My 100th Review
I think that World War Hulk might be Marvel's way of making it up to everyone that was disappointed in Civil War. Personally I liked Civil War and I'm greatly enjoying World War Hulk thus far. They are two different beasts and I really don't think you can compare them. With that said WWH seems to have delivered with every issue thus far, and is giving fans exactly what they were expecting. The fact that there's no signs of delays is something else to cheer about as well. Could John Romita Jr. be a mutant?
Now we have General Ross on the scene. Some people rolled their eyes when they saw Ross was going to be in WWH, but really... how could you do a cross over like this and not include General "Thunderbolt" Ross? It wouldn't have made sense if he hadn't shown up. In this case, even though we've seen this fight a thousand times before, Greg Pak manages to make it interesting. He does something simple with the character. Even though Ross is obsessed with the Hulk, Pak doesn't write the character as an idiot. Too many of these "classic" confrontations are usually written exactly the same way time after time... good writers realize that these characters would either avoid another confrontation, or learn from the past and try something new.
As great as Ross is, the entire issue isn't dedicated to this fight thankfully. We get a few more hints on how this event might end. While it involves a powerful character, I'm not sure if this will exactly excite any readers. Instead what was really attention grabbing was what happens with Doctor Strange. There's a few subtle things going on in this series. One of which is that the Hulk seems to be becoming more and more disconnected with his surroundings and is going further away from any reasoning with even his closest friends. The other is we're seeing what desperate measures the heroes will take to stop the Hulk. Do they all see him as a menace and danger to the world?
I have no doubt that this issue was great, but there's a few things we've been shown for what could be coming in the next two issues that I'm a little concerned about. Then again Greg Pak has given me no reason to doubt his writing abilities, and with Romita's art work my concerns might be for nothing.
