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Title: Hulk: The Incredible Guide by Tom Defalco ISBN: 0-7894-9260-1 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Hulk: The Impressive Guide
Comment: I got this for Christmas and just finished reading it. The format of this book is great. It starts with basic information on Bruce Banner, The Hulk, Hulk's powers, Betty Banner, and a few other main characters throughout Hulk's history. Then it is broken down into decades starting with the 1960's and going up through the 2000's. Each decade details major events, allies, and of course enemies of the Hulk. This set-up is perfect. The art is taken mostly from the comics and there are samples of pages added featuring the spotlighted character. All in all this is well worth the price for a fan of The Hulk.
Rating: 4
Summary: Hulk Guide Great Recap of History
Comment: Mr. DeFalco's latest Guide for the Incredible Hulk shows a tremendous amount of research and skill in editing in focusing on the history and surrounding chararacters of the Hulk mythos.
I confess this is my first Marvel DK Book, that I've looked at. Previously, I've spent more time examining the DC ones, (Superman, Batman, the Justice League, etc). And I have to confess that background gives me a slant.
Unlike DC, Marvel did not trash or recon its history as extensively as the Superman Group did in the mid-eighties, so their continuity is far more coherent than in DC. I confess I love that.
It's a good read. Mr. Defalco covers the major storylines, with recommendations on some of his best-loved favorites. There were a few two-age spreads that I thought could have been used for more textual information. But that's just my humble opinion.
Of course, this is to tie-in with the upcoming Hulk movie release (smart move, wait till a major publicity event is coming to relaunch books like these).
I look forward to more such books from both DC and Marvel. From Marvel: The Fantastic Four and Daredevel, From DC: Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel.
Not bad.
JThree
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Guide
Comment: Tom DeFalco does a great job again (as he did with Spider-Man The Ultimate Guide), and I consider this book the best Hulk encyclopedia out there. Precise, accurate, giving proper credit to all Hulk artists, major or not, with tons of great images, easy-and-fun-to-read, in summary, a great buy. I could not say the same about the Hulk Marvel Encyclopedia by Kit Kiefer, which is a true dissapointment, a 3/5 stars book (tops), deserved by the great artwork on it, and the sections about Hulk merchandising, the TV series, and the 2k3 movie. Kit's book is sometimes inaccurate (for ex., it says that on the first issues, Banner changed into the Hulk when he was asleep, page 28, but it was nightfall that triggered the changes), calls the Hulk a 'keep-it-simple-stupid-character' (page 22), ridiculizes Peter David's run saying about his comics: 'they were not the Hulk', does not even mention Sal Buscema, the most prolific Hulk artist of all, but does mention his late brother John who probably did 3 issues maximum. It's your money, but I suggest you get DeFalco's guide, a true homage to the incredible Hulk.
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Title: X-Men Updated Edition: The Ultimate Guide by Peter Sanderson, Dorling Kindersley Publishing ISBN: 078949258X Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Marvel Encyclopedia: The Hulk by Kit Kiefer, Jeff Youngquist, Marvel Entertainment Group ISBN: 0785111646 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Superman: The Ultimate Guide by Scott Beatty, Roger Stewart, Jeph Loeb ISBN: 0789488531 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: JLA:The Ultimate Guide to the Justice League of America by Scott Beatty, Roger Stewart, Dorling Kindersley Publishing ISBN: 0789488930 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Spider-Man: The Ultimate Guide by Tom Defalco, Stan Lee, Tom De Falco ISBN: 078947946X Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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