The Incredible Hulk and the Thing: Alien Bounty Hunters (The Incredible Hulk and Thing GN)
I decided to change this week's blog and not do the book I previewed in last week’s edition of the Re-Collector in order to pay tribute to a great artist that we lost this past week, Berni Wrightson. Wrightson’s worked for both DC and Marvel, creating Swamp Thing as well as illustrating The Stand and The Dark Tower for Stephen King.
The Incredible Hulk meets the Angel of Mercy! (The Incredible Hulk #338)
The Phalanx Covenant Part 1 (Uncanny X-Men #316 and X-Men #36)
In the eyes of Stephen Lang, the Phalanx is his last ditch effort for humans to defend themselves from mutantkind. All while selling it’s soul and threatening mankind itself. He sees humanity as so threatened by mutants he seeks to link up each of them to overpower them once and for all. The only sacrifice would be our individuality, making man slave to the new techno-overlord. The totalitarian overtones are pretty apparent and you could see the idea of giving up freedom for protection is common theme today, maybe more than in 1994.
Inferno! (Uncanny X-Men #242)
This is 80s X-Men at their best. There’s relationship drama, Cyclops has ditched his wife for his his first love, Jean. His brother takes the scorned wife’s side and falls for her. But then you get the out-of-this world twist that she’s trying to sacrifice their son to a demon just to get back at Cyclops. All the wild sci-fi soap opera that Claremont-era X-Men stories were known for are here.
Drug War in Madripoor! (Wolverine #5)
The Spider-Man Christmas Special! (Marvel Team-Up #127)
The Incredible Hulk goes behind the Iron Curtain! (The Incredible Hulk #258)
