The official INCREDIBLE Hulk thread...........

[Anubis]

Waiting for a table at Red Lobster.

 

[NightBeetle]

Hulk #18 Santa Variant

 

[Dreadstar]

Next week is the start of Fall of the Hulks! I cant wait!!!!! I have been lovin the RULK book!

 

[Silver Knight]

I wonder how Fall of the Hulks will end.

 

[WolfCypher]

With the fall of the Hulks...

Sorry. Long time reader, rare poster...

 

[runawayboulder]

I'll check out Fall of The Hulks. The Incredible Hulk has been really good. Rulk has been....ok.

 

[Silver Knight]

With the fall of the Hulks...

Sorry. Long time reader, rare poster...

So what are you saying? Both Hulks will die?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Skipping Fall of the Hulks, myself. I'm loath to miss Parker's work, but Loeb's clearly the main force behind the event and I have absolutely no desire whatsoever to read anything involving Rulk.

 

[Bruce Banner]

So what are you saying? Both Hulks will die?

No, They won't.

 

[Silver Knight]

No, They won't.

So how exactly will the Hulks fall?

 

[Docker2.0]

So how exactly will the Hulks fall?

Dude how does anyone know? It hasn't come out yet.


But knowing Loeb, it'll probably happen with a can of magical beans.

 

[WolfCypher]

If the tie-ins aren't handled by Loeb, at least there will be some merit to this mini-event. I've lost all interest in Rulk, so my only concerns are Hulk, Skaar, and A-Bomb. Hulk in the sense that after or during this story, what will be the Hulk that we'll be stuck with? Green Scar has to return at some point if Skaar is to confront his "father" again. But I really don't want to go back to dumb Hulk. Ever.

Skaar, I hear tell from speculation and nothing more, may not be with us after this event. These rumors are just that, though I really am wondering what will become of him.

A-Bomb for me is in a special tier. Like Tim Drake as Red Robin and Eddie as Anti-Venom, I kinda like Rick as A-Bomb, but kinda want him to...stop being A-Bomb. So I'll be looking foward to seeing what can be done with his character. As far as I have seen, he's just another Hulk-like character that just pops in and out of Hulk stories. Guy needs direction...or to just go back to being Rick. I'm on the fence, but I am swaying towards favoring A-Bomb. Also, like Anti-Venom, that name has to go!

But the whole Red She-Hulk, Rulk identity, and crap like that? I'm not holding my breath anymore. Oh yeah, I remember Loeb saying that a "Blue Hulk" is not an impossiblilty. I dread this Fall of Hulks will bring us just that.

 

[Docker2.0]

Yeah I actually think Green Scar will end up killing Skaar. Skaar thinks the Hulk is scared of him. I have no plans of getting this. If Pak was writing this alone, then I'd get it no question. But Loeb has just lost it since Hush. I have a feeling we will be seeing a Blulk in the future. At the end of the Hulk comics, there was a funny strip that always had a green, red and blue Hulk. Guarantee it's coming down the line.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Skipping Fall of the Hulks, myself. I'm loath to miss Parker's work, but Loeb's clearly the main force behind the event and I have absolutely no desire whatsoever to read anything involving Rulk.

If Pak/Van Lente had created Rulk and wrote him monthly, would you dig him then?

 

[Silver Knight]

If the tie-ins aren't handled by Loeb, at least there will be some merit to this mini-event. I've lost all interest in Rulk, so my only concerns are Hulk, Skaar, and A-Bomb. Hulk in the sense that after or during this story, what will be the Hulk that we'll be stuck with? Green Scar has to return at some point if Skaar is to confront his "father" again. But I really don't want to go back to dumb Hulk. Ever.

Skaar, I hear tell from speculation and nothing more, may not be with us after this event. These rumors are just that, though I really am wondering what will become of him.

A-Bomb for me is in a special tier. Like Tim Drake as Red Robin and Eddie as Anti-Venom, I kinda like Rick as A-Bomb, but kinda want him to...stop being A-Bomb. So I'll be looking foward to seeing what can be done with his character. As far as I have seen, he's just another Hulk-like character that just pops in and out of Hulk stories. Guy needs direction...or to just go back to being Rick. I'm on the fence, but I am swaying towards favoring A-Bomb. Also, like Anti-Venom, that name has to go!

But the whole Red She-Hulk, Rulk identity, and crap like that? I'm not holding my breath anymore. Oh yeah, I remember Loeb saying that a "Blue Hulk" is not an impossiblilty. I dread this Fall of Hulks will bring us just that.

Yeah I actually think Green Scar will end up killing Skaar. Skaar thinks the Hulk is scared of him. I have no plans of getting this. If Pak was writing this alone, then I'd get it no question. But Loeb has just lost it since Hush. I have a feeling we will be seeing a Blulk in the future. At the end of the Hulk comics, there was a funny strip that always had a green, red and blue Hulk. Guarantee it's coming down the line.

I hope they dont kill Skarr. I love that guy.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

If Pak/Van Lente had created Rulk and wrote him monthly, would you dig him then?

Depends on what they did with him. If it were just Pak and Van Lente's names on the same content of Loeb's Hulk, it would still be as stupid and worthless as Hulk is with Loeb's name on it. If they actually made Rulk a character rather than an alpha male archetype and had more meat to their stories than just a guessing game of whom Rulk would beat the s*** out of next, I might be more inclined to take Rulk seriously.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Depends on what they did with him. If it were just Pak and Van Lente's names on the same content of Loeb's Hulk, it would still be as stupid and worthless as Hulk is with Loeb's name on it. If they actually made Rulk a character rather than an alpha male archetype and had more meat to their stories than just a guessing game of whom Rulk would beat the s*** out of next, I might be more inclined to take Rulk seriously.

Funny, from skimming the last 2 issues it looks like he's doing way less smashing and there's some character development. It's not nearly as entertaining when you're just skimming it but I plan on giving it a proper read to see what's goin on. It'd be a shame if Loeb fleshed the character out and he died soon after in Fall of Hulks.

 

[Obi-Ron]

At the end of the Hulk comics, there was a funny strip that always had a green, red and blue Hulk.

 

[NightBeetle]

THE GREEN ZONE: Jeph Loeb, Greg Pak & Jeff Parker Interview

CBR News: I wanted to start by asking about the origins of this specific story. I know I've talked to Mr. Loeb a few times about how the Hulk line has been coming together...

Jeph Loeb: You talked to my dad?!?

I've got two "Jeffs" here! I've got to have some way to differentiate! [Laughter] But you'd said that even though people might have assumed differently, the story you'd planned for "Hulk" and the story Greg had planned for "Son of Hulk" were always set to converge together eventually. It happened to a certain extent in "Incredible Hulk" #600, but "Fall of the Hulks" seems to be the place where all threads really come together in a significant way. Back at the end of "World War Hulk," did you guys have a specific tale in mind, or was it more that you knew eventually that you wanted to bring the pieces back onto the same playing board?


Jeff Parker: Can you tell that the three of us just essentially extrapolated from ourselves? We're all a bunch of brilliant egomaniacs, and we all related to this so easily that it seemed like a very natural place to start with the villains from the beginning. [Laughter]

Jeph Loeb: Clearly none of us were the strongest. We had to pick something else to be good at.

Greg Pak: We're very comfortable with the "brilliant get no respect" or "cunning geniuses sitting in our lairs" imagery.

Jeff Parker: You have to like the villains to pull it off, though. I think a lot of people don't realize that. I think a lot of people like Doctor Doom, so they understand that. But we also really like Leader and M.O.D.O.K. and have to convey that.

Greg Pak: I think one of the great things Jeff has done is that when you see Leader and M.O.D.O.K. or any of these guys interact, it's very human and believable, while at the same time they're maintaining their interestingness and their evilness. There's humor in their interactions that's very character-based and very real, which makes them even scarier in certain ways. I really had a lot of fun watching the script come together and peering over Jeff's shoulder.

We've all been hearing about how the Intelligencia will kick off what will become the battle of "Fall of the Hulks," but what does this first phase of the event hold for the titular behemoth - whoever he may be - as the story rolls on?

Jeph Loeb: What's equally important about all of this is, as you guys know, at the heart of our story, both Red Hulk and Skarr are of questionable moral character and can in some ways also be seen as the villains of the piece. The challenge that was put before us was to have us care about them as well, and really the key of the summit was that ultimately, this was a story about Bruce Banner and what he has to face. Part of the reason why it was important in #600 for the Green Hulk to go away was so that we could really put Banner in a world where the alliances that he would have to form and the choices he'd have to make – particularly with Skarr – were going to be completely unpredictable. We got to see a Banner, in what Greg's been doing in "Incredible Hulk," that we've never really seen before. He's extremely cunning and very dangerous and, in some ways, more dangerous than when he is the Hulk. It's dangerous in a different kind of way.

Greg Pak: I've really had a ton of fun playing with this storyline and this direction with the character. It was a total blast being able to go to "Planet Hulk" with just the Hulk and have Banner be there on the periphery. Now we're kind of doing the flip of that, and it's just as fun for me to write. Hopefully it'll be just as revelatory for the character in the end. I've said this before, and I'll say it again: "Fall of the Hulks" and "World War Hulks" together, I think, will be the biggest emotional story that has ever been told about Bruce Banner. It really will rock his world to its foundations in multiple ways. It's big, big, big. It's Hulk-sized!



Jeff Parker: I think that what people are going to remember about this storyline is that it's really when we let Bruce Banner define himself. In the past, he always got lost with the other smart guys of the Marvel U. There's Hank Pym and Hank McCoy...anybody named "Hank" basically. [Laughter] There's Reed Richards. But this is where for the first time Banner has come into his own. In the past, everybody's always played with different personalities for Hulk or different takes on Hulk, but you've never seen that concentrated focus on Banner. Now it starts to become clear why he's the Hulk. When you see his actions, you start to go, "Oh, now I see why you turn into a big green monster. A walking atom bomb." It was always there, and that's the eternal appeal of Hulk. Everyone can relate to it because everyone has a Hulk side and sees themselves that way, to a certain degree.

Greg Pak: Previous Hulk writers, like Bill Mantlo and Peter David, laid the groundwork so well and established certain facts about Banner's past and his relationship to his father. It's a real kick in the pants to be able to take that stuff to the degree we're taking it now.

 

[Obi-Ron]

Cool, Thanks Nightbeetle. Big props to Greg Pak for mentioning Bill Mantlo and Peter David at the end.

 

[NightBeetle]

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/091202-Santa-Hulk.html

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[NightBeetle]

Cool, Thanks Nightbeetle.

Welcome t:

 

[NightBeetle]

Fall of the Hulks: Power Players

Writer Jeph Loeb and artist John Romita, Jr. help kick off the biggest Hulk story yet on December 23 with FALL OF THE HULKS: GAMMA #1, delivering a shattering blow to Bruce Banner's world and sending his extended family on a path to destruction.
"GAMMA is a complete game changer for the Hulk," touts Loeb. "There's a murder that ignites the Intelligencia's plans to become the dominant force in the Marvel U. Bigger than Norman Osborn in the current climate. In turn, Banner and Red Hulk make a shocking choice intended to counter the Intelligencia which triggers the Fall of the Hulks. So, as you can tell, it all starts here!"

 

[Gamma Goliath]

Man I do not like jr jr's hulks. They don't look right, I like his spider man and black panther, but his hulks are hideous.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

God, that looks boring. I'm just gonna skim all the stuff involving female gamma creatures.