Rating: 4/5
I've never been a huge fan of the Hulk. He always seems to be portrayed as a big, dumb green monster that will kill everyone yet somehow manages to avoid it. And the premise of this book takes that to the extreme by having the Hulk exiled from Earth by some of his best friends. To say the least, I was not impressed by this beginning.
But it gets way better once Hulk ends up on an alien planet, which of course is not where he was supposed to go. The world building is awesome. There are a bunch of different alien species that are represented along with a familiar face or two. The creators do a fantastic job of fleshing them all out and giving them a purpose. This is a long story arc that gets a good opportunity to ramp up.
Hulk is shown to be a lot more complex in this book than I expected. Sure, there is a lot of fighting and he struggles with being a "monster". By the end of this book he is so much more than that. He displays loyalty, integrity, and even vulnerability. This book takes him from being purely destructive to a realistic character in spite of his powers and origin.
I loved the art. It is very detailed and covers a pretty wide range of characters and settings. There are a few stumbling points where characters seemed a little out of proportion, but they are all pretty minor. There is an excerpt from an issue of Amazing Fantasy featuring Amadeus Cho that really didn't need to be in here. It didn't quite fit with the rest of the book in terms of the story and the art. This book is really a lot of fun to read and took a character in which I had no interest and made me excited to read more.
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