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You ever get really, really excited about something?
I mean, super-excited. It's the type of adrenaline releasing, pulse-quickening kind of excitement that makes your heart race and your eyes bug out kinf of excitement.
Well, this was how I felt about Hulk #600 because I thought that Loeb was finally going to pay his big mystery off. Who is the Red Hulk? We have been teased about this for over a year now, and it is supposed to be a big reveal.
Voila! The Red Hulk is...
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
Got a clue yet? The book that was supposed to tell you who the Red Hulk is does not, in fact, do so. In addition to the one Hulk story you do get, you also get "treated" (read: subjected to) a story about Hulk's daughter with Thundra from another dimension. Oh, joy, a character no one cares about except for her creator.
On top of that, the last several pages are advertisements for othe Marvel books and a collage of covers. What enrages me the most was that I ordered a bunch of them for my store, and now, being the honest man I am, I have to look at a customer who asks me, "Is this good?" and say:
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
I'm very upest. Comfort me, my fellow bloggers, as I go weep....(Hehe)
5 comments:
So - with Spider-Man in poor shape and Hulk #600 being so disappointing, what is worth reading? (Besides Blackest Night - of course).
I was enjoying the first part of the Red Hulk run and somewhere along the way, I lost interest. I guess partially the problem is that I don't care about the mystery behind who the Red Hulk is. If they'd just get past that and start making an interesting story, I might get back on board.
My Marvel pull list keeps dwindling. I have been buying a few titles in trade and others in singles.
Trades:
Captain America (on the verge of dropping. I like Steve a whole lot better as Cap.)
Daredevil (really good and am looking forward to Andy Diggle's run, potentially)
Singles:
Captain Britain (It's been cancelled)
Immortal Iron Fist
Astonishing X-Men (That said, I have 4 issues sitting waiting for me to read them)
Recent Drops:
Hulk
Possible Adds:
New Mutants (I'm not picking it up yet, but issues 1 & 2 have me intrigued)
To put this in perspective, I was buying 75-90% of the titles Marvel released until about the time Civil War started. I'm not sure they can pull me back into being a Marvel Zombie again. At this point each book has to pull me in on its own merits.
Are there others I should be reading?
Also, I keep hearing great things about and that I should be reading Wednesday Comics.
Robert, I will never, ever read any of DC's weekly published garbage again. After all the garbage they published weekly and dared to call it a comic book, enver again!
Reborn is shaping up to be good, especially since they are bringing back Steve Rogers. Later in the week I'll reccomend some Marvel titles that I actually like.
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