Suspended Animation Review

Hulk Vs. Fin Fang Foom - published by Marvel Publishing, 48 pages and $3.99.

Even during these difficult economic times, I still make the occasional impulse purchase. I did so twice recently while visiting various comics shops in Tulsa.

Hulk vs Fin Fang Foom showcases another previously untold tale in which Marvel’s gamma-irradiated monster battles a creature created in the publisher’s pre-superhero days. The story, by Peter David, pits the creatures against each other in Antarctica, with a global warming research team caught in the middle. (Don’t worry, no political axes to grind, here.) It’s a fun story, with a creepy air, ala John Carpenter’s The Thing, that ends with, you guessed it, another monster slugfest.

Reprinted in Hulk vs. The Marvel Universe TPB
Artist Jorge Lucas manages great emotion in his characters, superior detail and a style that is reminiscent of Jack Kirby.

This book also contains a reprinted Marvel classic (Fin Fang Foom’s first appearance in Strange Tales #89) by Stan Lee and the aforementioned Kirby.

Recommended for fans of fun stories you don’t have to think too much about, as well as comics history buffs.

Mark Allen