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by **Keb** » Tue May 29, 2012 8:35 pm

HNutz wrote:If you want some GOOD Hulk stories, I'd steer you towards Future Imperfect (a 2 issue mini) and the Hulk; The End one shot.

Hulk: The End is good? There's a book shop downtown that has it for cheap-as-fuck.

by **thefourthman** » Tue May 29, 2012 9:00 pm

I loved Planet Hulk, a bunch.

by **alaska1125** » Tue May 29, 2012 9:33 pm

I honestly don't even remember any prelude books. But yeah, love Planet Hulk. The end set up WWH really well as I wanted to see him mop the floor with the Illluminati.

by **Zenguru** » Tue May 29, 2012 10:04 pm

Planet Hulk is one of my favorite Hulk stories. I waited for the trade to come out and enjoyed it immensely.

by **GLX** » Tue May 29, 2012 10:31 pm

rdrsfn82 wrote:If you can find this issue, you should buy it. It's just before Planet Hulk, but unrelated to that story. It's the end of PAD's return, and is one of my all time favorite single issue comics ever.

The end of PAD's return was the issue after the House of M story arc.

It's still a cool issue, though I'm still trying to figure out....

[Reveal] Spoiler: Click to Expand

How the kid was able to set up his mother's death.

by **Dragavon** » Tue May 29, 2012 10:35 pm

I'm the only one who thinks Planet Hulk is overrated.

by **Keb** » Tue May 29, 2012 11:32 pm

I bought it.

by **alaska1125** » Tue May 29, 2012 11:35 pm

Dragavon wrote:I'm the only one who thinks Planet Hulk is overrated.

I'd only ask you to consider the few years worth of Hulk issues before Planet Hulk...I guess minus the PAD issues that I obviously missed as I dropped out during the Jones run.

by **Dragavon** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:20 am

alaska1125 wrote:
I'd only ask you to consider the few years worth of Hulk issues before Planet Hulk...I guess minus the PAD issues that I obviously missed as I dropped out during the Jones run.

Jones run started out decent but floundered. However I thought Planet Hulk was very cliched. The slave to gladiator to king cycle has been done much better especially by Robert E. Howard. It was just not interesting to me.

by **alaska1125** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:33 am

Dragavon wrote:Jones run started out decent but floundered. However I thought Planet Hulk was very cliched. The slave to gladiator to king cycle has been done much better especially by Robert E. Howard. It was just not interesting to me.

I really wasn't enthused by the concept myself, but the incorporation of characters like the Brood and the stone guy from Thor's origin kept me in. I didn't regret it...I thought it was as well done as the idea would allow. I get where you're at with the cliche, but I found it rose above the expectations.

by **Zenguru** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:56 am

The Jones run crashed after JR jr left. Too much man on the run and not enough smash.

by **GOSD** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:47 am

Dragavon wrote:I'm the only one who thinks Planet Hulk is overrated.

Yes, you are.

Planet Hulk was great.

by **Greg** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:53 am

A friend lent me his copy along with WWH. I was such a bad-ass read. I truly felt like one of those Colosseum watchers cheering for more beat downs and destruction. And it got me pumped for WWH as I cheered with every ounce for him to take his revenge on Earth's heroes when he returned.

by **GOSD** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:55 am

Zenguru wrote:The Jones run crashed after JR jr left. Too much man on the run and not enough smash.

Yep.

Too much Bruce and too much of the Mr. Green / Mr. Blue crap.

by **Keb** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:58 pm

Greg wrote:A friend lent me his copy along with WWH. I was such a bad-ass read. I truly felt like one of those Colosseum watchers cheering for more beat downs and destruction. And it got me pumped for WWH as I cheered with every ounce for him to take his revenge on Earth's heroes when he returned.

I'll probably dig out my WWH comics next time I'm at my brother's. I enjoyed that series a lot.

I did see WWH trades for cheap too.