Thursday, May 24, 2012

Hulk: Haunted TPB [2012] by Jeff Parker


RED HULK: HAUNTED HULK TRADE PAPERBACK
The Red She–Hulk arrives at Gamma Base demanding to see her father. Both the Red Hulk and Machine Man arrive as a battle ensues between father and daughter. Red She-Hulk leaves as the Red Hulk deals with the menace of Zero/One who has been built a mobile island called Ogygia and amassing an army. Machine Man locates Ogygia as Zero/One releases Black Fog and her latest experiment from Lab 7, which is a cavalcade of deadly sea monsters. Writer Jeff Parker reintroduces the Eternals after the short mini-series by Neil Gaiman. 

SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
- Red She-Hulk arrives and helps Machine Man and Red Hulk deal with Zero/One
- Machine Man severs Zero/One’s connection to her drones and Black Fog
- Red Hulk throws a synthetic Hydra into the lava pit of a volcano
- The Eternals debate among themselves about their role over humankind
- The Red Hulk and the Eternal Ikaris battle over Hawaii causing a volcano to erupt
- Ikaris misdirects the lava away from the population of the island

HAUNTED HULK HIGHLIGHTS
- After Machine Man attacks Red Hulk, he searches for Dr. Strange for help
- Thunderbolt Ross is haunted by Major Glenn Talbot and the Abomination
- Raizo Kodo and the Forgiven defend the Penance Pool from Red Hulk
- The Penance Pool is the place of judgment to cast out and become forgiven
- The Red Hulk goes to the Legion of Monsters for help where the entity is removed from him
- The entity is a gamma spectre who is revealed to be Doctor Leonard Samson

This paperback collects
Hulk #47 – 52

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5