INCREDIBLE HULK EPIC COLLECTION: THE HULK MUST DIE Paperback – October 24, 2017

If you like classic Hulk, you are going to love this one by Marvel's greatest artists! See the Hulk fight Boomerang, Mole Man, Abomination, General Ross and many more! This is classic Hulk at it's finest. Marie Severin was one of the unsung heroes of Marvel artists. In this book, she drew a multi-part story with the Silver Surfer. She shows both the gentle and brutal side of the Hulk that is unmatched today. If you have an appreciation for Hulk's early years, you won't be dissatisfied!

This book collects almost all of the Hulk's stories from Tales To Astonish. Issues 60 to 96. But it doesn't have his first appearance in issue 59 where he fights Giant Man and Issues 97 to 101 which are the last 5 stories before he gets his own comic book in 1968 (Hulk 102).

Awesome story great art, couldn't be happier with my purchase. Would recommend to any hulk fan new or old. a

This volume collects issues of Tales to Astonish from early on in Hulk’s tale (1964-1967) and as such there are some elements of Hulk Lore that have yet to be nailed down. What triggers his transformations? Who is privy to Banner’s secret identity? What or who will be his antagonists? By the end of this run a lot of the above will be sorted out but it takes quite a bit of time (and mediocre stories) to get there.Pros:*While his plotting in these issues may be a bit wonky Stan Lee’s dialogue is first rate (The Red Camp Commandant in #65 features Stan Lee dialogue at its finest).*The multi-part battle with the “Hulk Killer” Humanoid (drawn by the always great John Buscema) establishes a new status quo for the future.*And the three issue Stranger arc was simply a superb tale, well told, with high stakes & tension, and it added a foe worthy of being called “archnemesis” in the Abomination.Cons:*While Stan remains the writer, the artists come and go every few issues – I believe there are 8 different pencilers in this volume. It becomes a distraction having to adjust to new art styles every three issues. Also, some artists simply were not good fits on this comic and one (I won’t name names) was simply not a good artist at all.*Hulk’s Rogue’s Gallery is, well nonexistent really. Some foes are just lame (Doctor Zaxon) and attempts to make Boomerang a recurring villain were just wrong.*The early issues are stuck in a cycle of Hulk vs the Leader’s Humanoids, and/or Hulk vs the Army without any advancement to the overall position of the comic.All of that said, this is probably a must read for those who want to understand how Hulk Lore gelled. For the rest of you, you may want to skip up to the volumes by Herb Trimpe & Sal Buscema.

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Although the original Incredible Hulk series was cancelled after only six issues, a string of memorable appearances in other Marvel titles such as the Avengers and the Fantastic Four led to a tremendous resurgence in popularity, earning him a starring place in Tales to Astonish, a double-feature style magazine in which the Hulk was paired with Giant Man, and later with Namor the Sub-Mariner. It was truly in the Tales to Astonish series, most of which is collected here, that the Hulk began to flourish. The book introduced mainstays such as Glenn Talbot, the Leader, and the Abomination, and set up the soap opera-ish, serialized storytelling for which Marvel would become famous.Tales to Astonish kicks things off by beginning the Hulk’s very first long-running storyline, a saga which also introduces his greatest nemesis. The brain to the Hulk’s brawn, the Leader is the ultimate foil and to this day rightfully stands as his opposite number. While Bruce Banner was a brilliant scientist changed by gamma rays into a rampaging monster, the Leader was, by contrast, an unskilled laborer whose brush with gamma rays transformed him into an insane, evil genius. The Hulk and the Leader are like two sides of the same coin; similar origins, but with different backgrounds and circumstances propelling them down two different directions. It’s only natural that they would become the deadliest of enemies. The Abomination, another longtime foe of the Hulk, also has a certain resonance. More akin to a dark reflection, a twisted mirror image that shows what could happen if the Hulk’s power was harnessed for the purposes of evil, the Abomination is even stronger than the Hulk and maintains his normal intellect, still making him one of the most dangerous adversaries the Hulk ever faced.Interestingly, Stan Lee continues to experiment with the Hulk’s personality. When Tales to Astonish begins, the Hulk has a brutish, thug-like persona that’s very cunning and belligerent. As the series progresses, however, the Hulk’s intellect slowly declines to the level of a small child, then he quickly gains the mind of Bruce Banner (although he still winds up talking like a thug), and then the process repeats, with the gradual regression back to the childlike savage that would define the characterization of the Hulk for the entirety of the next decade.Much will also be said about the art, and rightfully so. The contributions of such legends as Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, John Romita Sr., and more, help to skyrocket these stories into the “Epic” status.Muddled only by the Communist overtones of certain issues and some dated dialogue, these early Hulk stories remain a treat to the diehard Marvel fan, showing the continual evolution of a fan-favorite character, the solidification of his supporting cast and the settling into a reliable means of storytelling. These truly are Tales to Astonish!

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É a primeira vez que leio boa parte das historias deste epic do Hulk. Mas, já conhecia a maioria das historias através de um desenho muuuuuuuuito antigo da tv. Um desenho desanimado, baseado em HQs, exibido quando eu era criança. aliás, por causa deles comecei a me interessar por quadrinhos. Este Epic traz o Hulk em sua primeira versão, monstruoso, confuso, e com identidade secreta ainda. Claro que para quem nunca teve acesso a esses materiais, vai soar anacrônico em tudo, dos diálogos aos desenhos, e com razão. Até porque, tudo na vida deve ser contextualizado. Para mim, e, creio, para muitos, é um prazer ler de novo essas aventuras simples e previsíveis... O Hulk sempre foi para mim um grande personagem, e não apenas um personagem grande.

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The stories are all classics of course featuring the talents of Lee, Ditko, Kirby etc. What makes this collection wonderful is the way in which they are presented. None of the garish colours you often find in reprints, or that horrible shiny glossy paper which seems to mute the colours and inking. These are close as you can get to the experience of reading them at the time of publication. Probably even better as the printing wasn't always that great back in the day.Admittedly the original covers were better but I've yet to see any reprints which have done the original covers justice. Drat! And double drat!In a minor key of course.

A great selection of late Tales to Astonish Hulk tales including the Leader / Abomination / Boomerang etc - loved them in Mighty World of Marvel, love them even more in the new colourful epic edition. Lot of bonus material including posters and t-shirt designs + comic art originals etc

After the failure of the Hulk's debut title after only six issues and a whole bunch of guest appearances in other heroes' books, the Incredible one got a second chance when he took over the second story slot in anthology book Tales to Astonish in 1964. This latest Epic (Volume 2 for those True Believers keeping track) collects those stories all the way up to 1967, and represents the period where things really started coming together for the character.We're back on the New Mexico missile base commanded by General 'Thunderbolt' Ross, and almost immediately another key player is introduced; Glenn Talbot, the stalwart officer who would become a nemesis for the Hulk and a rival for the hand of Betty Ross. His presence immediately shakes up the cast, as the General tries repeatedly to destroy the jade giant, Betty wonder what her beloved Bruce is up to, Bruce himself tries to deal with the unexplained absences caused by his monstrous transformations, and Talbot tries to nail Banner for being a communist spy.Several times in the breathless editorials that begin and end every issue, Stan Lee refers to the Hulk's continuing travails as a soap, and that's what it truly is. The shorter 11-page instalments mean a change of writing style: instead of discrete adventures, the book reads as one long ongoing storyline, each plotline rolling naturally into the next. It's an approach that's very refreshing. As well, after dalliances with nocturnal transformations and device-initiated Hulkouts, we finally get something approaching the familiar emotional trigger that would come to define the character.As well as Talbot, we also get the appearances of two more iconic villains; the hyper-intelligent Leader and the powerful Abomination. The Leader in particular causes grief for both the Hulk and Banner over a great number of issues. As well as lesser villains such as Boomerang, Hulk also ends up fighting bad guys around the world and even in space, a sign that the title was beginning to branch out.A veritable who's-who of sixties Marvel talent illustrates the stories collected here - Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Bill Everett, Gil Kane, John Buscema and Marie Severin all take a turn depicting the jolly green giant's fighting-fraught existence. For my money, Everett takes the wreatch for his semi-caricature, flavourful depiction, but it's all good.Extras include a Not Brand Echh story, original art from Ditko, Everett, Buscema, Kane and Severin, T-shirt art, the ads and art for the 1966 Hulk sweatshirt, and the cover of the second Hulk Masterwork volume. A far more assured run than the original, even those dithering over buying the slightly reprint-redundant first volume will find a lot to enjoy here.