Thursday, April 1, 2010

Planet Hulk by Greg Pak

Hulk now finds himself on an alien planet in exile from his only home.  Now, he must become the hero he never intended and the leader that he never wanted to be.  With a ragtag group of aliens behind him, Hulk attempts to overthrow a terrible dictator and learn life on a new planet. 

The artwork is amazing in the graphic novel.  There is so much detail that in actuality, many of the teens could probably gather the plot of the story simply from the artwork.  But the plot actually dealt with a larger issue, which is finding a place to belong, even if that means needing to leave your home and make a new one.  There were times in the story, when the writing would be a little slow or hard to read.  Many of the different alien names were very difficult to pronounce.  Reading the book leading up to that one was also very important in order to get the back story of why the Hulk was in exile.  The story leaves the reader, with the Hulk attempting to return to Earth with his new alien friends.  I think that not only does it have a good message, but it also is very entertaining and well drawn.

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