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Savage Hulk Vol. 2: Down to the Crossroads Kindle & comiXology

by Corinna Sara Bechko (Author), Gabriel Hardman (Author, Cover Art, Artist), Jeff Parker (Author), Format: Kindle Edition

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Collects Savage Hulk #5-6, Hulk: Monster-Size Special, Hulk: Let the Battle Begin.

Fan-favorite Gabriel Hardman spotlights the Hulk's savage side! It's a Crossroads of Destruction as we travel back to a time in Hulk's life when he was mindless, enraged and unstoppable! Banished to a realm between dimensions by the Avengers, Hulk is no longer a threat to Earth -- but free of Bruce Banner's calming influence, what damage will the Hulk do to other worlds? Will the mindless brute destroy an entire civilization to get revenge on Doctor Strange? And what is the Hulk without his humanity? Plus: The Hulk takes on Frankenstein's Monster and a hoary host of Marvel's scariest creatures! And it's a beatdown of literally monumental proportions when the Hulk and the Wrecking Crew wage war in our nation's capitol!

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00VU2BKNI
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel (May 26, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 26, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 447393 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 123 pages

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Iliana Cruz

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Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2015

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Fun comic to read! Love the Hulk!

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Donald C. Weiss, Jr.

Back to the Crossroads.

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2015

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In a terrific two-parter, the husband-and-wife team of Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Sara Bechko take us back to the time of the Hulk’s exile to the Crossroads by his friend, one-time fellow Defender, and Master of Mystic Arts, Dr. Strange. While the Hulk experiences one dimension after another, Strange attempts to justify himself to a suspicious congressman and to a “mystical arts ethicist” who question his motives and the nature of his powers. When an alien sorcerer supreme bursts into the hearing demanding his help, Dr. Strange is forced to confront the consequences of his earlier actions, embarking on a journey to save a planet in distress… and to discover what has become of his emerald ally.

The “Crossroads Saga” of THE INCREDIBLE HULK as told by Bill Mantlo, once an obscure period in the character’s history, has since inspired much renewed interest in the more recent succession of writers. The premise and the environment allows for a fairly unlimited amount of creative freedom: a nexus of realities truly is a place where anything is possible. At this point in time, the Hulk had devolved into a more primitive incarnation of himself, with all traces of his human side, Bruce Banner, completely buried—but only temporarily. The Crossroads was a time of self-rediscovery for the Hulk, with each experience acting as a catalyst, allowing him to “grow” back into the way he was before. And it’s during this upswing in his personality that Hardman’s and Bechko’s story takes place. Savage but not child-like, monstrous but not totally devoid of sentience, the use of this “transitional” Hulk allows for a bit more mileage, particularly when he confronts the one who banished him. It falls to Dr. Strange to unravel the unusual events taking place in this weird new dimension. Hardman and Bechko deliver on a clever twist worthy of the Twilight Zone-style reveals that Mantlo worked into the original storyline.

To help round out the collection, two one-shots are reprinted here for the first time. One is MONSTER-SIZE HULK, which also features artwork by Gabriel Hardman. Here the Hulk is pitted against the archetypal Horror trio of Frankenstein’s Monster, Werewolf by Night, and Dracula, in three separate stories written by Jeff Parker, Steve Niles, and Peter David, respectively. The Frankenstein story, as the main feature, is given a lot of weight. Not only is Horror one of the best genres for the Hulk, but the Monster is one of his predecessors (and sources of inspiration, according to Stan Lee). It’s a thrill to have them finally meet, as Marvel has had their own version of the Monster lurking about ever since the 1970s series MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN. In the time since that short-lived book’s cancellation, the Monster has been featured as an antagonist of the Avengers, Iron Man, and even Spider-Man… although oddly enough, not the Hulk. That is, until now. In the Monster, the Hulk finds not just another dark reflection, but perhaps also a kindred spirit.

The second is HULK: LET THE BATTLE BEGIN, yet one more round in the infamous Hulk vs. Thor mythos penned by Jesse Blaze Snider, the son of Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider. Taking a humorous look at the way Bruce Banner picks up the shreds of his life following one of his transformations, Snider depicts a memorably controversial fight and even works in the Wrecking Crew for good measure. The debate still rages on, but Snider’s story—and its conclusion—will surprise Hulk fans and Thor fans alike.

After only six issues, SAVAGE HULK too felt the sting of cancellation, notwithstanding its brief continuation in Jim Starlin’s misleading and disappointing THANOS VS. HULK mini-series. When featuring a character with such a rich and varied history, like the Hulk, an anthology series of this nature has much potential to offer, in terms of both the entertainment value for the readers and the creative output of the writers and artists. It’s a concept that Marvel should consider revisiting again.

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