Hulk #12

[informationgeek]

Writer: Jeph Loeb
Artist: Ed McGuinness
Colorist: Jason Keith

The story of this arc really went nowhere so... here's just the most or second most infamous issue of Leob's run.

Comments

[locuatico]

"Most fun i've EVER had with my clothes on"
Oky, that line is awful, but the fact this is Ross saying it makes it hilarious to me.

[silicondream]

Pretty much everything Loeb's Red Hulk does is hilarious when you think about that. Imagine an untransformed Ross thinking to himself later, "'Waffle House of witches'. Why...why did I say that? And I told them I'd murder She-Hulk unless they played spin the bottle with me. Was that part of my master plan? Did I have a master plan? Oh god, what's happened to me?"

[matrix_dragon]

Banner's Hulk is his repressed anger and rage. Ross's Hulk is his repressed frat boy stereotype.

[agharta75]

That would actually work; but I doubt anyone who designed the character thought of that.

[thanekos]

And then Dormammu was like " Eugh. That happened. "

(You'd think it would've gone like Rulk's confrontation with Galactus later in this, with the latter matter-of-factly eye blasting the former while talking about things tangentially related.)

[burkeonthesly]

Aw, we got this, but not Rulk getting shot down by Galactus? Sad now.

[balbanes]

As I was reading the earlier Rulk horribleness-- and in particular him knocking out a Watcher for absolutely no good reason-- I kept thinking "Wasn't there a terrible scan of Rulk on the Silver Surfer's board? I seem to remember that happening." And now, here it is.

It reminded me of the 2005 Lyttle Lytton winner: "John, surfing, said to his mother, surfing beside him, 'How do you like surfing?'" If there were a comic version of that contest, I'd nominate Rulk on the surfboard. :/

[sindra]

Why did anyone think this run was a good idea?

"Lets have an utterly obnoxious Marty Stu Hulk character...for shits and giggles."

[beyondthefringe]

Uuuuugggghhhhh.

I've had more nuanced storylines when making block fortresses for my G.I. Joes and throwing my He-Man figures at them.

[tigerkaya]

One of the many reasons I was happy to see this asshole lose his powers. Yes I'm aware of Jeff Parker redeeming the character but the damage is still their.

[tianyulong]

*there

[donnblake]

*thay're

[tigerkaya]

*mare.

[cainofdreaming]

*frutti di

[long_silence]

I almost forgot about this arc, the team of villainous mirrors to the original Defenders cleverly called the Offenders

I'm honestly surprised it took Marvel that long to come up with that concept. I'm even more surprised that it hasn't shown up again since.

[byc]

This month in "Who will Rulk embarrass?"

[burkeonthesly]

Every month, it's "the readers."

[gnarll]

It is like editorial was drawing a wage without ever showing up for work.

[mrstatham]

This week in 'Jeph Loeb shits on a superior Jack Kirby-designed character'. Man. Psycho-Man deserves so much better than this bilge.

[captainbellman]

And McGuinness draws Norrin Radd with shining silver boxers.

Did he just put too much thought into that one, or is there precedent?

[kamino_neko]

All his early artists drew him in shorts. Buschema and Sinnott on Silver Surfer #1, Kirby and Sinnott on Fantastic Four #72.

[captainbellman]

Ah, thanks. That makes sense, since he's doing a huge Kirby tribute.

[wizardru]

HOW COULD A LOVING GOD ALLOW THIS COMIC TO HAPPEN?

[informationgeek]

I'm not sure a loving god could cause this... but a smiling god on the other hand.