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For the most part I enjoyed these short stories, they were down to earth while still managing to be engaging.
My only large criticism is that I found some of the personalities of the male characters to be slightly repetitive. The characteristics that differed them most strongly were their motivations and environments, but their outward behaviors were very similar.
However, I did enjoy reading this graphic novel as a whole and found each story to have a satisfying, albeit usually bittersweet, ending.
My only large criticism is that I found some of the personalities of the male characters to be slightly repetitive. The characteristics that differed them most strongly were their motivations and environments, but their outward behaviors were very similar.
However, I did enjoy reading this graphic novel as a whole and found each story to have a satisfying, albeit usually bittersweet, ending.
Goldie Vance, Vol. 3
Hope Larson, Brittney Williams, Jim Cambell, Noah Hayes, Sarah Stern, Jackie Ball
The Totally Awesome Hulk, Vol. 1: Cho Time
Greg Pak, Andrew Crossley, Cory Petit, Rachelle Rosenberg, Sonia Oback, Mike Choi, Frank Martin, Travis Lanham, Frank Cho, Takeshi Miyazawa
Amadeus is a character I hadn't heard of until more recently, but I immediately liked him and decided to see if the Totally Awesome Hulk comics lived up to the name.
Luckily they do by being high energy and humorous, while still having enough emotional tug to be meaningful without becoming cruelly depressing like some other Hulk comics are.
Amadeus is one of the smartest people on the planet and possesses positive traits including charisma and cleverness along some less positive ones such as being impulsive and hormonal. However, even with his goofiness he is mature enough to have a strong sense of responsibility. He admits to accepting fault in panels that are very powerful to read since they are devoid of the rage that is commonly associated with the Hulks.
His relationship and loyalty to Bruce Banner are still shown, though he is clear that he does not want to be the same as Bruce's Hulk, he wants and struggles to be better.
While admittedly Marvel does have a lot of 'legacy' type heroes now that some people aren't very interested in, Amadeus is definitely original and likeable and I hope he gains the popularity he deserves.
Luckily they do by being high energy and humorous, while still having enough emotional tug to be meaningful without becoming cruelly depressing like some other Hulk comics are.
Amadeus is one of the smartest people on the planet and possesses positive traits including charisma and cleverness along some less positive ones such as being impulsive and hormonal. However, even with his goofiness he is mature enough to have a strong sense of responsibility. He admits to accepting fault in panels that are very powerful to read since they are devoid of the rage that is commonly associated with the Hulks.
His relationship and loyalty to Bruce Banner are still shown, though he is clear that he does not want to be the same as Bruce's Hulk, he wants and struggles to be better.
While admittedly Marvel does have a lot of 'legacy' type heroes now that some people aren't very interested in, Amadeus is definitely original and likeable and I hope he gains the popularity he deserves.
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.
