German Peralta delivers some impressive art in this issue. The Hulk vs Hercules fights was visually exciting and there are some great dramatic moments brought to life with the art. The imagery is engaging and exciting. A great looking issue. Read Full Review

I generally don't like fights between two strong people. Watching superheroes punch each other isn't the most interesting action in comics. However, I like Hulk's story progression and how he slowly becomes more of a schemer. While I don't believe the way they justified the change was needed; the story was still strong. Read Full Review

"Maestro" #4's exciting visuals ease the damage caused by the misfires in its script. Read Full Review

Maestro tells readers how points A and B are connected, but it fails to add any depth or pathos to the story it's supporting and that simply leaves Maestro #4 to exists as a good looking, superpowered beatdown. Read Full Review

Anyone else notice the Maestro's new haircut at the end?

Banner vs. Hercules, 2 rounds. How Hulk loses, followed by how Banner wins. It's gorgeously illustrated. The script is solid, but it plants itself pretty aggressively in "good enough" territory rather than reaching for greatness. The final victory is abrupt, but that's not a problem. Its inevitability, though … chalk it up to the universal problem with prequels: We all knew how this was going to turn out before we turned the first page.

A heel turn like that makes sense when you have a hundred years of time. It makes it easy to fill the blanks and imagine the path the Hulk took in order to go from good to evil. This just shows his path to evil as being very short and linear, which makes it very hard to justify how out of character it is.

Still, the issue itself was fine. In a vacuum i would have given a higher score.

Well, I liked the ending.