THE INCREDIBLE H (erc, ulk, son of, and she)

Balefuego

This my friends, is the most underrated new series of the year.



This my friends, is one of my most anticipated titles.



Peter David's run is completely different from Slott's, but it's still rad.

Also I guess they all kinda have something to do with this guy, but his book isn't as good.

Blankspace

This thread brought to you by the letter H.

Also, Yes Hercules is amazing go buy it.

Whippy

why are red hulk's hands attached where his elbows should be

Robos A Go Go

Hey, did they ever explain where Hulk got that giant gun?

Balefuego

He stole it from a SHIELD armory or something.

You know whats way better than that Hulk book though?

Robos A Go Go

Why does Shield have Hulk sized guns?

And yes, that is awesome.

Fencingsax

The next page is even more badass.

Balefuego

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Why does Shield have Hulk sized guns?

And yes, that is awesome.

I dont remember if there was an explenation or not. Honestly I dont pay much attention to the words in that book, I want to see McGuiness drawing the Hulk smashing shit.

DJ Eebs

Slott's She-Hulk got pretty bad when he stopped trying to be funny and turned it into obscure continuity porn.

deadonthestreet

Herc is so good.

Golden Yak

Has #2 of Red Hulk come out yet? It seems like it's been ages since #1 but I can't recall seeing 2 in stores. The cover for #3 looks so awesome, I really want to see some action in this book.

Balefuego

yeah the 2nd issue came out last month I think

Owenashi

Golden Yak wrote: »

Has #2 of Red Hulk come out yet? It seems like it's been ages since #1 but I can't recall seeing 2 in stores. The cover for #3 looks so awesome, I really want to see some action in this book.

#2 had quite a bit of action in it. The proper monster-slugfest though kicks off in #3.

Golden Yak

Hellfire and damnation. I was in the store today, I wish I'd checked the backshelves.

Synthetic Orange

Hulk #2 was even more terrible than #1.

DarkPrimus

Synthetic Orange wrote: »

Hulk #2 was even more terrible than #1.

OH.

THE.

HUMANITY.

Synthetic Orange

A-bom!

Delduwath

Do we know what Skaar, Son of Hulk, is actually going to be about? Like, is it going to be about Skaar hanging out on his broken home planet, going for milk shakes with his buddies, debating about which girl to ask out to the prom, and lamenting his lack of a car? Is it going to be about him barreling through space and time to bring the pain to the people responsible for his planet's current state? Is it going to be a young man's search for his father, trying to understand why daddy left him?

Mostly, I'm curious as to when it's going to take place. Is it concurrent with the rest of the Marvel universe (which, admittedly, is sort of running piecemeal as far as chronology is concerned)? Or is it a decade or two in the future? If it's in the present, why is Skaar looking like he's an adult - wasn't he conceived like not too long ago?

I didn't finish reading WWH and related material, so maybe that's why I'm confused.

Balefuego

There's an interview here with Ron Garney talking about the series. It takes place on the ruins of Sakaar, and as far as I can tell takes place in current continuity. They don't go into detail in the interview but it sounds like he looks fully grown because of the combination of his hulk/alien dna+ being incubated in a world shattering explosion.

Robos A Go Go

Hulk would be a terrible dad.

Delduwath

Balefuego wrote: »

it sounds like he looks fully grown because of the combination of his hulk/alien dna+ being incubated in a world shattering explosion.

So, we're talking about a person who is essentially at the peak of physical maturity but almost completely devoid of any mental maturity (due to absence of experience [dude was born like a week ago], possibly a lack of guidance [unless he has parent-figures], and due to the fact that, well, dude was born like a week ago), Hulk-level strength (or, at the least, a very very high level of strength. Maybe he doesn't have the "the madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets" ability, but I doubt that the child of Hulk and Caiera would be anything short of phenomenally strong), and a pretty legitimate reason to hate the world? Yeah, this will go well for the world.

Also, the description of Skaar as Conan + Hulk was enough to make me want the book hardcore.

Synthetic Orange

How is there any sort of setting for this? Wasnt Sakaar basically Krypton'd?

Balefuego

The planet is still there, it was just Hulk's empire that got nuked.

wirehead26

Hulk is a guilty pleasure book for me. Yes, it's written terrible in spots but the art is gorgeous. Issue 3 comes out mid-April BTW. Ed's artwork don't come quick.

Robos A Go Go

I want to read some Peter David Hulk, but I really don't know where to start. Usually I go chronologically, but I don't think that's too important with an established character whose character development is, on the whole, pretty limited.

Synthetic Orange

That is the wrongest of wrongs that has ever wronged.

Good start points: Grey Hulk, or alternatively, the Prof Hulk.

Crimsondude

I liked Prof Hulk.

PantheraOnca

Delduwath wrote: »

Balefuego wrote: »

it sounds like he looks fully grown because of the combination of his hulk/alien dna+ being incubated in a world shattering explosion.

So, we're talking about a person who is essentially at the peak of physical maturity but almost completely devoid of any mental maturity (due to absence of experience [dude was born like a week ago], possibly a lack of guidance [unless he has parent-figures], and due to the fact that, well, dude was born like a week ago), Hulk-level strength (or, at the least, a very very high level of strength. Maybe he doesn't have the "the madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets" ability, but I doubt that the child of Hulk and Caiera would be anything short of phenomenally strong), and a pretty legitimate reason to hate the world? Yeah, this will go well for the world.

Also, the description of Skaar as Conan + Hulk was enough to make me want the book hardcore.

not to mention next-in-line for the ole' oldstrong capabilities.

Fencingsax

PantheraOnca wrote: »

Delduwath wrote: »

Balefuego wrote: »

it sounds like he looks fully grown because of the combination of his hulk/alien dna+ being incubated in a world shattering explosion.

So, we're talking about a person who is essentially at the peak of physical maturity but almost completely devoid of any mental maturity (due to absence of experience [dude was born like a week ago], possibly a lack of guidance [unless he has parent-figures], and due to the fact that, well, dude was born like a week ago), Hulk-level strength (or, at the least, a very very high level of strength. Maybe he doesn't have the "the madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets" ability, but I doubt that the child of Hulk and Caiera would be anything short of phenomenally strong), and a pretty legitimate reason to hate the world? Yeah, this will go well for the world.

Also, the description of Skaar as Conan + Hulk was enough to make me want the book hardcore.

not to mention next-in-line for the ole' oldstrong capabilities.

I think you have to be trained to use that.

ZombieAsuma

So....there's no issue of Hulk coming out in May OR June. There was already delays by the second issue. Is this a Loeb thing? I always thought McGuiness was monthly capable since he had no problems with his first Superman/Batman arc and his old run on Superman.

wirehead26

Hulk #4 is solicited for June. I don't mind these delays much as I consider Hulk a pure fluff book anyway.

Crimsondude

Maybe Loeb just doesn't think people can handle all of the awesome.

ZombieAsuma

So what's this Hulk vs. Thundra one-shot all about? Who the heck is Thundra?

Zzulu

how was the son of hulk born? Wasn't his mother snuffed out during pregnancy?

Balefuego

She died but the fetus survived. The series hasn't come out yet so we don't exactly have details.

Golden Yak

Fencingsax wrote: »

PantheraOnca wrote: »

not to mention next-in-line for the ole' oldstrong capabilities.

I think you have to be trained to use that.

When Caiera and the Shadow Elders died, their power just suddenly went to Hiroim, and he seemed to be able to use it right off the bat (their knowledge may have gone to him as well).

It's possible that Skaar got a some of it as well - maybe nothing more than an instinctive understanding. I guess we'll find out.

Blankspace

What does one do when you meet one of the immortal incredibly powerful Eternals?



You piss on a tree and look stupid.

DouglasDanger

I have a hard time taking Herc seriously when he has bondage stockings for pants.

Owenashi

CBR's last article in their week-long Incredible Hercules-related Greek Week series focuses on who we'll be seeing in the tie-in to Secret Invasion, "Sacred Invasion".

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=13454

CBR's Greek Week wrote:

Dominating the left hand side of the cover is Hercules, who much to his chagrin plays a very important role in the God Squad. “Hercules is the very reluctant leader of this bunch,” Van Lente remarked. “He's never led anything before, and is more than a little freaked-out by it. Will his inexperience lead the team to victory or destruction? We'll find out.”

Flying above her teammates is Alpha Flight member Snowbird, who is the daughter of Nelvanna, the Inuit goddess of the Northern Lights. Snowbird’s divine parentage bestowed upon her a number of superhuman abilities, chief among them was the ability to transform into any animal native to Northern Canada. “With her flight and shapeshifting, she's the recon specialist, the scout of the group,” Van Lente said.

Standing below Snowbird and to the right of Herc is Ajak of the powerful and ancient race known as The Eternals. “Before you shout ‘Hey, he's not a god!’ I'd advise you to reread Kirby's ‘Eternals’ Vol. 1 #2,” Van Lente said. “Ajak, a/k/a ‘He Who Talks With Celestials,’ is the brain of the bunch, since he spent pretty much the entire Dark and Middle Ages ensconced in the citadel of the Space Gods, learning their ways. Let us not forget that the Celestials gave the Skrulls their shapeshifting powers, just as they made Deviants and Eternals here on Earth --The dominant Skrull race is in fact the Deviant strain of the dominant species of its homeworld; that strain then wiped out the normal and Eternal strains.”

To the right of Ajak is Amatsu-Mikaboshi, who some see as the Japanese god of evil, but he really is a being that represents the polar opposite of the core values in the Shinto religion. “Amatsu-Mikaboshi was responsible for the destruction of Olympus in the ‘Ares’ mini-series --and the slayer of Zeus, Herc's father. As you can imagine, Herc is thrilled about serving with this guy,” Van Lente remarked. “Amatsu-Mikaboshi can shapeshift into anything, not just albino animals, and so is a useful adversary against the Skrulls.”

Hovering above Amatsu-Mikaboshi on the far right of the cover is the fearsome Demogorge, the God-Eater. Demogorge is the monstrous alter ego of Atum, son of the Elder Goddess Gaea and the Demiurge, the physical embodiment of Earth’s life force. “Demogorge the God-Eater is the best at what he does, and what he does is eat gods,” Van Lente said. “I mean, c'mon, if you're going to go up against an army of hostile deities, wouldn't you want a guy with ‘God-Eater’ in his name to be on your side?”

The article also lined up two of the gods we'll be seeing them go up against.

CBR's Greek Week wrote:

Kly'bn (Translation: "Eternal Skrull")

*This Skrull deity cannot shapeshift, and is rather the idealized personification of essential ‘Skrullness’ --the Skrull inside every Skrull, regardless of what form he or she takes.

Though mostly created out of whole cloth for ‘Incredible Hercules’, the name comes from a song/orchestral piece the Skrullos Imperial Marching Band wanted to play at Karolina and Xavin's wedding in ‘Runaways’. The song, we're suggesting, is an invocation to the Eternal Skrull for a happy (and eternal!) union.

*Sl'gur't (Translation: ‘The Infinite Names’)*

This is the Skrull god of transformations -- both, literally, as shape-shifting, and in societal upheavals, such as war – frequently referred to by non-Skrulls as the ‘Skrull War God,’ which is not entirely accurate.

Sl'gur't, befitting his/her/its nature, has no fixed form, and keeps shifting shape in every panel we see it in, just surrounded always by a thin white corona. When Skrull artists have to depict him/her/it in a fixed form (as a painting, statue, or idol), it's usually as a multi-limbed, headless Skrull; see: http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/slgurtskrullwargod.htm

Since this is the god(dess) of shapeshifting, Sl'gur't's gender is basically irrelevant here, but she is most frequently thought of as female and Kly'bn's sister and wife. The two live together in a double-headed pyramid floating in the center of space surrounded by the ruins of defeated pantheons of alien gods the Skrulls have conquered over the eons.

We didn't make this god up, he/she/it first appeared in ‘Fantastic Four Annual #24,’ and is also referenced in the ‘Annihilation: Super-Skrull’ series. There, S.S. says she was spawned on the planet Zaragz'na, the ancient Skrull capital destroyed by the Annihilation Wave.

Crimsondude

"Shaketh no more than thrice, or thoust playeth with it."

Fencingsax

Why just Northern Canada?