Writer/artist Jim Rugg concludes his creative reimagining of the entire history of THE INCREDIBLE HULK in this can't-miss oversized issue. You'll never look at Bruce Banner the same way again!
RATED T
Although this mainly goes over the big plot points of each story it does point you in the right direction if you want to look up these stories yourself to explore further. Read Full Review
The hated Hulk got his flowers, but he could use some more. I would like to see another issue to complete the Hulk's vision. Didn't the X-Men reach Krakoa in their Grand Design series? I know they had more than two issues. And if there's anything to take away from Rugg's retellings is that the Hulk in all his madness, deserves the spotlight; yes, even Berserker Banner too. Read Full Review
Imagined as a back-up feature, there's a lot of value to be found in small elements, but read as a complete narrative this Grand Design falls into the same pitfalls as its predecessors and raises the question whether there's much value to be mined from this approach to Marvel Comics' history. Read Full Review
Okay, this felt slightly better and less jumpy. Either way, it's 60 years of character's history in two books... At least it makes me want to read all the things I missed...
In contrast to the last issue, this one covers Hulk-events with which I'm not familiar. That makes it even harder for me to find any narrative thread in this one.
I'll be fair to the creator; it's not his fault that the Hulk did a lot of *stupid* and repetitive stuff in the 80s and 90s.
But it's just not much fun to read in this super-compressed digest form. The art's not as impressive as that in Monster, either. There's some stylistic variation to show the passage of time, but the different styles don't always match up to what comics looked like at the appropriate moment.
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