Indestructible Hulk #8 – Review

By: Mark Waid (Writer), Walter Simonson (Artist), Bob Wiacek (Ink Assist), Jim Charalampidis (Colorist), Chris Eliopoulos (Letterer)

The Review: And so, as with all good things, Mark Waid and Walt Simonson’s Gods and Monsters story arc comes to an end. So far this story has offered a whip-smart marriage of science and magic and this issue is no exception, even going so far as to add a heady dose of comic book nerdery into the bargain. There’s action, there’s laughs, there’s drama, and it all blends seamlessly. There’s even a touching scene of Hulk-on-Thor man-love…more on that later.

One definite strength of this story is how there’s been a lot going on at all times but nothing has ever gotten too muddled. Banner and his crew of scientists are still on mission to extract a sizeable amount of Eiderdűrm for their research purposes, and on that front Viteri has his own enjoyable team-up with Thor. The two work out a way to extract the element from a Jotunheim waterfall by way of using Mjolnir for “Electrostatic separation,”…I ain’t got a brain for science but this seems pretty legit, so this comic gets extra marks for teaching me more than just how to smash Frost Giants.