Hunger #2 – Review

Joshua Hale Fialkov (Writer), Leonard Kirk (Artist), Jesus Aburtov (Colorist)

The Story: A different surfer arrives to see just who the mighty Galactus might be as the Kree and Chitauri reacts to his presence.

The Review: Mini-series have a rather hard job to do. In a limited amount of pages, they must show a whole story, complete with character arcs, exposition, explanation of the setting and so on in order to create a satisfying experience for the readers. It may not sound so differently from the regular ongoing that needs to do just that as well, yet the much smaller amount of issues do tend to make it so the creative team need to use each pages smartly by preserving a good pacing.

Hunger is one of those, but one that need to make its point in four issues, with this one being the second one, meaning that the story reached its middle point by the issue’s end. While the basic premise of Galactus being in the Ultimate universe is something that is rather silly, yet ingenuous, does it work in creating a story that is both entertaining and that fulfill a purpose?