The Immortal Hulk #15 Review

Writer: Al Ewing / Artist: Joe Bennet / Marvel What part of immortal do people not understand? Is it the part where the Hulk survives another one of Stark’s doomsday weapons? Perhaps when he shrugged off being chopped up and put away like a Southern jar of pickles? No, no, no…maybe they got confused when the Hulk got dried up like one of the California raisins and was sent to hell? He came back stronger than ever, and you think you can kill that? The audacity.

Okay, a quick recap. The last issue, Banner had a pretty heartfelt reunion with longtime love Betty Ross. Marvel continuity can be confusing, but Ewing does a great job of informing readers. Banner’s own fear and insecurities have broken his relationship with Betty, but she’s trying to reconcile that with her love for him. Using the events of past Hulk stories to add some emotional weight to the two characters meeting again is a great moment, which shows them trying to process the whirlwind of catastrophe that is their lives. All of this is quickly interrupted by one of General Fortean’s trigger-happy soldiers, who is perhaps the dumbest man on Earth to think he can kill the Hulk with a gun. I don’t care if you’re a human weapon, putting a hole in the Hulk’s head is like giving the man a paper cut. If it wasn’t for the arrival of psychiatrist (and longtime 80’s wrestling fan) Doctor Samson, the Hulk would’ve peeled apart the cyborg hitman like string cheese. Once the obligatory hero-on-hero showdown is over, readers …