Même s’il n’atteint pas l’excellence de Planet Hulk, cet arc crossover a le mérite de rester concentré sur une idée fixe : le désir de vengeance de Hulk, qui a perdu sa bien-aimée et une raison de vivre en paix. La rage qui bouillonne en lui décuple son potentiel qui était déjà impressionnant et en font une arme de destruction massive, que ses alliés « liés en guerre » entretiennent et protègent. Seul, Hulk aurait été difficilement maîtrisable (il suffit de voir comment il se débarrasse de Black Bolt, pourtant l’un des plus puissants méta humains du Système solaire) ; là, avec son armée, il est proprement invincible et tous les Illuminatis vont l’apprendre à leurs dépens. Aucune des stratégies mises en place, des moyens technologiques ou même des ruses psychologiques ne parviendront à abattre le Titan vert, que ni sa cousine ni son meilleur ami ne réussissent à raisonner. À moins que ce diable de Tony Stark n’ait un atout dans sa manche ? Si les confrontations sont impressionnantes, elles manquent parfois de lisibilité et de majesté, la faute au trait simpliste de Romita Jr, mais on en a quand même pour son argent, d’autant que certains duels arrivent à surprendre par leur violence ou leur brutalité. L’ensemble va très vite, trop vite sans doute, laissant la place à des séries dérivées dont certaines étaient très réussies. ( )

So post civil-war heroes of Iron Man, Richard Reed, Dr. Strange and Blackbolt figure that the Hulk is a loose cannon and is going go eventually Smash everything he see's. Their solution is to blast Hulk into space and hope he doesn't come back. Not exactly a great plan there. Anyway, Hulk comes back more pissed then ever and goes on a pummeling spree of the top names Marvel Comics. While the plot is not the most complex, it did reference the fact that the past 20-30 years of comics pretty much had every hero beat up on the Hulk in various crossovers. I would get pissed too if I was used as a foil for every upstart with tights and a cape for no other reason then to show how badass they are.

It was a interesting read but I probably won't read more Hulk title comics as I'm interested in other characters more. Next up is Secret Invasion. ( )

So, Hulk returns to Earth and starts tearing it apart, because apparently some Earth-based superheroes blew up the planet he was exiled to, killing his wife and unborn child in the process, a piece of information the Hulk neglected to fact-check before starting his world-breaking mission.

The art and the coloring are pretty good, but that is really all that is positive in this whole unimaginative, story-less undertaking that has an added negative of being confusing at times since it is difficult to determine who is fighting on whose side in the quagmire. ( )

The events preceding this I wasn't familiar with, but it didn't take too long to get up to speed. A fun romp with some more serious undertones regarding the nature of revenge, bitterness, & non resolution of trauma. Essentially a series of battles, with some interesting interludes where there is some more character driven interaction. Dr Strange fans will enjoy this, as will Hulk & Iron Man fans. Good but not outstanding art. Fun, but no cigar. More dialogue would have been more involving. ( )

I’m not sure what compelled me to buy this since the reviews all pretty much sum it up as: Hulk beats up every hero until someone calms him down. They weren't wrong. I guess I was hoping there’d be something in here, some mea culpa from the four men responsible for shipping him off into space. And while there was a reckoning of sorts, there were too many incongruities for the story to work.

The book is mainly just a sequence of battles until the Sentry swoops in and the two battle until both of them, inexplicably, calm down. I might have enjoyed this more as a Hulk story if it hadn't had so much inconsistency. Hulk arrives to take revenge on those that shot him into space - to a planet where he got married and was about to become a father. The Hulk. Giant green rage monster. How the hell did he marry and father a child when, if he’s not angry, he should be Banner? Plus, he’s pretty articulate and clear-minded for supposedly being “angrier than he’s ever been” when he does come to Earth. This doesn't match with what I know of the Hulk, and how the heroes talk about him in this very collection. How dangerous can he be to Earth if he’s capable of settling down to marriage? I don’t follow the Hulk series, which is probably why this didn't work for me.

Overall, I would only recommend this to fans of the Hulk who read his various series. ( )