World War Hulk: RAHHHHHHHHH

Marvels epic summer series World War Hulk is now halfway finished, and sadly, the series has missed on most of it's potential. The story follows Hulk on his return to Earth after a bomb setup by Dr. Strange, Reed Richards, Iron Man, and Black Bolt, on Hulks Planet, Sakaar. The explosion destroyed the entire planet, including Hulks wife Caiera, who was carrying Hulks unborn child. Hulk eventually finds his way home to Earth, and swears revenge on Strange, Richards, Stark, and Black Bolt.

As I already noted in my review of issue #1 that the Hulk was going to face Iron Man by the end of it. I won't keep you in suspense any longer, the Hulk beat the crap out of Iron Man. And he also beat Black Bolt as well. (Which I feel is bull. If Black Bolt screams, it should tear a hole in the Universe, right?)

In the following issues, the Hulk went on to tear through both versions of the Avengers, and then the Fantastic Four. The confrontation between Reed Richards and the Hulk is down right brutal for Richards. It's a good thing he doesn't have bones. Then the Hulk also destroyed the U.S. Military as well. (noticing a pattern here?)

This is the problem with this series. All the super-heroes running around New York City and nobody can stop the Hulk. It's gotten unbearable. Obviously the Hulk is stronger than anyone else in the world, and he's so angry that nothing can stop him, but to belittle the Marvel Super-heroes to this length has gotten tiring. An what's even worse about this series, any normal comics fan could have seen the ending from the first issue. From the very first issue, the Sentry's been asked to defeat the Hulk. The Sentry, who is the most powerful being in the Marvel Universe (Think Golden Superman with Schizophrenia and you get the idea), is one of Hulks friends and refuses to fight. However, the Sentrys popped up in a few panels so far in every issue, so it's almost inevitable that the final issue (#5) of World War Hulk is going to end with The Sentry defeating the Hulk in some way or another.

All that being said, the storyline and the artwork are both action packed, and for a book with absolutely no depth to it, it's a fun read. It's just disappointing that there's virtually going to be no surprise ending to this series.