In the MCU, he’s a mildly awkward guy with a superpowered green form who only appears in team-up films because Universal owns the distribution rights to his solo movies. Originally, he was someone who couldn’t live a normal life because of the Hulk’s destructive personality and his own psychological issues. The movies significantly altered Bruce’s character. You’d also be forgiven for thinking this paragraph makes me sound like an “if you were a true fan” kind of guy, but it’s not that. If you’ve seen the Marvel movies with Hulk in them, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Hulk can’t do much more than grunt-until Thor: Ragnarok came around, anyway. His dialogue is witty, his stories have theme and depth to them, the characterization is always strong and focused, and part of that is because the Hulk talks. And turns out what he got was issues #331-467 of The Incredible Hulk, written from 1987 to 1998.
Part of that leap is because, literally, no one else wanted the job, but still, you take what you can get. I’m jealous of him in the way any writer is when they read something brilliant I love the work and want to see if there’s some ritual I can invoke so that I can possess his power.ĭavid went from being kicked out of the bullpen to stick with his sole position as Direct Sales Manager at Marvel, after writing a classic Spider-Man story no less (“The Death of Jean DeWolff”), to one of the most prolific writers in comics and one of, if not the most definitive, Hulk writers. The art is often fantastic, I have yet to read a story that didn’t work, and just… wow. Exploring the psychological nature of the Hulk with his various different incarnations, there’s a real humor, pathos, and characterization that remains subtly understated. Your 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk is at once a classic and wildly underrated.
Today, we’re going to look at Peter David’s time on The Incredible Hulk.Īh, Peter David.
Welcome to “How to Collect,” a series of articles about how to collect a comic book series in trade paperback, with all the irritating research done for you, to make sure you have the best, most thorough collection of great comics possible.
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