Unfortunately, when the action returns to Earth, I lose my way. Immortal Hulk #20, by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett Facial expressions tell me what the script doesn’t do so overtly. But I know enough to stay curious, particularly when I see Bruce’s reactions to his father and mother. Ewing wisely uses this moment to explore the father-son relationship and drop some hints of what has taken place before. I might just be in luck! And that’s just where we find Bruce (in Gamma Hell) with his father. The space between those two metamorphoses is a fine time to explore what has come before and recap the reader. The first answers to these questions come in the opening quote from Timothy Leary: “This is now the hour of death and rebirth.” That was my first hint that maybe I’m coming in here at a crossroads. Would there be enough context for me to understand, or will I be hopelessly lost? Immortal Hulk #20 Joe Bennett (penciler), Belardino Brabo (inker), Marc Deering (inker), Al Ewing (writer), Ruy Jose (inker), Paul Mounts (colorist), VC’s Cory Petit (letter) Marvel Comics This left me wondering if jumping in to this series at issue #20 was perhaps the right place to do so. In other words, I’ve never read a Hulk comic. (Take a look at his Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor series to see this done very well.) But my knowledge of Hulk as a character comes with the face of Mark Ruffalo and the MCU. And it also features Al Ewing, a writer I love for his more intellectual, detailed approaches to scriptwriting. Several sites name it as one of their top ongoing series. Immortal Hulk was a series on my radar for some time.
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