The Immortal Hulk series will change comic books forever
By Mark Lynch
Immortal Hulk got in and got out
Not every comic book run has to go over a hundred issues. Getting in and getting out early is an underrated – and perhaps underused – way of telling a story. Garth Ennis did this with Punisher MAX and The Boys. Short series like these leaves readers with a complete and compelling story without overstaying its welcome. Granted, it doesn’t always work out. But in this case, it worked perfectly in Immortal Hulk.
Al Ewing gave fans everything they needed from a gripping Hulk story in a relatively short amount of time. The beginning of Immortal Hulk gave readers an introduction to this new Devil Hulk. We found out who he was, what he was trying to accomplish, and what made him different. He’s easily the most vengeful of all his personalities – and that’s only part of what made him scary.
That brings us to the middle. As the story went on, Devil Hulk quickly became someone we rooted for. As this writer stated earlier, he wasn’t just muscle. He’s more cunning than anyone could imagine and, in a weird way, he was fighting for the people. We also saw more of Bruce Banner’s multiple personalities and how they contributed to his life.
Lastly, we have the finale where we saw the Hulk yell at God. That might seem silly to say out loud if you’ve never read the series. But to the people following the series, it made a lot of sense. We were given answers to questions that we had way back in issue No. 1. The final page also left room for the next writer of the Hulk to work with – something that isn’t always accomplished.