Infernal Hulk #1 looked like a great opportunity to jump back on the Hulk bandwagon, but the mindless violence was a no-go for me. Don't get me wrong, as a horror fan I do enjoy blood and guts, but I hate it when the gore is portrayed as comedic, which is the case here. I would usually attribute it to an incapable artist, but Nic Klein knows exactly what he‘s doing.
What makes this issue even more of a disappointment, is that it pretty much continues a story from the last volume without any chance for a new reader to understand what's going on. Also, the issue is pretty light on story.

All in all, Infernal Hulk #1 was a lot of things - but good it wasn't. more

The first two stories seem like more of the same silly and embarrassing fare on the level of Marvel did and repeat. But the last story, the Punisher one, is written by a PKJ who is ACTUALLY trying to write something violent, where the art is left to illustrate each bloody scene, reminiscent of a Garth Ennis story where Castle plays a dentist who treats a wretch better than any dentist could. This short Punisher story alone manages to be more violent and realistic than the nonsense he wrote about the Hulk... by the way, the plot, without revealing too many spoilers, is similar to the first INSANE and DARK issue of The Immortal Hulk. more

Before Immortal Hulk deservedly established itself in the comic book industry with fifty impactful issues (surpassing Batman, Daredevil, and whatever you thought was a solid run), the jade giant did what he knew how to do: SMASH! And one of those smashes is published in the second volume of Savage Hulk, where Alan Davis shows more than competence in the character, both in the script and the art. In the second volume of Savage Hulk, we also had a promising retcon of the Crossroads era, and later, post-Indestructible Hulk (or during the indestructible period, which showed the Hulk BEING the Hulk!), we had the run by Gerry Duggan and Mark Bagley, where the Hulk brutally smashes the generic Red Hulk (General Ross).

Here, we have a fun read, featuring this Hulk that Marvel had forgotten about, and then I came across comments from fans/readers who were keen to acquire their copies of Hulk Smash Everything, instead of the boring version by Phillip Kennedy Johnson... and it was THE BEST THING THEY COULD HAVE DONE TO END 2025 WITH THE LITTLE BIT OF HULK THAT THIRTY ISSUES + A TRANS VERSION (Infernal Hulk) wasn't able to offer.

Everything's okay here, let's see what happens next.
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What's worse, Castle now controlled by the vigilante and reformed Fisk, or him being controlled by a woman? Percy sucks, but what Palmiotti writes here is a thousand times worse, typical writer who spends ALL HIS TIME on Twitter complaining about Trump and receiving responses he clearly can't handle.

Hmm! It's not bad, but I'm not going to get too "wow! This is what I need", since Marvel isn't one to give you crumbs, but a complete, well-done meal. We have a plot entirely focused on Daredevil (nah, I never liked the character, because I was fascinated by Castle killing thugs Garth Ennis-style and causing a stir among the more sensitive), with Punisher as a supporting character. We have something that at least brings SOME hope of seeing a well-written police thriller from Palmiotti (who must have smoked a lot of crap to write that Marvel Knights atrocity related to World To Come). Yes, I loved seeing Castle aiming for the head of a scoundrel (which unfortunately happens today with people like Charlie Kirk), but he schemed everything, and from what it seems, it's part of his plan to pit one organized crime family against another, and let Murdock witness everything so he can see how things work beyond the defendants' gang. But what it implied is that Daredevil will interfere, and the two will clash and be captured, only to eventually join forces. In short, it's intriguing, but I sincerely hope they don't portray Castle as a defender of morality, because, after all, the only good criminal is a dead criminal! more

To call this bad is to insult comics that are merely bad but can improve with time.

To have hope in this is probably someone hoping that woke books will become a cultural phenomenon, when in reality it has left so many cracks that it's slowly disappearing; what was already empty will become total emptiness.

The writer is a tool of an entire editorial team; I should feel sorry for him. He's promoting monsters and entities at Marvel (that nobody cares about, they're so irrelevant), trying to chart his own course, but always pleasing those who don't consume what he writes AS IT SHOULD BE CONSUMED, GIVEN THE PRAISE HE RECEIVES. In short, the greatest harm this writer is doing to himself is writing a character he clearly doesn't like (and limits) to make money and be able to repost (unfounded) praise on his Twitter. There's no progression, nothing actually evolves, and poor Nick Klein, known as the Marvel artist who keeps trying to be Joe Bennett, infuses his art with such ABSURD colors that, in color, the possessed Hulk becomes a kind of modern version, very close to a walking transvestite. All the cartoonish pages give it a childish tone that they call "something original in comics."

And we're giving another piece of garbage a negative review, and we're only here to see the end of it, which will be as insignificant as Donny Cates's, but we can't deny that Phillip Kennedy Johnson (the one who claims to be such a fan of Ash Williams, but who isn't man enough to portray all the visceral gore in classic Evil Dead or the anthological Immortal Hulk) at least tried. He didn't do anything in four years, but he tried to ensure that the emptiness in comics prevailed. more

What the hell was that? And I praised Straczynski for his sort of revisiting of the Hulk's origin in that one-shot with Doctor Strange. But what was this? And the art is awful, even more so when the Hulk appears, and the rest is so unnecessary.

The writer is good, damn it! Why subject him to writing garbage like this?

It's as if we're watching the official sequel to the 1984 film. A certain flashback, narrated by Reese, explains the development of the story, which goes further and includes major plot twists.

Absolutely brutal! One of the best series, it's hard to find something as good to compete with it.

Completely unnecessary, especially the Hulk's characterization and his idiotic dialogue, which could only have come from a version of Phillip Kennedy Johnson. What we have here is yet another recycling effort, now written by a feminist who is paid by Marvel to be able to switch to autopilot and get all the crap out of her mind, ignoring a script that could have been acceptable. We know the writer is a lesbian/feminist and a woke person, but for an independent publisher she did very well; just read Devil Within from Black Mask, and Black Sight from Comixology. more

Liam Sharp and the wonderful pin-ups magnificently command this issue. But the most interesting thing was seeing, albeit in a short story, Danny Earls with his art that fits the narrative of a Robert E. Howard character, and in black and white, it becomes quite visible that this artist was more challenged here than in the Hulk by the apathetic Phillip Kennedy Johnson, considering that Earls' Hulk is completely different from what the Hulk should be. In short, the story with Earls' art may not be much, and of course, it will NEVER surpass Liam Sharp's work, but the opportunity that Titan/Heroic gave to alternative artists, demanding more from them within a context that doesn't become silly, is in fact a commitment that an artist must have for themselves and for the story they draw. Everything must preserve an essence. And that's why Hulk in Marvel only falls, and Conan in Titan, alongside the other mythological characters, only rises, ascends wildly, showing that he is one of the most respected titles (alongside the regular Conan series) currently. more

Fantastic Four #3 was better than the previous issue ... but that’s not saying much. The plot was fine and the “defeat” of Doom was interesting - but apparently will have zero affect on the Doom crossover event. The book was competently written and the plot made sense (even though it was tied to time-travel) however the characters (with a few exceptions) are entirely off. If you changed the costumes and names - a reader couldn’t tell this was the Fantastic Four. For decades the characters could clearly be tied to their Lee/Kirby origins, writers respected what had come before … but in the 21st century I guess anything goes. If you want to read a perfect take on Ben Grimm, The Thing - avoid this series and check out the recent Thing limited series by Tony Fleecs and Justin Mason - it’s so good.

Also why is Sue flying the Fantasti-Car instead of Ben, when did she learn how to fly? more

Whenever I'm here, the ratings of this landless Woke Hulk will plummet. I feel sorry for those who praise this when in reality the writer is just throwing crumbs and using any positive reaction he gets as fodder. This is the empty, unattractive world of progressives.

Anyway, nothing happens; it's an absurd disservice to the Immortal Hulk, who walks in the light of a deservedly acclaimed run. Hulk is treated like an idiot, and art only repeats itself.

The feat this has achieved, three years since it was published, is to make us read and despise it. It's not even downloadable.

I edited parts of the review, although I could mention other negative points about this writer. more

If you're a Terminator fan, and have more admiration for the 1984 film, you'll find a lot here that goes far beyond the 90s film sequel.

What you're seeing here isn't a comic worthy of attention, but rather some woke shit whose websites (which no one cares about) rate it as a 10, when, for them, comics should be just that: stupid fun and that's it. The kind of mentality of a teenager (which we understand so far), but what makes the praise even more bizarre in the face of this shit is that they come from nerdy adults (which in itself has always been a derogatory term) who want to set this rotten example for people. So, BE CAREFUL! Read this crap online, DON'T BUY IT! DON'T CONSUME IT! You won't see anything here, nothing violent or gory enough to impress you. Castle is practically a poorly made animation, and its 80s sidekicks, like Microship, are in the clutches of Wilson Fisk, who should be just the Kingpin and nothing more, but here, they gave him an upgrade (the same thing Peter David did when he defeated the Hulk with a single punch). The intention is to deconstruct the Punisher, Chuck Dixon had already opened our eyes, and we are vaccinated (or at least a good part of us) so as not to be corrupted by the red plague. more

Marvel clearly doesn't like the Hulk, or rather, its editors. One embarrassment after another, unfortunately, is him becoming a bigger piece of shit than he already is in the MCU.

Tynion writing an interesting miniseries, leaving his nonsense aside and more focused on the script.

I must spoil it, because it's so entertainment! What little the nineties had to offer (and they weren't all that wonderful, believe me), offered the basics: fun:

Frank has his face carved up, and then he undergoes surgery and, believe it or not, he turns black, temporarily distancing himself from his pursuers and acting alongside Luke Cage. The only rule of the Punisher, black or white, is this: if you're guilty, you're dead! more

My first reaction when I got my hands on it was contempt. But it's interesting how this develops, because he's still the Punisher! Yes, bullets fly, there's plenty of brutality, but it's all in keeping with the character, his essence. This was Marvel in 2009, before the progressive plague.

It's fun! And I think these futuristic tales are great; it's like renting a VHS tape and going back to the days of video stores.

Really stupid.

Be smart, don't buy.

Really dark.

All of them (except Dracula) are very good.

I have nothing to complain about, they are fun horror stories to read, it's way above Creepshow.

When a feminazi has all the freedom to write a creator-owned feminist story, what you get is this shit, a fucking woman with big tits and a fucking flat body running the whole damn thing.

Anyone praising a book like this either doesn't know the Punisher or is doing it so he'll one day be noticed by an editor and Marvel will call him to secure his place in the fold. Such cases have become common, as seen with David Pepose and others who are asked to write stories for these characters, where they put their own ideas and nothing more. But with Palmiotti, things become even more regrettable, since, like Jason Aaron, when both are called upon, they write good stories: Aaron for Titan's Savage Sword of Conan, and Palmiotti for Mad Cave's Pop Kill.

Here, we have Jimmy's easy money from a Marvel dominated by progressivism (which I believe Charlie Kirk's death will change in the future), in a cancerous story where Frank Castle—SPOILERS!—is transformed into a zombie with shitty art and, otherwise, letting feminism take over. As for the iconic skull symbol, it's only used to further an agenda (as it is currently in the 616), everything is red like communism, and here, the uniform is a tremendous lack of creativity, which is the same one used when the character was replaced acting in the service of a woman. Here, they are more bossy than ever!

Perfect shit, don't waste your money.
NO ENNIS, NO PUNISHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more

After contributing to AWA's Sacrament (which today only cares about woke), Frusin returns in this miniseries that is also obscure.

An honorable celebration, it's amazing how this book just gets better!

After a long break from writing the Hulk, Pak returns for an interesting retcon, and what little is offered here is the best Green Scar you'll see so far (if you want to see more of him besides Planet Hulk, check out his brief return in Immortal Hulk #33). A very good tale, where everything has been set up since a prologue to Planet Hulk. Here, we see the Hulk in a version that varies between a savage persona and even a killer instinct (which Peter David wrote in Tempest Fugit), and Pak develops this very well. For World War Hulk fans, more specifically in issue #2, there are some Green Scar lines that refer precisely to that issue.
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