Near enough everybody knows who the hulk is but if you've never read any of his comics then this
is the video for you. WOOF WOOF! Hey guys, it's me Marcus aka the Maddogg, yes this is actually
my hair, and we are back with another video! So the first hulk book that i'm going to recommend
for new readers is the one that i grew up on and that is the one that was done by bruce jones but
if this was the one that was good enough to get me started on the character then i think it'd be
great for any new reader who's looking to start with bruce banner that's because it's got this
really different tone to it it's got this great spy espionage feel the secret organizations that
are coming after him which should pretty much be expected if you're some kind of giant green
gamma-ray monster even though i read it as a kid this had all the hulk action that i could probably
wish for it doesn't really rely too heavy on the continuity it goes on for about 40 or so issues so
you actually get a really decent chunk of story here and this is one of those underrated runs
and it is a little bit difficult to get at the moment but i am hoping that in the coming years
marvel might release an omnibus there's also a really enjoyable abomination arc that takes place
during bruce jones's run and even though i don't think i've ever read the end of this i still think
this has that balance of hulk fun but also bruce banner mopiness next up is going to be hulk by
jason aaron i got the complete collection of this about a year or so ago and i pretty much polished
it off in about two settings which for anybody who's watched this channel before would know
that that's some kind of miracle for me because i am one of the slowest readers on this planet
well jason aaron is one of those creators that's got so many great runs to his name that people
often overlook this series and that's actually what i feel about the hulk as a character that
when people think about comics that they can get into they don't really look at bruce bannet is
the go-to character it's actually what kind of made this video a little bit difficult because
of the fact that i wanted to recommend runs that i've read in the past and even though i don't
think jason aaron's time on the hulk is either his best time as a writer or the character's best time
in comics it was still really enjoyable it was a quick fun read that had a bit of a darker tone to
it you also get to see the hulk in situations that you wouldn't ever really be in like him crossing
past with the punisher and what aaron does that really makes his story interesting is split the
hulk from bruce banner i know what he's saying this has already been done in a few other runs and
probably done better in those places as well but like the dynamic they had they gave it this very
mad max feel and it also had a very terminator aspect to it next up in a series that is now very
accessible to new readers but i have to go with the peter david run when i was first getting into
comics i read a lot of 80s and 90s to really build up my knowledge and it just seemed like peter
david was pretty much just always on the hulk so read quite a good chunk of this run but now that
it's been re-released in omnibus i can finally get it and read the complete thing but in particular
i really love the future's end stuff the tempest and also the stuff that he does with the professor
just those random arcs that i've read throughout the years have already really entertained me to
the point where i can comfortably say that this is one of the best ones for this character as
well you'll probably notice from now on that i'm not really gonna recommend anything earlier than
this and that's because of the fact that i haven't really read a lot of silverage hulk and this was
pretty much the earliest that i go back to and at the end of the day if i am trying to recommend
something for a modern reader i don't really think too many self-age stuff is going to be something
that will get them addicted to comics so yes i have read great stuff about bill mantello roger
stern stan lee john burn and there's probably a good handful of creators that help to craft
a hulk into the character that we know now but the end of the day i haven't read it so i don't really
know what i can tell you about it whereas peter david seems to be the creator when it comes to the
hulk that other later writers have tried to match the standard off and i can't lie the dude's still
coming back now and writing maestro miniseries so he pretty much just loves this character and
it comes through in the storytelling and i really think that he got that good balance of the dynamic
between bruce banner and the struggle that he has knowing that he's got this monster inside
of him but still telling a really enjoyable hulk story and not just taking him as this monster that
everybody else should just be scared of a lot of great stuff happened in the decade or so that he
was writing this series so i definitely recommend jumping onto it and even more so now that volume
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treat yourself to a book and help out the channel at the same time next up and i know there's going
to be some people who won't agree with me on this but if you're somebody who already likes the
marvel universe maybe you're looking to branch into the hulk i would definitely 100 percent
recommend pumped by jeff lowe this is something that i did a review of last year and i had a
really great time with this book i'd recommend checking out that video but it was basically a
hulk story that wasn't really focused around bruce bannet sure yes of course he does appear in it but
it's all about the emergence of the red hulk and he just pretty much wants to fight everyone that
he can see which you know kind of reminded me of myself but there are gonna be some readers out
there that aren't gonna want to be too bogged down by literary references or to be asking too many
questions about the human condition and if you're that type of person and you just want something
that's dumb fun kind of summer blockbuster action then i would definitely recommend picking up this
title i feel like the ending doesn't really stick the landing but considering it's got
so much big enjoyable ed mcguinness art then it's definitely worth picking this up new enough every
important marvel character that existed at this point in time appears at some point in this book
and it's just really enjoyable i feel like i need to learn a different word other than enjoyable at
this point next up and one that might not feel like a great jumping on point but just trust me
it is it's gonna be planet hulk planet hulk is pretty much the storyline that on paper shouldn't
have worked but for some reason it's just one of the best hulk stories of all time and if you watch
thor ragnarok then you kind of know some of the premise of this but the marvel illuminati have
pretty much had enough of the hulk just always causing destruction so they decide to shoot him
off into space to some kind of peaceful planet where he'll be on his own of course that doesn't
happen or else this would have been a really boring story and he actually did a what if
based on that concept at the end of the book but hulk ends up on this planet that's ravaged by war
he becomes a gladiator he ends up fighting for the people of that planet and goes on
this journey that's really unexpected for this character but at no point does it feel out of
place whilst you're reading it it also has some great surprising emotional moments and i think
that because of the fact that this is set outside of the main universe not actually it's still 616
marvel but because it takes place off the planet i think civil war was happening at the same time
which was probably a good call from the editors at that point because i'm not gonna lie if you've
got the hulk on your team you're gonna win a fight so planet hulk gives you this opportunity of not
being weighed down by a lot of continuity as long as you know the general sentiment towards what
people think about bruce banner then you can jump into this and i think you're gonna have a great
time but if you wanted something that was more of an origin story of the hulk without having
to read something silver age i would definitely recommend hulk grey by jeff logan tim sayle this
is part of their color saga series collection i'm not really sure what the definition of it was but
hulk gray looks at the character at the beginning of his journey but he also takes a look at more
of the psychological effect of being that kind of monster so it is set in the 60s and you also
get to see some appearances from characters in the marvel universe but from that time but if you did
want something that was just going to give you a bit of a refresh on who this character is who are
the main key factors and the people within his life alongside an enjoyable story that can also
help you branch into some other characters like spider-man and daredevil then this book right
here and you have got the earlier version that doesn't include the captain america story would
be one that i'd recommend picking up because it allows you to look at the character in just
a different shade of light and also a completely different color again another curveball but it's
a short enough story but i've got ultimate hulk vs wolverine now admittedly i'm not really going
to recommend the ultimate because particularly the first story arc does not present a great version
of the hulk but ultimate hulk vs wolverine was just enjoyable is he gonna top the list of your
favorite hulk books of all time no is it gonna completely change the way that you look at comics
no but is he just gonna give you something that's dumb and fun and enjoyable from start to finish
yeah i think it will i read this when i was just picking up every single ultimate title that i
could because the ultimate marvel universe was really what got me into comics and this was one
of those stories that i do feel is being forgotten about a little bit because of the fact that people
seem to hate the ultimate universe now or the only positive that they have about it is the fact
that ultimate spider-man exists but the hulk and wolverine have always had this rivalry and i think
just having it contained in a couple of issues is something that would be great for a new reader
that's just looking for something to entertain them next up i'm going with something a bit more
mainline again but i've got hulk bag mark wade yep mark wade is that creator that every time
i hear his name i just know that i'm gonna have a good time with the story and hulk was
no exception and it did get split off into two series but the indestructible hulk in particular
was something that i was collecting in single issues and was just really entertaining it's got
more of the good guy hulk so if it is that you're looking for him to be more the antagonist of a
book then i wouldn't really recommend this one and it is more integrated into the main marvel
universe so you are gonna see characters cropping up here and there and he does have a lot of
interaction with shield he also has an enjoyable crossover with thor but if you're looking to get
into thought i've already done where to start on him but this brought with it a really interesting
dynamic because of the fact that hulk was working primarily with shield so you do get to see what he
would be like if he was some kind of government operative and i think he just casted a really
different light on the character i think i've said that about another book already still this
would require you to know a little bit about the character and also the wider marvel universe so
i've already done where to start on the marvel universe so maybe check out that but if it is
that you want something that isn't going to hold your hand the entire way through i'd recommend
this one and of course it's written by mark [ __ ] wade now hear me out with this next one because
on my where to start list i do like to try and cater for as many different types of people as
possible and you understand that there's some people who maybe find getting into a hulk boot
quite intimidating now i know that that isn't going to be the majority of people that watch
this but i also want to make sure that if there's somebody that does want to get into this character
that i cover every possibility so i would recommend something like the incredible hercules
this was written by greg pack who did planet hulk and we're also going to talk about him a bit later
on in this video and this isn't your disney's hercules he's not going to try and make a man out
of you and i just realized that that was actually mulan but because of the fact that hercules isn't
as popular of a character as hulk you might find it easier to jump into this because he understood
that not a lot of people know who this character is really and they probably are jumping on trying
to get into the hulk and it was just fun and as you can see here he's actually holding up the
hulk logo which is kind of like reminiscent of me holding up my own will to live at this point and
hercules is one of those goofy silly characters so it might be easy for you to jump into this
and then feel like you know more about the hulk's universe like i said i know the majority of people
want to start reading hulk by reading a hulk book but i still feel like this should get some kind of
recommendation because it can definitely go the distance yep finally got it right actually let's
just keep the flow going because next up i'm going to recommend greg pack and no not planet hulk
because in case you skipped part of this video i already recommended that earlier on but the
part of his run that came later on a good couple of years after when he was doing stuff like fall
of the hulks this is more of an ensemble story so it would benefit you if you know a lot more of the
players that are going on in the hulk's universe and you do have to know that there was a red hulk
and also different kind of hulks but greg pack is just one of those creators that every time
he seems to write the hulk he just knows exactly what he's doing so even though it's not a hulk
one that a lot of people seem to recommend often i still think it's something that people would enjoy
if they're looking for a hulk story that takes itself a bit more serious in its overall universe
don't get me wrong it's still goofy fun hulk times but we'll introduce you to more of the characters
that are integrated into its world after that and on where to start i don't just recommend
books because i have to recommend the hulk ultimate destruction this absolute ps2 classic
is just something that is so nostalgic for me i still got my copy of this and ultimate spider-man
because those were two games that i just played religiously you know if i didn't want to play gta
san andreas but comics and video games and movies are first and foremost supposed to entertain you i
always believe that i would rather be entertained over lectured at any point in my life but hulk
ultimate destruction is pretty much everything that you would wish to do if you could be the
hulk and if you can get your hands on this maybe you've got a ps2 emulator this is one
that is worth picking up if you can find it for cheap somewhere and i think out of all the hulk
entertainment outside of comics this is probably my favorite yep even over the luffa rigno show
i'm gonna go with the hulk ultimate destruction i do have to recommend she hulk just she hulk in
general but particularly for me i really like the dan's slot run i also like what charles sol did
with the character and she hulk is more of the intelligent side of the hulk spectrum and she's
also bruce banner's cousin so it doesn't really feel too separate from the main hulk but jennifer
walters is one of those characters now that's been around for so long that she's managed to
step outside of the hulk's shadow which still has that feeling of a hulk story and when i try to do
where to start i also try to look at team boots that might involve the character and despite what
you may expect from the mcu there isn't really a lot of avengers titles that i could recommend to
you but if you start reading she-hulk then there is easy ways to get into those team books because
she appears quite a lot in modern avengers stories and i think if maybe you want the fun side of the
hulk but maybe not being a bit dumbed down if it is that you've got the monster version of
the character then she hulk might be a suitable option for you and just to quickly touch on it
i did speak about team boots then and hulk is one of those characters that appears in quite
a lot of other series but there are some of the defenders books by al ewing that i'd recommend
some of the crossovers with other members of the avengers and you do often see him appearing in
the fantastic four mainly it's just because he wants to fight with the thing and you know just
let them to crack on with it so even though there isn't a lot that i can really recommend to you
there are still quite a handful of them and they are out there if you want them and my last pick is
actually one of the most recent hulk stories that you can probably pick up and it's one of those
rare boots that manages to capture the excitement of a hulk boot but also have this deeper look at
it it's got this horror vibe routine and i really hope it manages to stick the landing because i've
been enjoying what i've read in this book so far but of course it's gonna be al ewins the
immortal hulk yes oddly enough despite the fact that the characters been around for 60 years
i think the most recent series is probably the most accessible for new readers it explores the
connection between the man and the monster the art is grotesque and at the same time quite beautiful
especially the covers that have been done by alex ross and at the beginning of this video
i said that the hulk is one of those characters that often gets overlooked when it comes to his
comic series despite the fact that there's so many great runs but it already feels like al you
wins the immortal hulk is gonna be that one go-to series that will be recommended for years to come
i'm saying it with confidence to buy this even though i've only read about the first 15 or so
issues of it but if the rest of this title is half as good of what i've read of this series already
then it deserves its recommendation on this list and i'd wholeheartedly recommend it to new readers
but my bonus pick that i always put at the end of everywhere to start is whatever hulk book is
going to get you into comics at the end of the day i haven't read every single hulk story that's ever
come out i know there's probably some people that are going to be raging because of the fact that i
haven't said the one book that they really like i don't really know what i can do about that but
at the end of the day those stories that i haven't recommended might be the ones that
you really like and over on a reddit page mad dog comic community we're gonna have a discussion of
our favorite hulk book so i definitely recommend following us there but i guess that's the video
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