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Incredible Hulk Masterworks Vol. 8: The Incredible Hulk Volume 8 (Incredible Hulk (1962-1999)) by [Archie Goodwin, Roy Thomas, Herb Trimpe, Dick Ayers, Gerry Conway, Gary Friedrich, Len Wein, Chris Claremont]

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Incredible Hulk Masterworks Vol. 8: The Incredible Hulk Volume 8 (Incredible Hulk (1962-1999)) Kindle & comiXology

by Archie Goodwin (Author, Contributor), Roy Thomas (Author, Contributor), Herb Trimpe (Illustrator, Cover Art, Artist), Format: Kindle Edition

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Collects Incredible Hulk (1968) #145-156.

He's mean, he's green, and sometimes he's too small to be seen - he's the Incredible Hulk! Yes, the Hulk's back in another round of tales full of trials, tribulations, revenge, romance and...Richard Nixon?! Returning from a battle with Dr. Doom, the Hulk finds himself in the sights of the U.S. military's Project: Greenskin. Objective? Destroy the Hulk! The adventure continues with the green girl of Hulk's heart, the other-dimensional Jarella! With the help of Ant-Man, Hulk will reunite with his love - but not before he's put on trial in front of the heroes of the Marvel Universe! With art by the classic Herb Trimpe/John Severin team, Hulk's never looked meaner, greener or better!

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Gerard F. "Gerry" Conway (born September 10, 1952) is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is known for co-creating the Marvel Comics' vigilante the Punisher and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man. At DC Comics, he is known for co-creating the superhero Firestorm and others, and for writing the Justice League of America for eight years. Conway wrote the first major, modern-day intercompany crossover, Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man.

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William Elting

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Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2018

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This was a peak point of possibly the best run of the Hulk. Trial of the Hulk is great.

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Dan Pace (feral atom)

Herb Trimpe continues his Incredible run on Hulk

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2015

Herb Trimpe artwork is admittedly an acquired taste. However, his style can grow on you over time. His stories have great pacing and plenty of raw energy. As a kid, I loved the work he did on Hulk, Shogun Warriors, and Godzilla. As an adult, I have a growing appreciation for what he meant to Marvel, and, more specifically, the Hulk. Herb Trimpe did artwork for Hulk from 106-142 and from 145-193 (1968-1975), a titanic run in any era. These issues can be characterized by fun stories and excellent action, interspersed with the just enough characterization.

In this volume, Hulk fights a stone Colossus, in the style of Atlas Era Atomic Monsters, Thunderbolt Ross, Glen Talbot, the Leader and his Android Giant, Fialan the Assassin from K'ai (Jarella's world), the armored Inheritor, the High Evolutionary, Havok, Polaris and Iceman, the Crawling Unknown, Hydra, the Chameleon, the Shaper of Worlds, Captain Axis, and of course, his favorite foe, the army.

That's not including 152-153, which guest-stars a slew of heroes: Captain America, Nick Fury, Black Widow (one panel in civvies), Daredevil, the FF, Spider-man, and the Avengers (two pages). Issue 154 guest-stars the Ant-man. We also see plenty of Betty Ross, Jim Wilson, Doc Sampson and Jarella.

In issue 156, Hulk faces his most fearsome foe yet: the Hulk? 154-156 has the Hulk trying to get back to Jarella's homeworld of K'ai.

John Severin really brings out the most in Herb Trimpe's pencils, as he handles the inking on 10 of these issues. Dick Ayers and Herb Trimpe collaborate on the artwork for 152-153. This collection contains some iconic imagery of ol' Jade Jaws.

"Heaven is a Very Small Place" is a poignant glimpse into Hulk's mind. The three-panel sequence of page 76 is so fraught with rage and loneliness, really summing up what Roy Thomas and Herb Trimpe had developed over their run together. Page 5-6 have some great scenes with Hulk vs a Russian destroyer! A couple of these stories have an Atlas Era Science Fiction/Monster story feel to them, with science run amok and only the rampaging Hulk to save humanity. Hulk in a movie! Hulk on trial! Hulk holding up an entire cliff-face! Hulk fighting a Nazi super-soldier! Nixon and Spiro Agnew! Robots and over-sized rats and giant alien warthogs! Did I mention Hulk encounters more army men than you can shake a stick at? Now equipped with sound cannons? This one has it all.

These last three Hulk volumes continue to get better and are all recommended. The next Hulk volume in May has Wendigo's first appearance, so plenty to look forward to as well.

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Stephen Vincent Kempton

HERB + HULK = HAPPY

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2014

For some reason the Hulk Masterworks have gotten (date wise) behind the rest of the Marvel Universe books so we are gong to get two volumes in pretty rapid succession to get caught up. This volume was just released in November 2014 with another volume already scheduled for May 2015. So this volume #8 reaches back into the past with 12 issues dating from November 1971 to October 1972. Hulk #145 to Hulk #156.

If this volume has a star besides old jade skin it is certainly Herb Trimpe. Herb does solo pencil work on 10 of the 12 stories and helps Dick Ayers on the other two. so he is involved in all of this book. Mr. Trimpe also provides an Introduction (his first in 7 years) and it is great to get his insight. 1971 and 1972 the time this book represents are the years in which Marvel passed up DC as America's Best selling comic company, a role they have yet to relinquish. During this time both Ditko and Kirby had left Marvel. Neal Adams & Steranko were just a flash in the pan producing so little volume of work that it barely made a dent. John Buscema, John Romita and Gene Colan stars were on the rise, but it was the work of people like Sal Buscema, Ross Andru, Don Heck, Jim Mooney and the ever dependable Herb Trimpe that did the lion's share of penciling. These gentlemen may not have been the flashiest of artists but a lot can be said for their "Crystal Clear" storytelling and their ability to make a deadline. Mr. Trimpe deserves a lot more accolades then he has recieved. He needs a long carreer defining Interview and an art book of his work.

The second star of the book is EC comics legend John Severin. He inked 10 of the 12 stories here and I loved every page. I have heard a lot of complaints that his inking over powers the pencils of whoever he is inking and I agree. But his work is just so great I can not fault it. He turns Herb's and Dick Ayers good pencils into masterpieces.

The third and final star of the book is the late Archie Goodwin. Archie wrote 8 of the stories and all of his stories along with Roy's short nine pager demonstrate very good writing. Almost everyone who was writing for Marvel at the time was a fan of Stan Lee's early Marvel work. The exceptions were Len Wein & Marv Wofman who started as DC fans and Archie Goodwin who was a fan of EC Comics. His love of EC Horror and Science Fiction gives the series just the right tone. It reads like some strange hybrid of Monster Movies and True Romance magazines. Although Archie uses a lot continuity in his stories, all are complete in one issue. Even the last three which are heavily connected by the Hulk shrinking, all are set in separate worlds and are three separate stories.

As the volume opens with Hulk # 145 Roy Thomas was just wrapping up his run on the Hulk. Roy just did the bare bones plot on the first couple and handed them off to other writers. Len Wein scripted this fitst issue and it is hands down my least favorite in this collection. This is the month the price increased from 15 cents to a quarter as Marvel followed DC lead and doubled their page count. So this issue was 33 pages long. As a kid I was super excited to read this extra long story but it just comes off as bloated and padded and sub-par story on top of that. The Hulk wanders around Egypt and is tricked into being in a movie and even wearing a stupid costume. How that happens is never explained. Then he fights some statues brought to life by aliens. The best part of this story was the introduction of Project:Greenskins and the Hulkbusters , a great concept solely created by Herb Trimpe.

Hulk #146 was again a plotted by Roy but this time Gerry Conway does the finishes. This story is longer and would fill up a 33 page book but unfortunately Marvel now decides to reduce the books down to normal size. after just one month, so only two thirds of the story appears here. The idea of the Hulk having a teen aged side kick was always a good idea. But Rick Jones had aged to being a young adult hence the introduction of Jim Wilson. Wilson is almost the lead in this story but gets captured by the Leader and thrown in a room. He never emerges, not in the 2nd part of the story or during this entire volume. Strange.

Hulk #147 features the last third of the Leader story and a nine pager by Roy, Herb and Severin. The first story was teased as being the Death Of Doc Samson but all that happens is he loses his powers. The back up is a charming, poignant little tale .

With issue #148 Archie Goodwin comes on-board as regular writer. In this story Archie flips the program and Jarella visits Hulk's world. Herb Trimpe reveals Jarella is his favorite Marvel female . While I don't know if I would go that far, I agree Jarella needs much more recognition and she is way hotter and more interesting then the milquetoast Betty Ross.

The villain in Hulk #149 is called the Inheritor and he is lame. He looks like an action figure out of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle playset. But Archie throws in a twist ending that seems straight out of EC Comics and I love it.

Hulk #150 guest stars Havok and Polaris from a period in X-Men history when the characters were dormant and unused. The Hulk's mistaking Lorna Dane's green hair for Jarella was great. In Hulk #151 Archie Goodwin does his HP Lovecraft pastiche with The Crawling Unknown .

I would like to know the history on Hulk #152 and #Hulk #153 . It is two parter written by Gary Friedrich and mostly penciled by Dick Ayers. I know around this time Herb was penciling the Ant-Man stories in Marvel Feature so maybe that explains Herb's reduced role. Still I get the feeling that this was created for some Annual or Special. The Hulk goes on trial for his actions. Maybe this was a fresh idea in 1972 but now days it has been done to death. But if you like guest stars this is the one for you as it features almost the entire Marvel Superhero Universe plus President Nixon and VP Spiro Agnew. Strangely absent from these two issues at the trial were any friends of the Hulk, like Rick Jones, Jim Wilson, Leonard Samson or even Betty Ross.

Archie Goodwin comes back and we get a Trilogy of connected stories to close up the volume with Hulk #154 to Hulk # 156. In his search for Jarella the Hulk finds a formula to shrink himself down in size. The first story emulates Richard Matheson's The Incredible Shrinking Man and guest stars Ant-Man. In the second story the Hulk visits a world where the Nazi's won the war. It introduces a villain called The Shaper Of Worlds who makes many more visits to both The Hulk's book and The Marvel Universe.

Finally in the last story the Hulk makes it back to Jarella's World for a very satisfying conclusion to a pretty good volume. The art and color restoration are once again excellent. The back matter is kind of light this time, consisting of a cover used for Hulk Annual #4 and a little picture of an alternate cover.

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