The Immortal Hulk #0 - "At Ground Zero"

[laughing_tree]

I guess there was always a very science-y explanation for the whole “radiation is magic” thing, and that kind of bugs me, because I sort of prefer the more poetic explanations for things. That’s why I quite like the question of, did you get randomly bitten by a spider, or did the spider select you? There’s a poetry there. It’s not just, “Here’s how mutants work, according to wibbly-wobbly science.” And I think with the Hulk, making it a quasi-magical explanation, something that by definition cannot be explained, that doesn’t subtract; that adds to it. -- Al Ewing

Comments

[chalicother]

I love what I see from this run.

[silverhammerman]

Oh that weird patch of hair on the back of the Leader's head is so off-putting. I love it.

Most of this issue is just reprints though, right? As much as I've been loving the Immortal era, these sorts of aside issues, including the various event tie-ins, are a little irksome in that they're not included in the TPBs. I hope when the run is ended they put together a collection of the tie-ins.

[laughing_tree]

Ewing says they're talking about doing a final volume after the run ends that collects that stuff.

The main series is specifically written to be entirely self-contained, though. I don't think the tie-ins have even been mentioned in it.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Kinda makes him look like Dr. Neo Cortex.