Mythos: Hulk Issue One Review
I've never been a follower of the Hulk. Sure, I have the roaring foam Hulk hands, the Incredible Hulk video game and at one time I had Hulk PJs, but I could never get into the stories. It was all mongoloid destruction, and when you're not the one doing it, smashing stuff is not that fun to watch --especially on paper. But not all Hulks are created equal...

Mythos: Hulk caught my eye with Paolo Rivera's brilliant art style, and snared me when I read it. Paul Jenkin's dialog is believable but smart, a hybrid of the classic origin with significantly more fleshed out character drama which has Rivera's emotive character art to thank for. It's like nothing I've seen before; like he sat down and drew out every emotion and facial expression he could think of for each character like they do at Pixar. Every character has their own mannerisms: Bruce is heavily animated, usually having the best art in the book, while General Ross is a stoic mountain of intimidation. Whatever emotion he shows (that's not rage) sneaks its way out from under his cap and mustache.

More than any other Hulk story I've read, Mythos focuses on the frustration with General Ross and uses that as the catalyst for Banner's metamorphosis. Ross is taking away Banner's girl and his project, and nothing he does will make him worthy of Betty. Other books have touched on that, but more than anything the accident is usually the true focus of their origin stories. Mythos decided to give the gamma radiation accident half a page. The less Bruckheimer comic books get the better; that is if they want to gather new audiences. If they continue the series like their premier issue, Mythos: Hulk is going to be a fantastic series.

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This entry was posted on Sunday, September 03, 2006 at 11:53 AM.