- Hardcover: 1 pages
- Publisher: Marvel Master Works (January 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0785130306
- ISBN-13: 978-0785130307
- Product Dimensions: 25.9 x 17.8 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 590 g
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Still amazing., Jan 2 2012
By para - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hulk: The End (Paperback)
This trade collects two stories, each focused on the Hulk facing an unpleasant future.The first 2/3 of the collection is the story Future Imperfect. The Hulk is brought to the future in an attempt to end the rule of the Maestro, a tyrant with a familiar face.
I read this when first released in 1992 and remember it immediately becoming a favorite of mine. Having lost my copies long ago, I was looking forward to rereading and seeing if it held up. I'm happy to say it did. The Maestro is an intelligent, vicious, more than worthy foe. To use a cliche the war between him and the Hulk plays out like a chess match. Move-by-move: some battles physical, some mental, with several twists to enjoy and some great subtleties along the way. One of Peter David's very best.
The second story collected is Hulk: The End (which is also used as the name of the trade). The Hulk has outlasted his enemies and friends alike, and Bruce Banner is the last man on Earth. A dark tale that shows what life is like for them, how it got that way and what comes next. While not at the level of FI, it is still very good.
Both artists (George Perez for FI, Dale Keown for The End) are excellent. Their styles are extremely different from the other, but each matches the story drawn perfectly.
Worth it for Future Imperfect alone, the second solid Peter David Hulk story in here makes it an even easier purchase.
Highly recommended.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Could've been so much worse., April 22 2012
By ML - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Hulk: The End (Paperback)
I bought this, along with the rest of the titles in THE END, for a research project. HULK: THE END is on the better end of the spectrum. It's not the greatest comic ever written, but it's thoughtful and well drawn. It's far superior to FANTASTIC FOUR: THE END, SHE-HULK: THE END, and some of the others. Worth a read, but don't expect to be wowed.
3.0 out of 5 stars
One fun story, one cliched downer, Nov 27 2011
By Kid Kyoto - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hulk: The End (Paperback)
Hulk: The End tells two different stories of the Hulk's final days. The first, Future Imperfect, is by Peter David and George Perez and is from 1992. The second The End is by Peter David and Dale Keown and from 2002.Future Imperfect is just a great story. The Hulk battles his evil future counterpart the Maestro. After World War III the Hulk has become a dictator rulling over the remains of civilization. George Perez draws the heck out of it, particularly a trophy room with the shattered souvenirs of slain heroes. Peter David sets up a clever plot with twists and turns and avoids his usual puns and melodrama.
The End however is just a downer. Well it's called 'The End' so that's to be expected but this story is just joyless and dismal. The Hulk, last survivor of World War III roams the post-apocalyptic world alone. Then in the final segment we get several pages of a very forced mythical analogy that is rammed down the readers throat. After recapping the myth of Prometheus, and then recapping the development of nuclear weapons and then recapping the Hulk's origins Peter David literally says "The Hulk is heir to Prometheus. The living symbol of nuclear fire" y'know just in case you didn't figure out where this was going.
So, one really good story, one downer. It's not a bad book, but only Future Imperfect is really worth seeking out.
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