Incredible Hulk August 2012 Comic Book Solicitations

INCREDIBLE HULK #12
JASON AARON (w) • CARLOS PACHECO (A)
Cover by MICHAEL KOMARCK
• HULK VS. WOLVERINE!!!
• HULK VS. THE THING!!!
• The conclusion of STAY ANGRY! What devious plan has Banner been up to? REVEALED HERE!!!!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

SPACE PUNISHER #2 (of 4)
FRANK TIERI (W)
MARK TEXERIA (a/C)
THIS BOOK IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE!
• PUNISHER V.S. THE HULK IN SPACE!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #6
Brian Michael Bendis (w) • Mark Bagley (a/C)
• Thanos is claiming Earth as his own!
• The Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy team up to bring the Mad Titan some cosmically-charged pain!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

FANTASTIC FOUR #609
JONATHAN HICKMAN (w) • RYAN STEGMAN (a/C)
• The Defenders from the Future hope to set out on the adventure of a lifetime, and only the Fantastic Four can help them get there.
32 PGS./Rated T …$2.99

HULK #56
JEFF PARKER (W)
DALE EAGLESHAM (a/C)
• THE PENULTIMATE CHAPTER OF MAYAN RULE!!!
• Guest starring ALPHA FLIGHT and MACHINE MAN
• The MAYAN GODS continue to remake Earth in their own image!
• Will RED HULK’S power be used to end the world?
• Guest starring ALPHA FLIGHT, MACHINE MAN and the SHE-HULKS!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

HULK #57
JEFF PARKER (W)
DALE EAGLESHAM (a/C)
• The stunning conclusion to MAYAN RULE!!!
• What horrible fate awaits the human race?
• IS THIS THE END OF RED HULK???
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

Bowen Designs Savage Hulk Statue and Maestro Bust Up For Sale

I’ve had a couple sneak peaks the last few months but now is the time to finally show Bowen Design’s new Savage Hulk statue. I have to say it is probably my favorite straight forward Hulk statue that Bowen Designs has ever made (the Planet Hulk statue is still my favorite overall). The Hulk is just a big, thick person just the way I remembered him when I started reading his comic back in the early 200-225 issues of the comic. This is what the Hulk should look like. What are you waiting for!! Order it now! Bowen Designs Hulk Statue Page And if that was not enough, also up for sale is the Maestro Bust. If you didn’t want to get the very cool looking Maestro statue, this is the next best thing. Maestro Hulk Mini-Bust

Lou Ferrigno Secret Cameo in Avengers Movie

We all know the look of the Hulk’s face was based on Mark Ruffalo but word has come out that Lou Ferrigno of the old Incredible Hulk tv series had a hand in the Hulk’s voice. Joss Whedon, the director of the Avengers movie, really wanted the Hulk’s growl and yell to seem superhuman, not just an animal. In the end, the Hulk’s sound ended up being a combination of Mark Ruffalo, Lou Ferrigno, and three other people. How cool is that.

Avengers Sets 3 Day Record

Besides being a completely awesome and incredible movie, the Avengers has now set a record many people never thought would be broken. The movie made an estimated $200.3 million from 4,349 locations over this past weekend, easily going past the $169.1 million of previous record-holder Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. I think it will be hard to think of any other movie doing this again or beating this record. HULK SMASH!!!!!!!!!

My Review of the Avengers Movie

The Avengers movie finally debuted and I took my family to the midnight premier. I proudly give this movie an A grade for just being an awesomely well done movie. I will try not to give too many spoilers. All the same actors are back in their roles from their solor movies except for Mark Ruffalo who is stepping into the Bruce Banner role. Joss Whedon directed the movie and wrote it along with Zak Penn. They did a great job on the characterization of all the Avengers and even the support roles, like Loki. They all act pretty much exacly like they do in the comic books in regards to their general personalities and how they deal with each other. From the movie trailers, you know that Iron Man and Thor fight and the reasoning behind it all makes sense. The storyline has to do with Loki trying to get the Cosmic Cube and allow an alien race invate the earth so that he can control it. I wasn’t sure about Mark Ruffalo when they first announced him as the new Bruce Banner as I think he is a little too stocky for a nerdy scientest. After watching the movie, I can say that Mark does a great job. He brings a slowly burning underneathe the surface, like you never know just if he is going to go off and turn into the Hulk. This Hulk looks a little different than the Hulk in the previous movie, you can see a bit of Mark Ruffalo in his face. Without giving anything away, the two best scenes in the whole movie are the fight between Hulk and Loki and also what Hulk does after he and Thor defeat a flying serpent. You will not be left down.

When you do see the movie, make sure to stay til after the credits are done because there are two bonus scenes. The first one is an awesome comic book geek moment and the second is funny as heck.

I will definitely be going to see this movie again. You need to go see it now. When the family went to the midnight showing, we all got dressed in Incredible Hulk t-shirts to show our support for the green guy.

Avengers Movie Starts Tomorrow!!!!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you all know that the Avengers movie starts tomorrow. Okay, really it starts tonight at midnight! I will be there with the whole family. Remember to go out and support this movie as much as you can. If this movie is a huge success, it will increase the odds for another Incredible Hulk movie and let’s be honest, we all want another Incredible Hulk movie.

SEE THIS MOVIE TEN TIMES AT THE THEATER!

Mark Ruffalo Signs for Six Hulk Movies

Hot on the heals of the post this morning with speculation that there will be another Incredible Hulk movie is news that Mark Ruffalo has signed on with Marvel Studios to play the Hulk in another six movies. Figure that there will probably be another 2 Avengers movies, that means that there could be another 3 solo Incredible Hulk movies eventually. AWESOME NEWS!!!!!

New Incredible Hulk Movie Coming in 2015??????

Could we be getting another Incredible Hulk movie in 2015? Well, looks like odds are increasing due to how well the Hulk is being received in the Avengers movie.

Talking with Forbes about the studio’s merchandising strategy, Marvel’s President of Consumer Products Paul Gitter reveals that executives are “pleasantly surprised by the phenomenal response” to the Hulk — so much so that, if the character’s popularity continues to grow, the company “will spin him off to a stand-alone program next year,” supported by his own film in 2015. That’s in addition to the Guillermo del Toro-David Eick television revival, which if all goes well, could debut on Disney-owned ABC in 2013.

Gitter credits the Hulk’s turnaround to a tweaking of the character that could set him on the path to becoming a corporate icon, similar to how MetLife uses Snoopy. “We repositioned him from where he was always misunderstood to now depicting him in a more heroic and aspirational manner,” he said

Come on people, keep talking about the Hulk and asking for another movie!!!!!

Incredible Hulk 466 page 4-5 Original Comic Book Artwork by Adam Kubert & Mark Farmer

I really enjoyed Adam Kubert’s interpretation of the Incredible Hulk when he was on the book but Adam does not sell much of his artwork from any of the books he is on. I would love to own a Hulk cover he did but I don’t think I will ever be to afford it so this freaking amazing double page splash is the next best thing. This piece is simply incredible, I love the sheer emotion that is coming from the page with the Hulk cradling Betty in his arms when she falls ill and he busts out to get her to somewhere safe. Love this page. Pencils were of course by Adam Kubert and the inks by the very talented Mark Farmer.