Incredible Hulk #14 – Review

By: Jason Aaron (writer), Jefte Palo (art), Frank Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters)

The Story:  Doom hires a little outside psychic help to deal with the Hulk.

The Review:  I know it’s not saying much, but this issue of Jason Aaron’s Incredible Hulk is by far the best single issue in a really long time.

Part of that is due to the art; it’s just a relief to finally have the same guy illustrating two issues in a row – by Incredible Hulk standards, that’s a landmark for artistic consistency.  It also helps that Jefte Palo is a very good, very fun artist who fits the zany tone of Aaron’s script perfectly.  Palo’s upbeat, energetic, cartoony, angular style lifts the spirits and is the kind of work that has an air of glee and irreverence to it.  Put simply, if you intend to make a book geared towards getting laughs, you could do a lot worse than having Palo draw it.