Highlights here are the Man-Thing and Hulk team-up and the Hulk and Mole-Man team-up, as well as the whole bittersweet Abomination storyline.Īfter a solid sixth volume, Peter David unfortunately gives us a volume that is comprised of, what felt like to me, filler and meandering plot lines. He does, however, remind me of evil Hydra Captain America), and Speedfreek, who would only go on to make a few more appearances (he was one of the villains who would play a part in the beginning of the superhero civil war, however). We also get some villain misfires, like Max Meer (who was supposed to grow up and rule the world but was, for some reason, never mentioned again. Here, we get a very special AIDS awareness issue (with Rick Jones running around being all squeamish and hesitant to shake AIDS victim's hands). Some late bronze-age trends are still alive and well, however, such as a focus on social issues. In this volume we see many of these trends, such Betty and Marlo taking a towel-clad sauna break and Speedfreek decapitating someone. Men have more muscles, women have less clothes, and blood and gore are becoming more common. By the early '90s, the bronze age of comics was long gone and we are firmly entrenched in the modern age of comic books.
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