I don't quite see the difference to Immortal Hulk, however, I have only read a few issues here and there - some of them I liked, some I didn't, which is why I never read the whole series. I agree that it often looks like Marvel is sabotaging itself, mostly by doubling down on the woke shit in, say, the X-titles.

When it comes to the lack of content, I guess that's just how comics are done nowadays. In the good old days you got a full story with a beginning, a middle and an ending in one issue. Now sometimes you get one scene in a book!

I agree on the cartoonish characters (although I do like the coloring). Nic Klein was excellent on Drifter a few years ago, while this is much more middle-of-the-road, despite some great panels here and there.

I have to confess, I'm not that familiar with Joe Bennett, but you really seem to like him a lot.

I should probably mention I’m not a huge Hulk fan. I’ve read him a while in the eighties and one or two issues in the 90s, before I checked out Immortal Hulk just a few months ago, mostly because I liked the art (and good art is hard to find at Marvel these days).

For the same reason I started reading the new Captain America series. Since the X-books have become so terrible, I’ve been looking for other Marvel books that might interest me. But I really don’t know much about the history of these characters or the people who worked on them over the years.

I‘m now at a point where I might drop all Marvel titles. There are still a few decent issues here and there, but nothing that really excites me as much as Geiger or G.I. Joe.

Thanks for the recommendations. I think I flipped through one of the new Dick Tracy issues, but found the art not very good. Conan is very unsteady. I like De la Torre's art, but none of the other artists are on his level. I'll have a look at the other books!

Dick Tracy, Gun Honey, Heat Seeker, Scarlett Couture... nah, don't like the art. Plus, I'm not a fan of the agent/spy genre.

Alan Davis is the best! He's not as good as he used to be, but that's probably age-related. I think I read his Savage Hulk series when it came out. The Hulk run that really burned itself into my mind, was Mantlo/Buscema. Those were the books that came out in Germany when I discovered MarvelComics in the 80s, but somewhere along the road I lost my interest in the Hulk.

I'm gonna check out your recommendations, but I suspect we have very different tastes when it comes to art and genres.

“My first story from the Mantlo era was with Hulk in Jarella's world (a two-part arc), Incredible Hulk #247 and #248.” I think that story was in the first German Hulk collected edition that I read too!

I review the books I read for some reason. I’d love to say that all the books I read I read because I like them, but unfortunately I’m invested in some books, especially the X-books, that have been really bad for a few years now. I still want to know what happens to some of the characters. I know it’s silly, because each author changes the characters to fit their needs, but they still feel like old friends to me.

Well said. It's weird indeed. Their individuation doesn't seem to come from being part of a music subculture or any art for that matter, but solely from made-up gender identities and weird politics.

I‘m so glad I’m not on X. I’ve heard about the whining of some writers.

LOL Yeah... I'm not getting involved with those woke fuckwits.