You kind of feel bad for Hulk after being 200 issues and trouble always seems to follow him. The guy can't catch a break! The story itself is ridden with subplots which ties everything together from the life of Bruce Banner/Hulk. It does play off like a soap drama with Betty Ross's marital woes coming into the fold. It's also the issue when Marvel Man changes his name to Quasar which feels like an outlier to the main story until it's strung together by Samson and General Thunderbolt.
The issue itself introduces the character of Trish to me which I believe that I've not come across with the years I've been reading Marvel. Oh boy, though when she was going through her story of having a supervillain father, losing an arm in an arranged car explosion and dabbling in the mystic arts, trouble is her middle name. Like girl get a new hobby! Love her character though despite her flaws as she offers softness and warmth which compliments the changing mood of the Hulk.
When the Machine Man comes into play, I almost forgot how he almost looks like one of Scooby's villains and in fact, there is an unmasking to reveal that it's just a framing to get to come out to play.
Subscribe? Yes!
Who doesn't want to see Hulk go after the Machine Man!
True Believers: Annihilation - Quasar #1 (originally printed as Incredible Hulk volume 1 #234)
Roger Stern - writer
Sal Buscema & Jack Abel - artists
John Constanza - letterer
Elaine Heinl - colourist
A.L. Milgrom - editor
Jim Shooter - editor-in-chief
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