Or – “Bruce Banner’s Very Own After-School Special…”
Relevance came hard for comics, and even the efforts of Denny O’Neil, Jim Starlin and their their ilk didn’t immediately translate into more adult storytelling. The argument could be made that we still haven’t completed that transition, but no can argue one fact: The missteps made along the way are completely ridiculous and faintly hilarious. Faithful Spoilerites, I give you HULK! #23,
Marvel Comics sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek at Incredible Hulk #623 that arrives in stores on February 23, 2011.
Press Release
Vivid Entertainment, the world’s leading adult movie studio, is releasing the cover art for its eagerly awaited upcoming production of The Incredible Hulk: A XXX Porn Parody as part of its SuperXXXHeroes series.
The studio has already started production on the project, which will be a send-up of the iconic television series from the 1970s and 80s that was based on the Marvel comic book character of the same name. The movie will be directed by award-winning B. Skow, known for his best-selling Brand New Faces series.
Marvel has announced that artist Dale Eaglesham will be joining Greg Pak on The Incredible Hulk in February, as the Hulk smashes his way through the Savage Land in “Planet Savage”.
“I’m having the most fun I’ve had in years right now. I feel like a kid in a candy store – Hulk, KaZar, the Savage Land? It doesn’t get any better than that for me,” says Eaglesham. “A Hulk book means that I get to unabashedly draw musculature, which everyone knows I love. And I get to work with Greg, who is such a good guy, a real team player, and seems as excited about this as I am. These are fun times!”
The Incredible Hulk #623 will have a cover price of $2.99.
Marvel has released a sneak peek of Incredible Hulk #615 from Greg Pak and Barry Kitson.
Marvel sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the Incredible Hulks #614 that arrives September 15, 2010. Take the jump to see what is in store, including a vampire variant!
Marvel sent Major Spoilers a Sneak Peek of Incredible Hulks #612 arriving in stores September 01, 2010.
Marvel sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Incredible Hulk #611 from Greg Pak and Paul Pelletier.
Or – “Poochie Is Proactive. He’s In Your FACE. He Doesn’t Just Get Busy; He Gets “Biz-zay”!”
Back in the day, my friend Karl and I used to say that there’s a fine line between “high concept” and “dumb joke.” Any idea, story, or setup can be boiled down to a three-sentence marketing pitch (“How ’bout this: Snakes. On a PLANE!”) but the real test is in what you DO with your concepts once that pitch has been approved. A prime example would be Howard The Duck: “Outsider trapped in a world he never made” created great satire and deep emotions when Steve Gerber did it in comic book form (you should really go get the Essential Howard collection, by the way.) But, when translated by other minds into a film, it’s become shorthand for “box office flop.”
Anyone who has seen a movie trailer or read the Previews Catalogue in the last ten years knows that many of the comic books and movies that make it through to final execution do so solely on how pithy the concept is (“Man wakes up from coma after zombie plague occurs,” or “Woman falls in love with undead emo kid”) but the REAL test comes in the EXECUTION of the idea…
Bruce Banner and Skaar are on the run, and they are about to meet another roadblock in their father-son bonding moments. Marvel sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the issue that arrives November 18, 2009.
Marvel has announced incredible Hulk #600 sold out at the distributor level and is heading back to press. The new printing will be available September 09, 2009.
While browsing the Interwebs this morning I saw a post talking about the low box office performance of the Incredible Hulk. 2008 is certainly the year of comic book movies, and with the initial praise the film received, I had to check out the facts for myself.