The Red Hulk

As I believe I mentioned earlier I decided to pick up the new Hulk series featuring the Red Hulk. I was going to give it a try for about ten issues to see how it went.

The first arc was good if you like action. As you can expect with a Hulk title there was plenty of fighting and the art by Ed McGuinness was perfect for the title. While the dialogue was weak, as were some plot elements if you're an action guy like me the trade off worked.

The biggest problem was that when Red Hulk fought anyone else, they're were basically toys for him to play with. Iron Man, She Hulk, for god's sake even Thor were manhandled by the Red Hulk. Thor is a freaking god! That more than anything hurt the initial issues because Red Hulk was just too powerful.

Then of course, because Hulk fans need to be shown they're character is superior, the regular Hulk defeats Red Hulk by discovering his weakness. Nope, guys like Iron Man, one of the smartest people in Marvel, or she Hulk, a smart person herself, couldn't figure it out. Instead the guy with the mental capacity of a five year old and behavior of a wild animal figured it out. Enter facepalm.

Since the Red Hulk's defeat, the book has been aimless. Before it was trying to discover who the Red Hulk was (evidence pointed to Doc Samson, but luckily they didn't make it that obvious) but now the story of who he really is seems to be completely irrelevant. And he keeps fighting the lady superheroes cause She Hulk wants revenge. Meanwhile Hulk keeps switching between banner, Hulk and Mr Fixit (his grey incarnation) and that plot doesn't seem to lead anywhere either. McGuinness is no longer drawing the title, so even that strength is gone.

So while the series started out entertaining yet faulty, its devolved into a jumbled mess with no aim at all.

I gave it a shot, but I think it's time to start saving the $2.99.