Missed Connections- Wolverine & Hulk

These two maniacal icons of the House of Ideas(Marvel) have linked pasts and a history of violence that surprisingly have only recently started to be exploited and marketed to it's potential.  Let's take a roll down memory lane on some of Wolvie and Brucie's greatest hits:

The Incredible Hulk 181 Len Wein and Herb Trimpe 1974

The first full appearance of Wolverine and from the outset of their meeting- lengthy, cheeky dialogue was not a big part of their interaction.   The Hulk finds himself in Canada on the hunt for the Wendigo, where (bom-chika-wow-wow) Wolverine enters the spotlight and steals this dance.

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Don't Call It A Come Back, They've Been Here for Years

The following books have made their way back to my spine ticklin' pull list.

Fantastic Four #570
Writer:Jonathan Hickman / Artist:Dale Eaglesham

Granted, I have never really been a big fan of FF. I always thought of them as a little bit too much cookie cutter / sitcom family of the Marvel Universe. But with a new creative team taking over, darker things seem to be on the horizon for the super-powered family of four (plus 2, kiddies Franklin & Valeria Richards), as Reed attempts to solve everything. Silly smart man, nothing ever goes well when someone tries to achieve perfection.



The Incredible Hulk #601
Writer:Greg Pak / Artist:Ariel Olivetti

I've collected the green dumb mongoloid before back in the Peter David/Dale Keown days. I lost interest, when Brucey B. was always wining and being a little beeyotch. Alas, enter Pak & Olivetti. That would have been more than enough for me. But looks like Banner finally grows some steel ones and is going to team up with Skaar (son of the Green Goliath) to pick a fight with daddy. Let's get ready to RRRUUUUUMMMMMBBBBBLLLLEEEE!!!!!!





And last but not least....

The Darkness / Pitt #1
Writer:Paul Jenkins / Artist:Dale Keown



















As I mentioned above, Dale Keown as always been a favorite artist of mine. Pitt has always been an interesting character and hasn't been in print for 10 years. Teaming up with The Darkness to battle some scary looking zombies makes for a good book in my eyes. If anything, the artwork will be fantastic.



Indeed, mama said knock you out...

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Planet Hulk DVD in 2010

Not bad at first glance..hoping it's as tough as Hulk vs. Wolverine/Thor. Hoping World War Hulk is not too far off. Getting ancy for more animated beat downs. UFC will have to do for now.

http://previews.diamondcomics.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=23&s=216&ai=85686&ssd=

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