There aren’t many comics around with ironic titles but the “Totally Awesome” Hulk is definitely one of them! Greg Pak Paks up yet another title - I do not know how this dude keeps getting work but I guess if Greg Pak can, anyone can. Seriously - can you write your name? No? Well you’re probably still a better writer than Pak.
Korean-American Amadeus Cho is the new Hulk for diversity reasons. For two riveting issues we watch the former Hulk, Bruce Banner, wander about doing fuck-all before Civil War II waddles up to rub its stinky, sweaty taint against everything. I haven’t even read the main event but I pretty much know all the beats now after reading all these tie-in issues! All I can say is, poor Carol Danvers - did Captain Marvel really deserve to be made to look like this, Marvel? You morons.
Black Panther puts on a Black Panther-themed Hulk-buster armour to fight Amadeus – why is Black Panther involving himself with Hulk? Who knows. It’s another crap moment in a whole sequence of them and totally contrived too - never seen T’Challa wear anything like that before, probably won’t ever see it again! Pak runs out of name characters to challenge Amadeus towards the end and comes up with a dull monster for him to punch for the remaining issues.
To be fair, I do like Amadeus Cho, he’s a likeable little bugger, Alan Davis’ art was decent and I like that Cho’s not super angsty like Banner was - there’s a pleasant lightness to his Hulk which is far less tiresome than the usual tortured crap the character’s gone through the last few decades.
Still, The Totally Awesome Hulk, Volume 2: Civil War II is full of boring non-stories that even Hulk fans will probably struggle to keep their eyes open over. It wasn’t ever a great title but Marvel’s latest event still managed to drag down its mediocrity even further - good work, guys! And well done, Greg Pak, for continuing your career-long streak of no-hitters going! I’m done with this rubbish series.
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