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The Totally Awesome Hulk, Vol. 2: Civil War II
by Greg Pak, Mike Farmer, Mike del Mundo
As angry as I am about what happened to Bruce in Civil War II, this volume of Totally Awesome Hulk has made it feel little less shit.
The volume starts with Bruce realising he's finally cured of the Hulk and becoming manic out of his newfound freedom and the guilt he still has to live with. Tony Stark then confronts him, worried that he's trying to endanger himself out of self loathing. Understandably Bruce doesn't react well to being pulled out of ignoring his emotions and lashes out at Tony for some of the things he's been put through.
Rage is rough. I honestly can't imagine how I would deal with being a person who has to desperately attempt to hold it all in even during situations where feeling angry and hurt are justified. I'm glad Bruce was finally able to express how awful he felt without the curse of being too powerful for his own good, and received an apology from Tony. He didn't deserve having to continue feeling both resented and resentful, and somebody admitting they understand they've hurt you and that they're sorry can go a long way.
The next time we see Bruce he is much calmer and seems to be even happy, though he still implies that he sees himself as a monster while telling Amadeus that he doesn't have the anger to be as destructive as the original Hulk.
By issue nine Bruce is dead, which leaves Amadeus to grapple between his motivation to avenge his friend and not letting rage consume him and turn him into the Hulk he never wanted to be. He also struggles with balancing his pride to a healthy level, since Bruce claimed it's what he draws his strength from.
This volume ends with Amadeus finally meeting up with Clint and deciding once and for all not to enact vengeance upon him. The meeting provides slight closure not only to Amadeus and Clint, but also to the readers as well.
Tension was also set up going forward with Maddy feeling frustrated and angry with Amadeus' impulsive behavior and inability to actually change it, so I'm excited to hopefully see more growth from him in the next volume.
I enjoyed reading these issues and coming to terms with the injustice of what happened to Bruce alongside Amadeus. While I'm still upset that he died, the writing in these comics made his demise feel a little less shallow and cheap.
The volume starts with Bruce realising he's finally cured of the Hulk and becoming manic out of his newfound freedom and the guilt he still has to live with. Tony Stark then confronts him, worried that he's trying to endanger himself out of self loathing. Understandably Bruce doesn't react well to being pulled out of ignoring his emotions and lashes out at Tony for some of the things he's been put through.
Rage is rough. I honestly can't imagine how I would deal with being a person who has to desperately attempt to hold it all in even during situations where feeling angry and hurt are justified. I'm glad Bruce was finally able to express how awful he felt without the curse of being too powerful for his own good, and received an apology from Tony. He didn't deserve having to continue feeling both resented and resentful, and somebody admitting they understand they've hurt you and that they're sorry can go a long way.
The next time we see Bruce he is much calmer and seems to be even happy, though he still implies that he sees himself as a monster while telling Amadeus that he doesn't have the anger to be as destructive as the original Hulk.
By issue nine Bruce is dead, which leaves Amadeus to grapple between his motivation to avenge his friend and not letting rage consume him and turn him into the Hulk he never wanted to be. He also struggles with balancing his pride to a healthy level, since Bruce claimed it's what he draws his strength from.
This volume ends with Amadeus finally meeting up with Clint and deciding once and for all not to enact vengeance upon him. The meeting provides slight closure not only to Amadeus and Clint, but also to the readers as well.
Tension was also set up going forward with Maddy feeling frustrated and angry with Amadeus' impulsive behavior and inability to actually change it, so I'm excited to hopefully see more growth from him in the next volume.
I enjoyed reading these issues and coming to terms with the injustice of what happened to Bruce alongside Amadeus. While I'm still upset that he died, the writing in these comics made his demise feel a little less shallow and cheap.