Banner and Hulk journey back to the testing ground that started it all in an attempt to fight off the infection they gained from absorbing Sasquatch’s power in the previous volume. The story is decent, but its a very slow burn with a pretty significant cliffhanger that makes this book feel more like a part 1 than a complete story. The side characters explored here are all interesting (and I look forward to seeing them interact with Hulk more in the next volume), but I wish we had a better sense of just what this infection is and how Hulk intends to fight it. There’s a lot of details that I feel could have been fleshed out more.

Speaking of flesh, while the story feels incomplete, the artwork continues to be top notch with lots of body horror and gory monster designs. If this last volume didn’t convince you that this is a horror book, this one will! Hulk’s dissection immediately brought Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing to mind, and the new design for Absorbing Man is horrifying.

Here’s hoping the next volume sticks the landing and all this build up was worth it.