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jhp789
07-01-2006, 05:21 PM
I've been wanting to get into the Hulk for a while, but I'm not sure of where I should start. I was wondering if anyone could recommend me some stuff as a starting point. I'm looking for something recent, with a gritty, more realistic approach (like MAX), and with an emphasis on the psychological side of the character. However, anything would be good. Thanks.
Leebenhouse
07-01-2006, 05:26 PM
Banner, by Azzarello.

Really grim and gritty Hulk.

Also Future Imperfect is pretty gritty.
Expletive Deleted
07-01-2006, 05:38 PM
Bruce Jones' run started off that way, but . . . well, that'd probably be a bad place to start.

I'll suggest GIANT-SIZE HULK, the recent special issue. It has two new stories and reprints HULK: THE END. Banner's fractured, tortured psyche is front and center in two of the three.
drwho
07-01-2006, 06:34 PM
Does the Hulk actually care when he ends up putting someone in the hospital like he did the Thing?
Thanos_6383
07-01-2006, 06:46 PM
Probably not.
david r
07-01-2006, 07:38 PM
If you want the best psychological tales for the Hulk, delve into the recent Peter David: Hulk Visionaries of reprint trades.

No, these stories are not recently made. But are the best psychological dramas the Hulk ever had. Especially issues #468-479. Those issues are the climax of all the soul-searching going on between Bruce Banner and the Hulk. The Visionaries haven't reached that point yet, but they damn well should. A vintage time for the Hulk.

I really can't recommend Peter David's Hulk run enough. In terms of the deep relationship between Banner and the monster, it gets no better than these stories.
The Punished
07-03-2006, 09:56 AM
If you want the best psychological tales for the Hulk, delve into the recent Peter David: Hulk Visionaries of reprint trades.

No, these stories are not recently made. But are the best psychological dramas the Hulk ever had. Especially issues #468-479. Those issues are the climax of all the soul-searching going on between Bruce Banner and the Hulk. The Visionaries haven't reached that point yet, but they damn well should. A vintage time for the Hulk.

I really can't recommend Peter David's Hulk run enough. In terms of the deep relationship between Banner and the monster, it gets no better than these stories.

I wholeheartedly second this opinion!