Make sure to check back in on Friday – I am debuting a new page that I have worked very hard on – that I think quite a few people will find VERY useful! Also, I am working on putting together a new Comics Page – but that’s not going to debut Friday – that’s going to be a lot longer… sorry.
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Planet Hulk Custom by Sean Anderson
With a lot of Planet Hulk merchandise finding it’s way to Hulk fans everywhere Sean, as always, took it upon himself to create a masterpiece. This custom looks better than any figure created… ever! I think real cloth goes a long way. That’s why Mego’s are still so sought out – they look like they are made with the utmost quality – and part of that is getting the outfit right.
Turn to the Right! His Right!
You can see that Sean paid attention to the most minute detail to make this PH very accurate – including making the sandalls and toga from genuine leather. Sean, you are severely talented! Thanks for sending me the photos! Be sure to send a link if you ever decide to sell these because I would tthink there are plenty of Hulk fanatics on here that want some of your incredible work!
GAH! He lost his sheild!
Hulk Cereal Bowl
A cereal bowl that I found while grocery shopping. I have to admit – I didn’t even see it – my friend had to point it out to me. I haven’t eaten anything out of it… yet. It pretty much just went into the Hulk room storage. Funny thing, I once ate cereal for breakfast, lunch and dinner for an entire week. Just to say I did. I was probably in my early 20′s and I had a hankering for Honey Combs – but I did switch it up a little with some Raisin Bran and my personal favorite – Cinnamon Life. Man, that stuff is delicious! I know some people love the sweet cereals like Honey Smacks or Lucky Charms – but I just can’t handle those! They are way too sweet. You know how I have a distaste for candy – these cereals are like eating a whole big bowl of candy for breakfast! Gross…
Joe Fixit - Shooting Up the Place!
Here’s the second set of commissions. Yes, I’m sure you’ve guessed – that’s fixit above there. If you click on Fixit above you will be taken to Rob’s web site. He’s always interested in commissions – so if you like what you see – the guy seems to be able to do any character. Now I saved some of my favorite pieces for this post – mainly because it has some solid villians including,
The Leader:
The Leader - Who Can Tell Where the Quote is From?
Bi-Beast:
Bi-Beast
Wendigo:
A Very Graphic Wendigo! One of the best commissions ever!
And I chose to get one of the most important, driving forces in the Hulk comics – one Miss Betty Ross:
Betty Ross Banner
And now a shot of all 10 commissions!
Can't wait to get a frame for these!
UPDATE: I just brought these to see what a frame would cost – they quoted me $485.00 – needless to say I passed on the framing. I’ll see what I can do about maybe finding a cheaper way to display them.
Who can guess where the Hulk in the header is from? What # and what series does this Hulk come from? First to answer correctly gets the no prize – Good Luck to all!
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Hulk #11
I am convinced – anyone who is still in favor of this series thinking that the story is “fun” or “tongue in cheek” is just simply retarded. I’m sorry – but after reading this I am SURE that Loeb has completely lost it. What the hell happened to my favorite comic? Loeb can’t even keep continuity from issue to issue – for example; the last issue ended with the Hulk excited about battling the Red Hulk to the death – this issue begins with the Hulk saying he doesn’t want to fight him… wait, WHAT? That makes no sense! Loeb owes McGuinness a hug for keeping this series going as the art is freakin’ fantastic – but McG owes Loeb a punch in the face for making him draw his ridiculous plots – if you can call them that!
Wait... what the hell is Namor doing? Is that how he runs? How uncomfortable looking...
So, like I said, the story starts with the Grand Master (GM) informing us that each group of fighters have been split up and sent to an unfamiliar territory to duke it out to the death. Ummm… – what the hell was the point of gathering a whole team together just to split them up to fight? This is what I’m talking about – ridiculous! Whoever reads that and thinks “Cool!” needs to be hit in the head with a tack hammer. So, as I told you before, the Hulk tells the Red Hulk that he doesn’t want to fight him – instead they should team up and take on the GM. The Red Hulk calls the Hulk a “milksop” (another diversion into thinking who the Red Hulk is – are we now supposed to think he’s Ross? But the was there at the end of issue 6 looking down at the defeated Red Hulk! What the hell?) and says he’d never fight side to side with him. By the way, they are fighting in Namor’s kingdom.
Surfer fights Terrax – but the Surfer has no idea who he is fighting – he just wants to save the love of his life as they battle in the Microverse. Whatever, this fight is boring… moving on, Namor is fighting the Tiger Shark (who has a new dentist and has fitted him with brand new adamantium teeth!) in the dimension of the Mindless One. And, this is so beautifully illustrated! Especially the splash where TS takes a bite out of Namor’s neck!
Namor will have a hickey after this!
The Surfer and Baron Mordo fight on Surfer’s home planet. That’s all I have to say about that. Anyways, back to Hulk and Red Hulk – they continue to throw punches as Banner tries to convince Red to fight WITH him. The Hulk seems to be dominating the fight at this point. The GM and his brother the Collector are watching in dismay as each battle seems to be too evenly matched. They decide to spice things up a bit. So, Galactus, angered by his missing herald, demands to have the Surfer back or he will not only eat his planet but he will also travel to Strange’s and Mordo’s planet and eat those as well. TS and Namor have an unexpected guest as Dormammu demands that they take him back to their dimension so he can take over the Earth. If you don’t know who Dormammu is then you need to read more Defender comics… Alright, let’s not forget about Surfer and Terrax who is visited by the Psycho Man who is driving them insane.
Back at Namor’s kingdom we see that the Red Hulk has taken control of the fight with Banner. The Red Hulk takes a trident and skewers the Hulk with it. He announces “Mission Accomplished. The Hulk is Dead.” Can you imagine that IS it? I wouldn’t put it past Loeb to kill off my favorite character at this point.
Hulk is dead? I wish it was the Red Hulk... or Loeb...
Like I stated before, Loeb can’t write through an entire issue without contradicting himself. I started reading at 2:31pm and I was finished reading at 2:33pm – that’s even harder to swallow when the comic is now $3.99. Yeah, Marvel I noticed the price hike. Thanks for finding yet another way to screw us over… Oh yeah! Don’t forget about the amazingly innocuous “Wolverine” variant cover. That was sarcasm by the way. Grade: D-
Hulk #11 Variant
Rob Reilly Hulk
When I went to the Boston Comic Con I checked out a lot of artists there. One of the more fun commissions I picked up was from a nice guy named Rob Reilly. His cartoony style captures the eye and fits really well with the Hulk. When I asked for a Hulk piece he said “No Problem”. I came back a little while later and he had the Hulk above ready for me. I LOVED it! His style is unique and impressive – so I went home and visited his website here and then quickyl contacted him about getting a whole slew of pieces, all of characters in the Hulk universe. So, I will show 5 in this post and then post the next 5 tomorrow:
Hulk Freakin' SMASH!
So, including the Hulk above, we have - Thunderbolt Ross:
Thunderbolt Madness!
The Abomination:
Biggity-BAM - Abomination!
Bruce Banner:
Bruce Banner
And Aquon, of course! Did you think I would forget about my favorite chacter?:
Aquon - One of the best!
The Incredible Hulk #103 - my busted up copy!
So, listen, some of the earliest issues are almost a chore to get through because of the wordy explanations and the fantastically outrageous names – but really, the characters and stories are SO worth it! With these issues I like to give an overview rather than actually give a moment to moment account of what happened. Also – since most of the characters have outrageously crazy names I am going to shorten them. For example; The Space Parasite’s actual name is Randau and he’s from a Planet called Xeron – so I’ll just refer to him as SP (for Space Parasite) Why? Because I freakin’ can! Alright, let’s get started…
The Hulk is sent back to Earth by Odin – and he sends Hulk right in the middle of Time Square! As you can imagine this sends people into a tizzy! The Hulk whines about wanting to be left alone and he jumps to the rooftops. As he does though, he turns back into Bruce Banner. We then join Thunderbolt Ross, Glen Talbot and Rick Jones on a talk show as they explain why they have not been able to capture the Hulk as just how dangerous he really is. Bruce finds some janitors clothes and gets changed then hops onto a subway (illegally, I might add!) heading to Rick’s apartment. We also meet the SP looking to fight the Hulk. He’s searching the planet from his spaceship but is unable to locate him. Bruce makes it to Rick’s and flips on the telly – heck, why not right? Amazingly he catches the show Rick is on at the exact moment that Rick is saying that the Hulk is a menace and must be destroyed! Bruce is distraught, thinking his only friend is now against him. Then, Rick comes home – not only that, but he’s packin’ heat! Rick aims the gun at Bruce and tells him that he has no choice but to shoot him – y’know, because he’s the Hulk! The SP puts 2 and 2 together and figures out that Bruce is the Hulk.
Betty shows up and protects Bruce – Rick shoots but it hits the floor – Betty turns on the Hulk and calls him a monster, a little confusing, right? That’s because the SP has now taken over Betty’s mind to upset Bruce so that he’ll turn into the Hulk – and it works. As the SP shows up the battle begins between the 2 monsters. Every time SP touches the Hulk he siphons off a bit of the Hulk’s power. It’s revealed that SP was once the leader of his planet (so either this was a tiny planet or this guy achieved world dominance – and in that case – what the hell is wrong with me that I can’t find a way to take over the world!) Well, it turns out that one of the neighboring alien planets began to attack – so SP became a super soldier with the help of a solar chamber – but it also made him insane and power hungry. After winning the war the SP decided to keep attacking other alien worlds and defeating the strongest creatures in the universe. Turns out the SP needed to defeat the powerful creatures and feed off their energy. But he never had to face the Hulk before!
Hulk won't fight against a weakened foe
The battle continues between SP and the Hulk until the Hulk gets the upper hand and wraps the SP in a subway car (yeah – a subway car!) and tosses him into the river. SP gets free and asks the Hulk to kill him a noble way – a way fit for a warrior. The Hulk refuses to kill something weak and not attacking him. The SP tries to return to his spaceship but his people have found it and blown it up – leaving the SP to float on a piece of shrapnel across space to die. Meanwhile, back on Earth, the police show up and gas the Hulk and take Bruce Banner into custody.
Classic story with a great battle. The SP’s back story was great and gave a good reason why he would be such a formidable foe for the Hulk. He supposedly dies at the end of this issue – but the last shot of the SP floating on a piece of his space ship that was blown up by his own people? Priceless! Issue: C+
Hulk Washcloth
Now this is what I’m talking about! A Hulk Washcloth! Who doesn’t use washcloths? Alright, me. I don’t – I mean, if there’s no towels around and I see a random washcloth there I will try to dry myself with said washcloth… but really, no other use than that. We are men! We wash our face by scooping the water in our hands and then plunging our face in! And only with scalding hot water! BECAUSE WE ARE MEN! Anyways – a huge thanks goes to Stephen Yarish – you know him, the guy with the #1 greatest Hulk site on the net right here – who was sweet enough to send a little Hulk care package. Why? Just because he’s a nice guy. That’s why 
The Amazing Spiderman #119
What classic covers! When I decided it was time to get the Hulk guest appearances I looked up all of the issues – especially the early issues, the silver age comics – and found early issues of The Amazing Spiderman that weren’t too crazy. Thus my quest began… I searched every comic shop I knew in my area that had only the best back issue collections. The story was the same in almost every shop I visited. If they had early issues of Spidey it started after #150. One shop had #107 – #134 – but missing these 2 issues! I hate when that happens! And then, on a trip to my LCS the guy behind the counter told me that the main store just got in a huge lot of Silver Age Comics – mostly DC – but they got in Amazing Spiderman – the first few hundred or so – I immediately called and asked about #119 and #120 – luckily they DID have them in! I told them I’d be right over…
The best part? #119 is in NM condition – it’s such a beautiful book – If I were to get this CGC’d I’m guessing it would get a ripe 9.4 or 9.6! I’m thinking about it… But man, oh man, these 2 classic covers are just great. I mean, it might be just my opinion – but #119 is so classic! It has a whole LINE of tanks heading to take on the Hulk – while Spidey is there hanging there narrating his own demise! “I’ll stop you even if it kills me! And it probably will!” Who says that? And no one can argue how amazing John Romita Sr.’s work is!
The Amazing Spiderman #120
Snappahead Commission
I am really into getting art lately – really into getting art from artists that I admire – but I get even more excited about getting art from amazing undiscovered artists. I don’t know if “undiscovered” covers this artist here though. His name is Chris Stevens and he goes by Snappahead on the Statue Forum. He is responsible for some of the most amazing pieces to be seen on the forum. He is well worth the price he asks. He opens up his commission list and closes it when it fills (which happens pretty quickly) when he has enough to keep him busy for a month or so… So I was VERY unfortunate to be one of the last people to get on the list. I asked him for a Planet Hulk piece and he was more than happy to oblige.
Close Up of the face
When I got the scan of the work – my jaw just dropped – it’s that beautiful! One thing – I did notice that my Planet Hulk was turned into a WWH – and I bet only a handful of people can tell why – but I noticed, and it didn’t matter – I was amazed at what this man can accomplish with a pen and ink! I hope to get another piece from him very soon – I might go for a marker piece next – and maybe even get the Planet Hulk I asked for 
Who else can tell why this is a WWH and not a PH commission?
Here are 3 Hulk pins. They… pin. Maybe on your shirt? If it was still 1984 and people pinned pins on their jean jackets. That’s all to say about that… here’s some Hulk pins.
Planet Skaar is coming! Is Skaar comig to earth? I’m not exactly sure – but what I do know is that Skaar has gotten better and better with every issue – I’m liking it a lot now adays – and now Skaar is meeting Dad! They may beat each other to a pulp – or they may “Hug it out, bitch!” Either way Pak is writing the Hulk again! Woo-Hoo! Check out the link – click on the image!
Hulk Easter Basket
The back
I should have posted this on Sunday – or even Friday – but hey, I never said I was perfect! Anyways, this Easter Basket has some Hulky goodness in it – but I wish it was filled with more. As it is it really only came with 2 Hulk things – a Frisbee and a paddle game. It came with some candy – but I don’t eat candy (except chocolate – but we all know that isn’t candy…) so it was really slim pic-kins. I love the Frisbee though…
Hulk Frisbee - SWEET!
I have always loved Frisbees – and even have a trophy that I won in a Ultimate Frisbee competition – yeah, that’s right! I’m a bad ass… when it comes to Frisbee. I sure do like the classic items better because they have comic inspired art on them – not movie inspired art like these items have on them. I bought this at a K-Mart that I happened on in my travels. I believe these were only available at K-Mart.
The Paddle Game
Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk #4
I know people have an issue with how they released this series – how the first 2 issues came out and then the next issue wasn’t released for another half a decade – but let me be the first to say – I am so glad they decided to finish this run. I am so happy it didn’t just land in a “What ever happened to…” pit of unfinished stories. It would have been in there with Kevin Smith’s Marvel resume. Did he ever finish that Black Cat / Spiderman storyline? Who knows, who cares? I’m just psyched they got these back on track! I will have to say though… I was not surprised about the “twist” in this universe though… Onto the review!
Most of this story is told in flashbacks. In fact the Hulk hardly makes an appearence – it begins with Betty Ross and Jen Walters talking over the Hulk – and the serum he took to become the Hulk. Jen wants to see if she can “tweak” it – work with it so that she can have all the power of the Hulk but none of the rage. Betty talks to Stark and Cap about not sending Wolverine out to kill the Hulk – saying Bruce shouldn’t be executed. But Stark disagrees. Meanwhile, Jen Walters is working on tweaking the serum – she injects a rat and as Betty arrives the rat Hulks out! – But it’s docile and sweet. None of the rage but all of the Hulk baby! Then we see Betty talking to Nick Fury. She telling him that Walters is a traitor and is planning on selling the Hulk serum to the Chinese. Fury tells Betty to give Jen the serum so that they can catch her in the act.
Next Betty sets up a flight to Tibet. Where Wolverine is. Where the Hulk is. They say they need Fury’s clearence – she plays a recorder with his voice saying to give her what she wants. They follow Walters to the drop off with the Chinese – they bust in as the exchange is made – only to find out that she was trying to buy the new Star Trek movie. Meanwhile, Betty’s on her way to Tibet. Fury calls to say that they are to take Betty into custody. Betty injects herself with the serum. She transforms… in an erotic, strange, but still kind of hot scene:
Betty becoming the She Hulk!
Fury says to take her out – but seriously? Your gonna take out the She Hulk? With guns? Good luck with that. Betty tears open the side of the helicopter and jumps out. She lands near Wolverine and Hulk saying that she’s Plan B. Hulk recognizes her as Betty. He tells her that she broke his heart – and now Hulk will break Betty!
The only shot of the Hulk in the new comic...
This is an interesting set-up to the next issue. The issue was told well… and the art is done… well. All in all not a bad issue – just not that great either – and the story hasn’t moved along from the original scene, it’s just told in back story, which isn’t so bad except that the build up to the event is a little… predictable. The issue: C+
