Hulk #24 – Review

by Jeph Loeb (writer), Ed Mcguinness (artist)

The Story: World War Hulks comes to a close as the Red Hulk faces off against the Green Hulk (who’s in his Planet Hulk incarnation) in a fist-fight to end all fist-fights!  Meanwhi– Er, wait. Nope, that’s it.

What’s Good: Take as many digs at Loeb’s Hulk run as you want, but the one thing that cannot be disputed is that as long as McGuinness has been at the art reins, it’s been freaking beautiful.  McG is a “big” artist whose artwork thrives in splash and double splash page form, and while that mode of pencilling can sometimes be frowned upon, it works wonders here with this particular set of characters.  What is essentially   twenty something pages of punching, head-butting, and kicking just sings.  The weight and energy he throws down in every panel is palpable.  The artwork alone makes this issue a must-buy.  If they sold this in a non-Loeb edition with just “silent” artwork, I would be all over this.  Can we please get a Hulk series penciled by McGuinness and written by Greg Pak?  Pretty please?