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The time has come for the Green Goliath to grace his second Marvel Masterworks collection! Kicking off with a Hulk/Giant-Man throw down, and pulling no punches into a toe-to-toe with the mighty Hercules, Dr. Robert Bruce Banner's mean, green alter ego battles General Thunderbolt Ross, the Leader and his Humanoids, the Executioner and more! With art by no less than Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby and Gil Kane's first-ever Marvel tale, well we needn't say more.COLLECTING: TALES TO ASTONISH 59-79
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By McRonson
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Short n' sweet...
For me, the Hulk in his own title (apart from his first six issue run from 1962) was never an essential read. Looking back, it's easy to see why; without Lee & Kirby guiding him, the Hulk was/is an extremely limited, one-note character and rarely well served on the artistic side, either.
While Roy Thomas wrote most of these tales, I've always found the artwork a real let down. Future volumes will feature the much more appealing prospect of John Severin's tight but scratchy inking over Herb Trimpe's pencils and that's when the fun begins - while these early Hulk tales are competent Science Fiction, they're pretty average and only the ocassional appearance in later volumes of heavyweight villains like the Rhino, Juggernaut and the Abomination make reading the Hulk's adventures any fun. In my opionion, of course.
That said, it's good to see Amazing Spider-Man artist Steve Ditko contribute art on a few instalments here; his take on the Hulk is...different! Even Stan Lee commented on this in an old Spidey (#13, I think: the one where the Green Goblin and the Enforcers appear together).
Wait for later volumes of the Incredible Hulk in this series, I'd say, unless you really like second string Marvel Comics output from the mid-60s an awful lot!
For me, the Hulk in his own title (apart from his first six issue run from 1962) was never an essential read. Looking back, it's easy to see why; without Lee & Kirby guiding him, the Hulk was/is an extremely limited, one-note character and rarely well served on the artistic side, either.
While Roy Thomas wrote most of these tales, I've always found the artwork a real let down. Future volumes will feature the much more appealing prospect of John Severin's tight but scratchy inking over Herb Trimpe's pencils and that's when the fun begins - while these early Hulk tales are competent Science Fiction, they're pretty average and only the ocassional appearance in later volumes of heavyweight villains like the Rhino, Juggernaut and the Abomination make reading the Hulk's adventures any fun. In my opionion, of course.
That said, it's good to see Amazing Spider-Man artist Steve Ditko contribute art on a few instalments here; his take on the Hulk is...different! Even Stan Lee commented on this in an old Spidey (#13, I think: the one where the Green Goblin and the Enforcers appear together).
Wait for later volumes of the Incredible Hulk in this series, I'd say, unless you really like second string Marvel Comics output from the mid-60s an awful lot!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for the time Period
13 April 2012
By Rene Swan
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This was one of the better Masterworks in my opinion. Being the 2nd volume, the character of Hulk had already been well developed. Like the Uncanny X-Men books, this books issues all tied together in some way; it wasn't Hulk going out and fighting random villains. Stan Lee's writing is perfection, he writes much more sophisticated than the other writers of his time. Also, the art changes constantly throughout the book. Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers, and others take turns drawing.
Kirby's art in the first volume seemed very disproportional and ape-like at points. In this volume, his art, and all the other artists' art is flawless. Every fight scene is depicted in vivid detail. The fight scenes, which this volume seems to focus on quite a bit, are marvelous. Not only are the fights long , but they are incredibly entertaining and not one punch seems to be missed.
I won't spoil the whole story for you, but Hulk fights some great enemies like Thunderbolt Ross, the Leader and his Humanoids, and Hercules. I would highly recommend this book to any fan of Marvel.
Kirby's art in the first volume seemed very disproportional and ape-like at points. In this volume, his art, and all the other artists' art is flawless. Every fight scene is depicted in vivid detail. The fight scenes, which this volume seems to focus on quite a bit, are marvelous. Not only are the fights long , but they are incredibly entertaining and not one punch seems to be missed.
I won't spoil the whole story for you, but Hulk fights some great enemies like Thunderbolt Ross, the Leader and his Humanoids, and Hercules. I would highly recommend this book to any fan of Marvel.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hulk Smashes Good
28 Oct 2012
By Americo Zeccardi
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Continuing my rekindled interest in Marvel Superheroes I picked up this volume of Tales to Astonish featuring The Hulk. I had read a few reprinted in Annuals or somewhere but I was too young to pick up the original mags. But I do recall this being my favorite period of the Hulk's run, where his nemesis The Leader is introduced along with his humanoid armies. Very cool stuff there. There's a 3-issue arc involving IMO the most interesting incarnation of Ol' Greenskin-where a bullet in Doc Banner's brain allows him to reason as the Hulk but if he returns to human form he dies. Pencilled by Jack "King" Kirby it's got the Hulk I knew and loved as a boy. The always-pissed Hulk was too one-dimensional, Stan Lee knew it so they found ways to use the duality of his character. It wasn't until the recent film where they've come close to replicating this. The volume also includes a good Steve Ditko collection, issues 60-67. I love seeing how different Ditko's work looks with the variety of inkers. The stories themselves mostly concern scientist Bruce Banner's constant suspicious activity -i.e. constantly disappearing when a big green goliath shows and then later re-appearing with the SAME purple pants on- and the dynamic between his girl Betty Ross, her father Army Base General "Thunderbolt" Ross, security officer Major Talbot, and catalyst and friend to Banner/Hulk Rick Jones. It really is about the dramatic elements this mag and all the seminal Silver Age collections put forth that created The Marvel Universe and separated it from all others . And the smashing. The Hulk does a LOT of smashing and there are some great panels of his smashing style. This TTA collection also has some memorable mind-bending covers; Tales to Astonish had been Ant-Man's forum but now Hank Pym is Giant Man and shares many of the covers. Toss in The Watcher, The Executioner and Hercules and this is a very nice addition to any early Silver Age collection. Excelsior!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Newest addition to tpb collection
18 July 2012
By jcoyne
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Newest HULK Marvel Masterworks tpb edition has classic art by Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby with scripts by Stan Lee. These are from Tales to Astonish originally published in the 60s. I wish Marvel would have published a TTA masterworks rather than separate hero themed books.
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