After last week’s major turning point we get…. a Christmas themed fight with The Rhino?!?!?
No, not a dream, not a hoax, but a flashback issue, which becomes a fitting goodbye for the gray Hulk, as we throw in his brief tenure as a member of the “New” Fantastic Four.
So long, Gray Goliath.
Remember when The Hulk shilled for Honeycomb cereal?
I didn’t either, but here is a commercial from 1976 showing the Jade giant selling the breakfast treat like a champion:
So, that happened, and now that you have seen it, you should go out and buy some Honeycomb cereal… because it’s the bomb, but also because The Hulk said so.
THE BIG ONE!
The turning point is here, and The Hulk will never be the same- and that isn’t just lip service.
Zaki Hassan, of Zaki’s Corner and the Huffington Post, joins a returning Michael Bailey to cover one of the signature issues in the entire run of Peter David on The Incredible Hulk.
After Bruce Banner’s psyche is torn asunder, Doc Samson ventures into the mind of Bruce Banner to find peace for both the gray Hulk, and the green Hulk- and finally cure Bruce Banner.
But, the results, and the journey, prove to be surprising.
We are one issue away from one of the biggest events in the entire Hulk saga, and everything explodes here.
After everything that has happened since the Ground Zero story line, Bruce Banner has been pushed to the brink, with his gray and green alter egos at war with themselves, and Rick’s new girlfriend is the match that sets the flame to the powder keg.
This leads to one of the craziest, and most unique Hulk battles of all time, and a fight that will leave Bruce Banner broken in ways he never thought possible- But, Doc Samson has a plan to fix Bruce Banner and The Hulk once and for all.
“The Coming of The Hulk” (24 pages)
CREDITS: Stan Lee (Writer) Jack Kirby (Penciller), Paul Reinman (Inker)
FEATURE CHARACTER: The Hulk
SUPPORTING CAST: General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, Elizabeth “Betty” Ross, Rick Jones
VILLAINS: The Gargoyle
OTHER CHARACTERS: Igor Starsky
LOCATIONS/ITEMS: New Mexico Desert Base, Gamma Bomb
SYNOPSIS:
Part 1 “The Coming of The Hulk”
At a New Mexico missile base, Dr Bruce Banner prepares to test his invention, a gamma bomb, under the watchful eye of General Ross. Continue reading