New Arc - HULK PLANET!
Thoroughly shaken by his battle with Thor and Titan's impact on his friends, Bruce Banner decides that his best company is himself - and only himself. As he sets Starship Hulk on a far away course, he begins to reckon with what it means to be healthy - and encounters an alternative to isolation he'd never thought to dream of. But this alternative begs the question - who exactly is Monolith?
RATED T+
Combine all of that with some sparse moments of relief from Banner's banter and you've got a near perfect concoction of emotions. Read Full Review
Ottley delivers some great art in the issue. The visuals are fun, exciting and perfectly capture the tone of the story. Read Full Review
Hulk #9 follows after the events of the Banner of War crossover event with the beginnings of a new story arc. The comic further continues to explore Bruce Banner's personal journey as Donny Cates leans heavily into the Starship Captain direction for not only the Hulk but Bruce himself in the dialogue, narration, everything, which is all brought to life by Ryan Ottley's art. If nothing else, they're setting up something interesting for the Hulk to experience. Read Full Review
Hulk #9 begins a new arc with a little more focus on the story and less on mindless action. However, the first half takes a very long time focusing on Bruce's abuse as a child, calling into question whether or not the flashback was needed for the present story or if the creators simply needed to fill page space. The second half of the story is all Hulk action, so arguably, there's something for everyone. Read Full Review
Not sure if this Hulk Planet thing is good, but everything about Bruce here was awesome. Good old psychological Hulk... Cates actually didn't really miss the point of the character. I'm glad I decided to read this run finally, it's much better, than I thought.
Great art intriguing story
A nice introduction to the second arc of this run. The beginning of this issue with Bruce's therapy session and the introduction of Logan (not Wolverine) is strong. The rest of this does its job well by basically setting the scene for Hulk Planet by giving us what seems to literally be a Hulk planet. Glad to see Ottley back on the art duties as well, as he's one of my personal favorite comic artists. This issue was just a good first issue for the storyline.
Don't get why people rated it so low, nothing egregious about it. Just a new story arc intro! So not a lot of meat to it, but its laying groundwork.
This issue is a perfect example of the way a comic book script can be less of a script and more of an artist's prompt. In this case, with this artist, it actually works, and the spectacular visuals elevate this issue -- barely -- above average.
Grade might be a tad high, but I felt like it at least kept me entertained throughout. It could use a little more excitement.
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