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Yeah, the main reason it's bad is because it's soooo early in the series. It really would be better off without it.
What happened in the church on Mercer Avenue? What made the Lembert boy do what he did? Who is the One Below All? Reporter Jackie McGee has four eyewitnesses, with four different viewpoints, telling four different stories. But they all saw Bruce Banner...and the Immortal Hulk.
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This is an achievement of editing, plotting, and style, one that shows just how much gamma radiation is left to be wrung from this decades old monster. Keep it coming. Read Full Review
Of course this issue doesnt work half as well without the quartet of guest artists assembled for this issue; in addition of course to the regular team of Joe Bennett, Ruy Jose, and Paul Mounts. The division of labor between Leonardo Romeros superheroic rendition of events via the Cop, Marguerite Sauvages more romance comic-oriented version of the Old Lady, Paul Hornschemeiers Bartender, and Garry Browns more Frank Miller-esque grimy and gritty telling of the Priests version of events tell a very contradictory, interlocking, and rather unnerving puzzlebox of what actually went down at the church between the issues villain Hotshot and the Hulk. All told this run of Hulk while only three issues in is already looking like a real classic. Now is as good a time as any to jump into the pool. If youre looking for a classic horror comic with a capital H, youre in for a treat here. Read Full Review
THE IMMORTAL HULK #3 is downright memorable. It tells an engaging story in a truly unique way. I continue to be impressed by what Al Ewing's doing with this book. It just keeps getting better and better. The guest artists all shine in their respective story sections. Pick up this issue, even if you haven't read the first two issues. You won't regret it! Read Full Review
Whether you are a fan of the Hulk, Ewing, great art, comics, monster tales, or simply great stories, this comic is for you. This series is what Fresh Start is all about. Pick this issue up. Read Full Review
The Immortal Hulk is probably the best book to come out of Marvel's Fresh Start relaunch, and possibly one of the best books this year. Read Full Review
This is one of the more interesting Hulk books I've read recently purely due to art! Read Full Review
The Immortal Hulk has been a gamma-infused monster-of-the-week comic so far and that's been fun. This reporter searching for Banner adds an overall arc to the series which could prove very interesting as she gets closer to her subject. There is a surprisingly large number of villains popping up with gamma ray abilities, so Banner's staying busy, even when he's trying to stay off the radar. This newer, darker version of the Hulk has been creepy and awesome to watch. Read Full Review
The Immortal Hulk is by far my favorite interpretation of the Hulk in a long while. And we are only three issues in! Ewing puts a lot of thought into the character, his history and telling a compelling story. While experimental narrative we get for issue three, I hope he keeps moving more towards the horror aspect of The Immortal Hulk and the tales of this brutal Avenger. Read Full Review
A simple concept executed really well, with the long-overdue introduction of Jackie McGee. Read Full Review
An excellent addition to "The Immortal Hulk" with a story motif that can change the medium when used so well. Read Full Review
Immortal Hulk mucks about and delivers its first stone cold classic issue with #3. Read Full Review
Being only three issues in, this break from the norm was a somewhat startling change but it proved interesting enough to keep you engaged. Even just as a single Hulk tale I would say it's worth picking up as 95% of the story stands on it's own at any point in Hulk's history. I'm looking forward to seeing what's next from the Immortal Hulk team. Read Full Review
It's close to the best it could be for a single issue with such high ambition. Not all the artistic decisions work, and some facets could be fleshed out more, but it gets the point across and advances the narrative at the same time, which is no small feat. Read Full Review
This may have been a short but sweet review as saying more could get into spoiler territory, but it is finally safe to say, for a different Hulk story, add this to the pull list. Read Full Review
Only three issues in and this series is one those titles I look forward to every month. Read Full Review
As heavy as the first two issues of Immortal Hulk have been, this one gives the reader a chance to take a breath and concentrate on the evolving story. Read Full Review
The Immortal Hulk is a horror of the week kind of comic, and I'm loving every minute of it. Read Full Review
What can I say? I loved it! Three issues in and The Immortal Hulk has not failed me. I still wish it was called 'The Incredible Hulk' but at least it carries the Legacy Number for the Incredible Hulk, as well as the numbering for Immortal Hulk (although I wonder just how long that will remain?). I think Al Ewing has a fantastic grasp on this character! Read Full Review
Overall, this is not a bad issue. Its actually pretty entertaining, but the placement of it, three issues in, while readers are still clamoring for details about what is going on with the main character, makes it come off more as filler than an extension of the last two issues. Filler is fine when its done well, but three issues into a series is not the place for it. Hopefully, given the intriguing ending, this was just Ewing providing the quiet before the storm. Either way, it should be worth sticking around as long as he keeps moving forward, instead of treading water. Read Full Review
This is exactly the kind of issue the series shouldn't have put out at this point in its life cycle. It's too early to experiment like this, especially since certain people can be totally put off by the constant art changes. The first few issues of a book are critical since you need to maintain your tone, but Ewing breaks his streak and as far as I'm concerned, needs to earn it again with the next few issues. Read Full Review
One of the best single issues of the year!!!
What a great issue and an awesome use of artists to tell this story. I loved it! After these first 3 issues, the Immortal Hulk is in my pull list for good.
Something Big, Dark and Terrible is coming!
Holy crap. What an amazing issue. I swear to God, never has a mainstream series been so different, so original, so sensational. This issue is somewhat similar to the old Batman: TAS episode "POV," wherein different characters who witnessed an event recount it to someone, each one having a slightly different take while still progressing the issue forward. This issue uses that format perfectly, almost better than anything else I've read or seen in that style. The personality and tone of each person's story is brilliantly captured, using a different artist to tell each POV, which each artist does seem to compliment their individual story very well. My personal favorite is the police officer's classic-style retelling with art by Leonardo Romero more
The art switch ups were crazy
Normally I hate crap like this. Three different artist all telling a different iteration of the same story. It sounds unique at first but it's overplayed. Not here. This issue was interesting and gripping throughout and although I found the grandma's perspective confusing it was a great look into different personalities and mindsets which is what Hulk is all about
Holy shit this issue was fantastic. Ewing is definitely stepping up the writing and the plot intricacy here, delivering each month a completely different type of storytelling, with the best being this one hands down.
It is also the first time in my life I read a comic that actually makes good use of having different artists collaborating on the issue. Brilliant stuff. I am now, officially, 100% in for the ride.
Another great issue. This book is literally going all-in on unconventional storytelling and it does wonders.
A good story. I thought the book was very entertaining, but unlike most, I found the different art distracting and it took away from the story a bit for me. Overall, I was satisfied though and this Hulk series continues to impress.
Interesting in building the bigger story, but as an issue in its own right, this is less than the the issues that preceded it. The shifting art styles help with the narrative, but less so with presenting an engaging story: some are better than others, but "The Bartender" really isn't up to the standard I expect from a comic published by one of the hig two.
The Hulk leaps into another gamma mystery. We learn about this one after the fact through a Rashomon-style pastiche of Jackie McGee's interviews. The differing perspectives are illustrated by subtly adjusting the tone of the script as well as by inviting in guest artists. The result is a very fun, intriguing read, but the details of the mystery are left a little too open-ended for all-time greatness.
This issue of "Immortal Hulk" is a bit different than the last two...it features a cast of rotating artists, which I found slightly jarring, though I can't say I disliked any particular section. There was just some art that, stylistically, I didn't envision seeing in a Marvel comic book. The artist for the bartender section has a real indie feel. It certainly isn't bad, but it was unexpected, and the differences between the art styles kind of distracts. All said, I did like this, I did find it interesting. Just not quite as captivating as the first two issues.
Another great issue, yet a vastly different one from the previous ones.
In this one, we don't follow Bruce Banner/Hulk but a journalist who is trying to recount the events of the Green Goliath's appearance by talking with the witnesses. This opens a gate for the barrage of artists lending their unique styles to each of the witnesses. And each person has a different view on the matter. Some say the green guy is a hero, some say he's a monster or the devil himself and some just say that he sucks.
Rashamon in green, five great artists, two obscure PAD-era characters, and one great story.
Not as good, but still pretty good.
Well, unexpectedly it definitely slides down for me here... I'm not a real fan of many art styles switching through the whole issue, but it could be cool. If these artists were good. And some of them are really bad or simply doesn't fit here, also they badly mix up... The story was not that cool as well. I mean, I got the point and it's interesting to look at the story from the reporter's perspective, from words of witnesses. But it just didn't really work here. And Hotshot seem to be an old Hulk's enemy, right from a David's era. And what do we get here? His death out of the screen? From the words of some old woman? Okay, why not.
That feels like an unnecessary filler, leading to the next issue. I'm interested in what Ewing wil more
I guess it does its job but man i am not excited to read a story about stories about the thing I want to know more about.
This issue was not good. The art was terrible with a different artist representing each witness. Some of it looked like it was done by a child. The story was a waste of an issue this early in the series. We need to know what the actual status quo of the main character is and not whatever this crap was. I love the Hulk but this issue was weak as hell.
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