Indestructible Hulk #5 – Review

By: Mark Waid (Writer), Leinil Francis Yu (Penciler), Gerry Alanguilan (Inker), Sunny Gho (Colorist), Chris Eliopoulos (Letterer)

Review: If you can believe Sebastian the Crab from The Little Mermaid then life in the ocean depths sounds pretty hunky dory. “Under the sea/Nobody beat us/Fry us and eat us/In fricassee,” he sings (quite improbably) underwater, “We what the land folks loves to cook/Under the sea we off the hook/We got no troubles/Life is the bubbles/Under the sea.” What rubbish. I’ve read Indestructible Hulk #5 and while you might avoid getting fried and eaten you still face the abject horror of being dissolved alive by highly corrosive magical sea goo. “Life is the bubbles”? He’s talking out of his carapace.

Proving himself to be more trustworthy than your average warbling crustacean is Mark Waid, Indestructible’s chief architect. This issue is the final chapter of a two-part story, the first half of which I thought was a little weak and the series’ first faltering step. I should have known better. Waid has ably corrected the ship’s course, and though I went into this installment somewhat fearing the worst I left on an absolute high. This is a really enjoyable issue filled with great action, characters and dialogue, all helped along by some pretty groovy art; the shortcomings present last month have pretty much all been addressed.

Indestructible Hulk #4 – Review

By: Mark Waid (Writer), Leinil Francis Yu (Artist), Gerry Alanguilan (Inker), Sunny Gho (Colorist), Chris Eliopoulos (Letterer)

The Review: The Indestructible Hulk #4 has to contain easily my favourite beginning to any comic book released this week. After waking up and completing his ablutions, Banner takes a walk through the neighbourhood on his way to work. He says “Hi” to the Postman, pets a wee dog and manages to avoid a busy morning commute on his way to the office. Of course, all of this takes on a slightly sinister air when the camera pulls back to show that Earth’s Angriest Scientist has been housed in the middle of a mannequin-filled prop town built as an atomic testing ground. “Bannerville,” reads the town’s defaced welcome sign; “Population: 1”.