Mike Del Mundo

Aaron seems to have fully adopted the Marvel Cinematic Universe style of writing: boring exposition and rather turgid action offset with lots of humor, out-of-character actions, and bombastic moments of sheer power and awesomeness. So the first half is pretty dull, but by the end I was having a hel of a good time, despite how over the top things go.

Comic relief character Thori the dog pretty much carries the whole thing in his slavering, murderous jaws.

The one big problem is the pure show more ugliness of the art. For instance, a monster truck was barely recognizable as such most of the time. The color scheme was nice, but take that away and you are left with some downright ridiculous line work. Ugh. show less

Not quite understanding all the negative reviews on this. I love Electra as a character, but I'm not that dork that thinks only Frank Miller can write her.

I very much enjoyed this collection. A decent story that was saved by good characterization, and some serious emotional depth.

And, for once, the art was equally as good as the story. Well done.

I like the idea of making Hulk a horror comic under the Immortal brand, but Al Ewing's run ended up disappointing me. I was hoping the writers of this collection of short stories might top Ewing in the scares department, but, alas, my blood was quite safe from curdling.

Great Power / Tom Taylor, writer; Jorge Molina, penciler; Adriano Di Benedetto with Roberto Poggi, inkers ~ 2 stars ~

Peter Parker gets him some gamma and becomes a Spider-Hulk. He and Bruce Banner do some ho-hum bonding as show more they work toward a cure.

The Threshing Place / Jeff Lemire, writer; Mike del Mundo, artist ~ 2 stars ~

The perpetually wandering Bruce Banner manages to come across yet another plan to use gamma rays for bad and intercedes. Jeff Lemire changes up his usual father and son theme by doing a father and daughter story. Such range!

Flatline / Declan Shalvey, writer and artist ~ 2 stars ~

Bruce Banner's old mentor has one last lesson to impart. Being a comic book, the lesson of course involves a fight scene.

A Little Fire / David Vaughn, writer; Kevin Nowlan, artist ~ 2 stars ~

Marvel's Scarecrow is utterly indistinguishable from DC's Scarecrow as he runs an experiment in fear in a Kansas movie theater. Hulk handles him as easily as Batman does his version.

FOR REFERENCE:

Contents:
• Great Power, Immortal Hulk: Great Power (2020) #1 / Tom Taylor, writer; Jorge Molina, penciler; Adriano Di Benedetto with Roberto Poggi, inkers
• The Threshing Place, Immortal Hulk: The Threshing Place (2020) #1 / Jeff Lemire, writer; Mike del Mundo, artist
• Flatline, Immortal Hulk: Flatline (2021) #1 / Declan Shalvey, writer and artist
• A Little Fire, Immortal Hulk: Time Of Monsters (2021) / David Vaughn, writer; Kevin Nowlan, artist
• Covers and variant covers / Max Fiumara, Jorge Molina, Joe Bennett, Ruy José, Declan Shalvey, Kevin Nowlan, and Juan Ferreyra, illustrators show less

This book is absolutely gorgeous. The painted art is a perfect fit for the story and character. Reminds me a lot of Phil Noto's work on Black Widow.