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Title: Hulk/Wolverine: 6 Hours (Hulk Legends, Vol. 1) by Bruce Jones, Scott Kolins ISBN: 0-7851-1157-3 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Much more Banner vs. Logan then the Hulk vs. Wolverine
Comment: The idea behind "Hulk/Wolverine: 6 Hours" is to take advantage of the summer movie schedule in 2003 which say the first Hulk and the second X-Men features hit the big screen. The main problem with this trade paperback, which collects the first four issues of "Hulk/Wolverine" written by Bruce Jones and illustrated by Scott Kilins, along with the first appearance of Wolverine reprinted from issue #181 of "The Incredible Hulk," is pretty much signified by the cover. First, the cover, indeed the very title of the book suggests that you are going to see too of the baddest dudes in the Marvel Universe go after each other. It takes pretty much the entire story to get to the point where Bruce Banner turns green and Logan springs his claws and the two start tearing into each other. But the fight ends up being a minor aspect of the story, which has Banner and Logan lost in the Canadian wilderness with only six hours to rescue a woman and a sick boy from two desperate drug dealers after a plane crash. The idea is that these two old foes, with the two worst tempers in the Marvel pantheon, control themselves long enough to save the two innocents.
The second problem indicated by the cover, which was done by Simon Bisley, is that it is a lot more interesting than what you will find inside. In fact, each of the original covers for the four issues are more interesting visually than what Kilins provides, which is okay and works fine for most of the narrative until the big fight, at which point it leaves a lot to be desired. But then you have the reprint of the first Wolverine story, which revives the age-old question, who was your least favorite Marvel artist: Don Heck or Herb Trimpe? For me the answer was always dependent on who was inking Trimpe, whose art always looked better inked by a Severin as opposed to Jack Abel as it was here.
Consequently, the big irony here is that this is really a Bruce Banner/Logan story, not only because those two are who we are watching for most of "Six Hours" but also because the interchanges between the two are the most interesting part of the story. The strength of the story Jones is telling is in the characters rather than the action, and the plot is just an excuse for these two to do their own macho routines for as long as possible to put off the inevitable fisticuffs. This is a decent enough story until the big fight scene, at which point Kilins fails to go deep.
Rating: 4
Summary: SMASH and Snikt
Comment: You bring two characters with such a colorful history and pit them together, you get a good, solid work of comic book art and story. The first time Wolverine appeared was in a Hulk comic some 35 years ago. Though the characters have met one another from time to time recently, nothing can make things click if you don't have a good writer and artist.
Bruce Jones is the regular author on the monthly Hulk comic. He has transformed old Jade Jaws from a superhero into a dark, gritty and very human character. Hulk doesn't fight many costumed villains. He fights the rage in himself and the monster that can break loose at any given minute. Having a literary background in fiction prose, Jones feels right at home in creating horrific real, dilemma for his characters. You feel the Bruce Banner is really the same character played by Bill Bixby in the old HULK TV series. The lone man trying to hide from his pursuers. The main difference is that Jones doesn't want Banner to find a cure for his HULK transformation. He makes relish it and like it in sordid way. Very much like the upcoming summer blockbuster.
Adding Wolverine in the mix, is just like adding fireworks. Logan is a loose cannon. He's highly combustible and ready to blow up on anyone. One thing works for him, he really really makes it happen with the HULK.
The story brings the characters together in a realistic way and pits them against each other, then together and then against each other and then together again. You know how it is when you have two powerful characters, the adrenaline just starts rushing. Both Banner and Logan try to help a little kid that is on the verge of dying from a snake poison. Throw in the mix, a couple of drig dealers, a whacko called the Shredder, a sexy plane pilot and you have a jolly good time.
No one really cuts loose in this comic. The major treat, however, is seeing a reprint of the first appearance of Wolverine in HULK 181. That's what the makes the whole comic worth reading. Reference to 6 hours is also a smart way of coonecting the present graphic novel to the old reprint. In the end, HULK will always SMASH puny, hairy human with claws.
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Title: Wolverine Legends: Law of the Jungle by Frank Tieri, Sean Chen ISBN: 0785111352 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Marvel Legends: Wolverine Meltdown by Walter Simonson, Louise Simonson, Jon J. Muth, Kent Williams, John J. Muth ISBN: 0785110488 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Wolverine: Weapon X (Marvel Comics) by Barry Windsor-Smith ISBN: 0785100334 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: February, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Origin: The True Story of Wolverine by Bill Jemas, Paul Jenkins, Andy Kubert ISBN: 078510965X Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Ultimate X-Men: Return of the King (Ultimate X-Men) by Mark Millar, David Finch, Adam Kubert ISBN: 0785110917 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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