When Marvel launched their Savage Hulk comic earlier this year, they teased a major new Hulk story arc from writer/artist Jim Starlin that would pit the Jade Giant against the Mad Titan Thanos. That arc has now grown into its own mini-series. The pitch, however, remains the same. This is Starlin returning to that element of the Marvel Universe he's best known for - cosmic spectacle and drama - and dragging Hulk along for the ride. This is not a comic that will appeal easily to those unfamiliar with Starlin's work, but devoted fans should be pleased with what issue #1 has to offer.
Granted, there is a bit of false advertising at work here. The cover may depict Hulk and Thanos duking it out, but the two characters don't even meet until the very end of the issue. There's a great deal of setup at work in this first chapter. On one hand, it's nice to see Starlin showing such ambition for a story that could simply have played out as a simple, dumb slug-fest. Already, the conflict spans the Marvel Universe and beyond, including many icons of the cosmic realm and many faces familiar from Starlin's previous work.
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