was nice.
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 12, 2024 10:10:25 GMT -5
It rehashed many old plot lines from other Hulk books. How many times do we have to see Banner separated from the Hulk ?
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 12, 2024 10:14:32 GMT -5
I have to say I am a bit surprised by this, I mean it seems Byrne rehashed just about everything else from the Lee/Kirby run of FF when he was on the book (as he rehashed a lot of stuff in his short Hulk run and on his Namor run...) I would have thought he had done this too.
-M
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Post by spoon on Apr 12, 2024 10:50:59 GMT -5
I have to say I am a bit surprised by this, I mean it seems Byrne rehashed just about everything else from the Lee/Kirby run of FF when he was on the book (as he rehashed a lot of stuff in his short Hulk run and on his Namor run...) I would have thought he had done this too. -M Maybe events in Hulk's title were an obstacle for him. A good portion of Byrne's FF run corresponded with the period when Hulk had Banner's mind, then was reduced to totally savagery, then got exiled to the Crossroads. So maybe he wanted to do a more traditional take on the Hulk than what he could've done during the first two periods. Then, during the Crossroads year, the Hulk wasn't even on Earth. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Apr 12, 2024 10:53:13 GMT -5
Are there as many variations of Hulk vs The Thing as their are colors of the rainbows of Hulks and Green Lanterns? Personally I think for the most part most the Hulk vs Thing battles were pretty bland and just repeats. Though the one I do like a lot that someone posted in the cover contest, The Big Change MGN is really good. And before anyone accuses me of being a Starlin fanboy, it also had Bernie Wrightson art too! There I said it. Wait ..... wrong thread.
Beside the fact that the one thing we should be thanking Byrne for is Aliens: Earth Angel .... wait no no ... his contribution to creating Terrax.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 12, 2024 10:53:34 GMT -5
I have to say I am a bit surprised by this, I mean it seems Byrne rehashed just about everything else from the Lee/Kirby run of FF when he was on the book (as he rehashed a lot of stuff in his short Hulk run and on his Namor run...) I would have thought he had done this too. -M Maybe events in Hulk's title were an obstacle for him. A good portion of Byrne's FF run corresponded with the period when Hulk had Banner's mind, then was reduced to totally savagery, then got exiled to the Crossroads. So maybe he wanted to do a more traditional take on the Hulk than what he could've done during the first two periods. Then, during the Crossroads year, the Hulk wasn't even on Earth. Things not being the way he wanted in other books for him to do the stories he wanted never seemed to stop him from trying to force people to do it his way before (or after) that point, so I don't see that as a realistic obstacle for him. -M |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 12, 2024 11:04:02 GMT -5
Here's an image that was on the net. Looks like they are square-dancing, to me. |
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Post by driver1980 on Apr 12, 2024 12:09:11 GMT -5
I did quite like The Incredible Hulk #314-316, if I’m honest.
Would he have given us a Hulk/Thing confrontation? Maybe. Or maybe not. He did seem to be doing more “cross-pollination” back then, such as the FF encountering Dr. Octopus, and Superman vs. Joker, rather than necessarily retreading old ground with fights we’ve seen previously.
I’d have much rather seen more Hulk/Juggernaut battles.
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Post by chaykinstevens on Apr 12, 2024 13:49:12 GMT -5
It rehashed many old plot lines from other Hulk books. How many times do we have to see Banner separated from the Hulk ? Byrne separated Banner from the Hulk because he intended to reboot things to 1963 by killing the Hulk and having Banner become a new Hulk. |
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Post by driver1980 on Apr 12, 2024 13:51:09 GMT -5
It rehashed many old plot lines from other Hulk books. How many times do we have to see Banner separated from the Hulk ? Byrne separated Banner from the Hulk because he intended to reboot things to 1963 by killing the Hulk and having Banner become a new Hulk. That seems a bizarre idea, like putting a hat on a hat (or, taking a hat off and putting a similar hat on). Why not just keep the original Hulk - and the Banner/Hulk dynamic? |
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Post by chaykinstevens on Apr 12, 2024 14:08:19 GMT -5
Byrne wanted to change the Hulk to be more like his favourite version, and to go back to before it was public knowledge that Banner was the Hulk, perhaps keeping this secret from the readers for a while too.
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