THE INCREDIBLE HULK #1-30 (Phillip Kennedy Johnson / Nic Klein, Danny Earls)

Intothevoid : "Ok i listened to the whole thing and i took notes of the highlights as i was listening, hopefully i didn’t miss anything important

  • Gonna be a big monster family tree, connecting all monsters.
  • Green door will play a part.
  • Finding obscure monsters in Marvel and giving them backstory, lots of worldbuilding.
  • We are gonna see a classic Hulk villain, either a fan favorite or some obscure stuff.
  • Hopes to be on the book for a long time, no plans for Jarella yet.
  • Exploring the American south, gothic side, various creatures will be making themselves known to the Hulk.
  • Introducing a new character that PKJ hopes will have a long lasting effect like Betty, Rick, etc…
  • Hoping that the book will leave a big impact on Hulks history, with potentially spinning out into an event although it can still remain it’s own thing.
  • Not a fan of « baby » speaking Hulk more of a fan of the Planet Hulk style(looks like we are getting Gravage Hulk/Green Scar?), not sure if we will see other personalities.
  • Hulk doesn’t come out when Banner is angry, he is constantly « stalking » Bruce.
  • Hulk comes out at when Bruce has a moments peace, when he makes friends, when he lets his guard down.
  • Being asked about seeing characters like Mangog, Umar, Zom, he said he will « ruminate » on that.
  • There is an important statement he wants to make in Hulk « The person we want to be and the version of us that constantly prevents that », how do you beat someone when the enemy is yourself.
  • Has a big idea about a Hulk vs Superman crossover if Marvel/DC ever allowed it.
    Is cosmic horror a possible direction, yes but not right away.
  • Mother of Horror is tied up in the stories like Demiurge, ancient past mythology of Marvel universe that is wrapped in the origins of Earths specifically, according to that mythology all demons and monsters owe their lineage from Demiurge, all that comes in the play in this book, so you are not gonna see stuff like Fin Fang Foom or Galactus necessarily.
  • Hulk is an opportunity to tell stories that deeply matter, I have a story that i care about very much that i wanna tell with Hulk. Hulk is my love letter to the American south, love letter to American mythology, how to be a better person how to deal with your demons.
  • Big difference between DC and Marvel is DC feels like writing a modern mythology about a pantheon that will outlive us all, Marvel is like writing very personal stories about characters that are blown up to fit the large scale of comics."