Planet Hulk

[dianakingston]

I'm prefacing this review by saying that my expectations for "Planet Hulk", and the standards to which I held it, may have been a bit too high

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[hdefined]

Pak also wrote a craptacular Warlock four-issue miniseries. The idea is sort of interesting: a bunch of scientists secretly want to construct an artificial man/living weapon for a new era, but it's told from the perspective of an obnoxious, whiny curious-George teenage girl. I'm glad Marvel finally seems to be over their 2003-2005 teen craze for the most part.

About the Hulk: I feel like I can't enjoy a Hulk story if I don't know "which Hulk" it is. Not that it has to be either grey, dumb green, or scientist Hulk, but his personality and characterization shift so dramatically with each new writer ever since PAD's first run ended that I'm just unclear who our protagonist really is.

[dianakingston]

I actually liked the Warlock miniseries - it had a very clever twist at the end, and even with the sudden cancellation, he still managed to bring some degree of closure to the story.

As for the Hulk, I think that's exactly what's missing these days - PAD defined the Hulk's personas very clearly, but afterwards it was never really clear who we were dealing with, and most writers just went with "generic asshole".

[hdefined]

Right. And if "asshole" is all they're using to define his personality, I'm seriously uninterested. That personality only worked well during the Mr. Fixit stories when grey kept coming up with plans to kill, subdue or thwart Bruce Banner.

[dianakingston]

And even then, Fixit wasn't a complete monster - he was only sabotaging Bruce's life so he could have his own. The whole Vegas storyline had him forming bonds with Marlo and the Berengetti family.