The Best Defense: The Immortal Hulk #1
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| Writer | Al Ewing |
| Artist | Simone Di Meo |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
"THE BEST DEFENSE" STARTS HERE!
• Stephen Strange is dead. A charred skeleton in an abandoned barn on the edge of a deserted town.
• Bruce Banner wants to know why. And he won't stop until he has the truth in his hands...
• ...with or without THE IMMORTAL HULK.
Rated T+
CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
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10
ComicBook.com - Adam Barnhardt
Dec 05, 2018This blood-pumping, hair-raising book has the pedal to the metal throughout the duration, and it doesn't let up. This title is one crazy ride. Read Full Review
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9.0
Newsarama - Justin Partridge
Dec 10, 2018Though it doesn't quite reach the dizzyingly creepy heights of the main series, Immortal Hulk: The Best Defense #1 is a wonderful side story for one of the best books Marvel has going right now. Read Full Review
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8.5
AIPT - David Brooke
Dec 05, 2018A solid Hulk story due to its ingenious way of using classic Jack Kirby and Stan Lee panels. This story also changes the Hulk in a clever way, setting the stage for a new kind of hero once he joins his new team. Read Full Review
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8.5
Black Nerd Problems - Ja-Quan Greene
Dec 07, 2018We've only gotten looks at 2 of our heroes and while Namor was a grand exploration of Atlantean lore, The Immortal Hulk hits all the right notes and is leading the pack by shining in tone and writing. Read Full Review
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8.0
Comics: The Gathering - Harlan Ivester
Dec 05, 2018Immortal Hulk: The Best Defense #1 is, to no one's surprise, another awesome contribution from Ewing. His Hulk is great on his worst day. This issue does have a couple of weak areas, but they don't detract from the book very much. Di Meo and Sanchez-Almara are a great team, putting together pages that feel somber and full of strife. Like I said, fans of Ewing's Immortal Hulk should absolutely pick this up. Read Full Review
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8.0
The Beat - AJ Frost
Dec 05, 2018I was so surprised. This book was simply stunning. Read Full Review
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8.0
Major Spoilers - Matthew Peterson
Dec 10, 2018It's not easy to do horror in a superhero setting, but this issue makes it feel effortless. Read Full Review
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7.8
Monkeys Fighting Robots - David DeCorte
Dec 06, 2018IMMORTAL HULK: THE BEST DEFENSE #1 is a mystery story. What it lacks in action, it more than makes up for in tension and a mounting sense of dread. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
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9.5
Another solid outing from Ewing. This manages to fit right in with Immortal Hulk's tone while still telling a larger story. The use of the original Hulk run's panels is actually an extremely clever narrative device. I enjoyed this very much. Makes me excited for this event that really came out of nowhere. Hopefully, the rest lives up to Al Ewing's Hulk, which is no easy task.
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This was cool.
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7.5
"Knock, knock" It looks like Al Ewing can even make puny Banner scary. Good stuff.
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5.0
What was that? The art is shit and these occasional Incredible Hulk 1-6 frame flashbacks are sooooo weird and unnecessary... Maybe I'm too dumb to get the point here, but the story was really crappy. At least it was concentrated on Banner, which I wanted in the Immortal Hulk. But not in a story like this... He literally was like an unreasonable animal a whole issue long. The interlude was weird too... And the Strange is dead, he's not from Earth-616, so at least this isn't another his death before 2021.
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