Jackie McGee is determined to locate The Hulk, but someone else wants him too!
Creative Staff:
Writer: Al Ewing, Joe Bennett
Art: Ruy Jose, Leonardo Romero, Paul Hornschemeier, Marguerite Sauvage, Garry Brown
Colors: Paul Hornschemeier, Marguerite Sauvage, Paul Mounts
Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit, Paul Hornschemeier
What They Say:
What happened in the church on Mercer Avenue? What made the Lembert boy do what he did? Who is the One Below All? Reporter Jackie McGee has four eyewitnesses, with four different viewpoints, telling four different stories. But they all saw Bruce Banner…and the Immortal Hulk.
Content: (warning, spoilers)
Jackie McGee is in search of The Hulk. That’s no real surprise, there’s always someone looking for Bruce Banner. What is surprising is what Jackie has in this issue: four eye-witnesses who all say they saw The Hulk. Our first witness is a cop, who responded to a hostage situation at the church on Mercer Street, courtesy of Hotshot, the Human Ray Gun. Our second witness, a bartender, gives us a tale about how a man (Banner, but he didn’t know) ran into his business, and ran off with a knife. our third and fourth witnesses, an old woman and a priest, are where we get into the meat of this issue. The priest, old woman, and the cop are at the church during Hotshot’s hostage situation, and Hotshot apparently came in agitated and wanting help for his girlfriend Jess. The more people who don’t acquiesce to his demands, the angrier he gets, until The Hulk shows up in incredible fashion. The witnesses all see him as very different things, and the multiple art styles used for the different stories really brings that out. Hotshot manages to get a big hit on Hulk, but it’s no avail, and soon Hulk lets the police take care of the would-be villain.
McGee’s theory is that if these Hulk sightings aren’t confirmed, it’s because something is going on, and unbeknownst to her, she needs Banner to clear things up. Our issue ends with the intrepid reporter getting a call from another person looking for Banner: Walter Langkowski, A.K.A. Sasquatch!
In Summary:
This is one of the more interesting Hulk books I’ve read recently purely due to art! All witness stories are done by a separate artist, with Leonardo Romero giving the cop a rather 60’s vibe for his story, Paul Hornschemeier giving the bartender a definite hippie 70’s vibe, Marguerite Sauvage giving her signature look to the old woman’s tale, and Garry Brown giving us a dark, horror-like vibe for the priest. Though that is a lot of art styles, this book pulls it off very well, and the art styles never feel like they clash too hard with each other. This is made better by the writing. Through the dialogue, we easily get a sense of who is telling a story at the moment, and the art makes sense when you follow that. Al Ewing crafts a masterful telling of four different accounts, and he makes it work really well. The appearance of Langkowski does raise eyebrows though. What’s he doing looking for Banner? How does he even know Banner is alive? Bruce may have more problems than just dodging reporters soon, and he’s not really keen on seeing any old friends right now. Will Sasquatch find Banner? We’ll have to see next issue, but first, you need to pick this up, because oh man is it good!
Grade: A
Age Rating: Teen
Released By: Marvel Comics
Release Date: July 18, 2018
MSRP: $3.99
