Incredible Hulk: Prelude to Planet Hulk

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Bruce Banner has finally found a semblance of peace. Here, in the isolated interior of Alaska, he hopes to protect the rest of humanity from the Hulk's never-ending rampage by secluding himself in self-imposed exile. Banner is confident that his plan will work - after all, who would be foolish enough to actually come looking for the Hulk? But when Nick Fury comes calling, you know there's trouble for someone involved. This story sets up next year's Planet Hulk event. Collects Incredible Hulk #88-91; Hulk Handbook 2004.

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3 out of 5 stars

Interesting, Although Unnecessary and Lacking Entertainment July 5, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

As a prelude, it's interesting to see how Nick Fury and the Illuminati "tricked" Hulk into space, but it's unnecessary--everything you need to know about the storyline is summed up in the first few pages of the Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk collection. The The Road to Civil War trade paperback, reprinting the first Illuminati one-shot, actually shows the five "heroes" coming to their decision to shoot the Hulk into space--so I would recommend that book over Daniel Way's stoic execution here.

4 out of 5 stars

Sets the stage for a huge epic April 29, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

These four issues (all written by Daniel Way, the first two pencilled and inked by Keu Cha, the last two pencilled and inked by Juan Santacruz) show Bruce Banner once again being dragged into a situation that only the Hulk can handle. The final result sets the stage for the Planet Hulk 14 issue epic.

The story itself is fairly good, though it really doesn't stand on its own. The main purpose is to take the Hulk we know and move him off planet. This feeds into Planet Hulk, as well as the imminent World War Hulk.

In short, the creative team gets the job done, but the job is to set the stage for other stories rather than to tell a complete story in itself. If you plan to stick around for Planet Hulk, World War Hulk, and the third story that follows it (announced but not publicly named at the time of this writing) then this is a worthy piece to pick up. If you're looking for just one good Hulk story, this isn't it.

2 out of 5 stars

Not Essential for planet hulk June 29, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

I had recently read the planet hulk hardcover and had read the original Illuminate oneshot that showed the decision on what to do with the Hulk. So i was looking foward to finally picking this up.

Basically it sets the stage for how the hulk ended up in space. But it is pretty lackluster. Do yourselves a favor and read the oneshot, or the Road to Civil War trade instead, that includes the illuminati oneshot that shows the decision.

Also half this book is made up of Hulk Handbook 2004, which is useless. it is just profiles on hulk characters that is a waste of space and paper. It is just fluff to add more bulk to this already slim book.

4 out of 5 stars

An interesting segue November 15, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I read Hulk about once a year, but I read a year's worth all at once. When I heard that Hulk was moving to a story in deep space, I wondered how they would accomplish that transfer, as usually the Hulk does not like to wander that far from home.

The story was believeable enough for me, international emergency requires the Hulk's intervention, but the way they pulled the obvious twist at the end had me very interested in what was to come and how long they can keep this up. Most of the time a story line doesn't have to fix itself if the popularity doesn't last very long, but while I can see them working this angle for a bit, I hope we don't have to pull an existential interstellar Swamp Thing travel story for him to get back...

2 out of 5 stars

Not nearly as interesting as that which follows July 16, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

INCREDIBLE HULK: PRELUDE TO PLANET HULK collects THE INCREDIBLE HULK (3rd series) #88-91, and is written by Daniel Way, and drawn by Keu Cha & Juan Santacruz. After Peter David's second departure from the book, fans wondered what would become of the Hulk. The results here were rather unspectacular, but they did ultimately lead somewhere interesting in the form of PLANET HULK and the current WORLD WAR HULK miniseries. Here, Bruce Banner hides out in Alaska until fate--and Nick Fury--come a'calling to usher his brutish alter-ego into the service of S.H.I.E.L.D., the super-spy organization. Sent into space, the Hulk finds treachery...but is that anything new for the green goliath? In short, no, no it's not. True, there's terrific art by Keu Cha, who only stayed on board for half this 4-part story (leaving lackluster Santacruz to ape his style for the second half). However Daniel Way's script is weak, threadbare, and doesn't really say anything new about the characters in it. Here, the Hulk once again takes on the Bruce Jones shorthand characterization of a nearly-mute brute instead of a more fully realized entity. Skip this book and proceed directly to PLANET HULK proper. Two stars.

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