World War Hulk
by Greg Pak, Peter David
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Author: Greg Pak, Peter DavidIllustrator: John Romita Jr.
Illustrator: Gary Frank
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-05
ISBN: 0785126708
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Marvel
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Book Review: this fight was fixed
Summary: 3 Stars
Sometimes writers get lazy and think that just because they want a certain outcome, the reader is not supposed to notice that it doesn't make any sense.
This book is FILLED with examples of nonsense writing. Take, for example, the first "fight" (never shown) of the Hulk beating Black Bolt. Right! Here's a guy who blows holes through walls with a whisper and can destroy a city with a word. He can turn the Hulk's brain to jelly any time he wants. Of course, NOW we know that this Black Bolt was probably a Skrull and that's why he didn't have BB's sonic powers. But a little THOUGHT on the writer's part could have overcome the discrepancy. For example: sound doesn't travel in a vacuum, so Black Bolt can't blow a hole in the Hulk's spaceship. The Hulk tells BB, "Surrender yourself and let me beat the snot out of you or we'll bomb your people from space and they'll all die."
Would that this was the only example.
- The Hulk breaks Dr. Strange's hands. Why would the Sorcerer Supreme allow an angry monster to get that close to him without some kind of protection?
- Iron Man is head of the Avengers and SHIELD and has close ties to the US government. A guy that smart would be like a general, using his troops to protect his homeland.
- The Fantastic Four would fight literally to the death to prevent Reed Richard's being captured by the Hulk. And if he was captured, Susan Storm would just look at the guy who captured her husband and say, "You're dead meat," right before she pops a force field in Hulk's brain AND his heart.
As I said, a little thought could deal with these discrepancies. But the problem was: the Writer was too busy trying to Make A Point, namely that Hulk isn't the real monster, everyone else is. (Sorry, bub, but your rage, though sometimes justifiable, has put countless innocents at risk for years. That makes YOU the monster, not the ones trying to protect citizens.)
Summary of World War Hulk
An epic story of anger unbound! Exiled by a group of Marvel "heroes" to the savage alien planet of Sakaar, the Hulk raged, bled and conquered through the pages of last year's "Planet Hulk" epic, rising from slave to gladiator to king. Now the Hulk returns to Earth to wreak his terrible vengeance on Iron Man, Reed Richards, Dr. Strange and Black Bolt ? and anyone else who gets in the way. Stronger than ever, accompanied by his monstrous Warbound gladiator allies, and possessed by the fiercest and purest rage imaginable, the Hulk may just tear this stupid planet in half. Collects World War Hulk #1-5.Science Fiction Books
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