786. The Incredible Hulk vol 3 #30 ... #hulk ... #redhulk ... #xemnu ...

Ed McGuninness is born to draw this comic because before this, when I see him on other comics, sorry to say, I used to shun it after 1 issue but here, for whatever reason, his cartoony facial expressions combine with clean lines and over-the-top gigantic, chunky characters work a treat!

Basically, this issue is a "throwaway" of sorts i.e. in between arcs there is a breather and here we see two old characters making a comeback. First is Impossible Man and he is here to be a middle man, a referee, an annoying brat between the next big spectacle of galactic sport fighting between the Hulk (s) and Xemnu,, the second comeback character

Who is Xemnu?

He is apparently some terrifying sportsman from outer space who came to Earth in the early days of the Hulk's first run before finding that the madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk becomes and can become too much for him to handle. So after years of pondering and planning, he figured he has found the right strategy and comes back for a grudge match

Unfortunately his information is not updated and he is not prepared for the fact that there is now a Red Hulk and a Green Hulk, both of which are indeed separate people and not just one person's various phases of transformation. In that sense, with the Impossible Man's interference of joining both Red and Green (hence the cover) as one, the Hulks have their advantage to rout Xemnu once again

As we said at the start, it is a fun issue and beautifully drawn. Something you can come back to over the years and flick through and enjoy without the need to commit your mental energies into a complicated storyline or make you turn the pages for the next chapter. Yet because it is entertaining that if your budget allows, this is the type of tale that will make you consider picking up the next issue as well. This is HOW comics should be done

Ratings: 8/10