Invincible Iron Man #2

Review: A Hulk whose shout works like a 616 thunderclap? I like this guy already. Of course, he uses it against the obnoxious Iron Man so I say more power to 'im. Shellhead's origin lacks a lot of the iconic moments of the original; herein the wounded Tony just has to put on the dangerously untested armor that's sitting right there. True, the question of whether the suit is going to fall apart or implode adds a bit of suspense but somehow it's not as cool as Tony creating the armor under the bad guy's nose and using it to fight him, though Tony does a creditable job of fighting the Hulk to keep him away from everyone else. And substituting a weaselly stock villain for a blond Boy Scout seems an odd way to treat Jasper Sitwell, the (formerly) poor schnook.

Comments: Iron Man gives the big green guy the name “Hulk” in this version. The doctor and nurse “Jane” are Blake and Foster, indicating Thor was also going to be imported into this epic. It doesn't happen.