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Shellhead wrote: Again, my own favorite Hulk run is from an earlier period, when Peter David and Dale Keown were the creative team on Hulk. That was an unusual time, when Hulk and Banner were more fully integrated and Hulk had the intelligence of Banner. But for a new fan, it's easier to start in a more recent period. If you like science-fiction, you should start with Planet Hulk. It's a more classic style Hulk, with towering rages and lots of action, but taking place in a very alien setting. I'm about to try the Jason Aaron run, which might also prove amazing. His Vertigo series Scalped was one hell of a story, and I bet he can deliver the goods on an angry Hulk.
Couldn't put it better myself when it comes to the David/Keown Hulk run (so I'll just quote it here 3 pages later to reinforce Shell's point ). Far and away the best run of that title I've read. I got into the Aaron run not long ago but found myself not really into it after a few issues. Problem is, I can't tell you why that was the case. It just didn't really grab me. To be fair, though, it may be simply because I'd been away from Hulk from a long time and just kind of wandered back to the title). Dunno. Just didn't really work for me.
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Superman Family Adventures was a big hit- didn't realize it was Art Baltazar, I met that dude a couple of years ago, he was doing some kind of Werewolf boy comic. I have a bunch of signed issues somewhere. River asked to read it again this morning.
Baltazar also did a Tiny Titans book, and although River loved it (he LOVES Robin) the book wasn't as good as the Superman ones. Lots of DC in-jokes that a three year old has no chance of getting, like when Deathstroke turns out to be the substitute teacher at the elementary school.
He also loved the Batman: Brave and the Bold comic...second issue was really dumb though, some nonsense about the Thinker posting up in an online game called Craft of War...har har.
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Glad the SFA was a hit! He does the DC in-joke thing in SFA too, which seems like an error to me, but it's mostly not that obtrusive; he also uses a bunch of elements of the Superman mythos with zero explanation (General Zod, the Phantom Zone, the bottle city of Kandor, references to Superman's New 52 costume change), but I don't think my kid cares too much, as I think it's ALL so weird and mysterious to him that he doesn't notice that some of it is, say, weird and mysterious to his mom as well.Michael Barnes wrote: Baltazar also did a Tiny Titans book, and although River loved it (he LOVES Robin) the book wasn't as good as the Superman ones. Lots of DC in-jokes that a three year old has no chance of getting, like when Deathstroke turns out to be the substitute teacher at the elementary school.
The guy at my fave comic store just handed me the current Metallo issue for free. Jesse treated it like the holy bible, so I ended up picking up all 8 other issues. The comic shop guy asked me if I wanted bags and boards for them; HA! If he only knew what they currently look like...
I love that in the SFA-verse, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen pretty much just figured out that Clark Kent is Superman because duh. I think there's only three more issues left, it got cancelled.
I also love that a large percentage of the issues end up with a new member of the Superman family.
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Dogmatix wrote:
Shellhead wrote: Again, my own favorite Hulk run is from an earlier period, when Peter David and Dale Keown were the creative team on Hulk. That was an unusual time, when Hulk and Banner were more fully integrated and Hulk had the intelligence of Banner. But for a new fan, it's easier to start in a more recent period. If you like science-fiction, you should start with Planet Hulk. It's a more classic style Hulk, with towering rages and lots of action, but taking place in a very alien setting. I'm about to try the Jason Aaron run, which might also prove amazing. His Vertigo series Scalped was one hell of a story, and I bet he can deliver the goods on an angry Hulk.
Couldn't put it better myself when it comes to the David/Keown Hulk run (so I'll just quote it here 3 pages later to reinforce Shell's point ). Far and away the best run of that title I've read. I got into the Aaron run not long ago but found myself not really into it after a few issues. Problem is, I can't tell you why that was the case. It just didn't really grab me. To be fair, though, it may be simply because I'd been away from Hulk from a long time and just kind of wandered back to the title). Dunno. Just didn't really work for me.
I just tried the first story arc of the Aaron run on Hulk last night, just after reading the 8th volume of his excellent Scalped series. I didn't like his Hulk. Too dark and too bitter. There were some interesting ideas, but something has gone horribly wrong when the most likable character in a Hulk comic is Doctor Doom.
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Dair wrote: Anybody read the Bruce Jones Hulk? I remember getting the trades and enjoying them at the time. I can't say they have stuck with me, so I don't necessarily recommend them. I am curious to hear what others think, as they might be worth putting on my stack to re-read.
I hated that Jones run. Possibly because of his name, Bruce Jones was way too interested in Bruce Banner and had little time for the Hulk. Also, the decompressed intrigue eventually drove away most of the fans, the same way it played out with the X-Files tv show.
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