Incredible Hulk Volume 2: Boiling Point Tpb

by Bruce Jones and John Romita Jr.

Unintentionally involved in a convenience store hold-up, Bruce Banner must keep the Hulk contained despite provocation from both the hostage taker and the secret organization that has been trailing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785109056
• ISBN13: 9780785109051
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.6" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Great Book

The story in this book is very well written and the art is done great. The story moves pretty fast and this story can be easily completed in one sitting. The Hulk is seen a decent amount of times while the story itself still helps evolve the character of Bruce Banner. I reccomend this book for anyone that's a fan of the Hulk.

Great story

Trapped in a hostage situation with more going on that is readily apparent, Bruce Banner tries to defuse a situation without losing his cool. Great writing by Bruce Jones, and fantastic art by Lee Weeks.

one problem

one problem. I couldn't put this book down. Lee Weeks is a great story teller; his pencils add the right mood to bruce jones' horror / road adventure script. great comix. try the one before this too.

Excellent Second Bruce Jones Hulk Arc

Only a bare shade less awesome than its predecessor "Return Of The Monster" means "Incredible Hulk: Boiling Point" is still one of the best story arcs in the Hulk's decades-long history. An armed holdup at a convenience store goes Very badly for everyone involved - including a police negotiator living down the disgrace of botching a bank robbery negotiation that saw a little girl hostage get killed - when one of the customers inside the store is Bruce Banner, stil on the run and still on the quest he was set on at the end of the Return Of The Monster trade paperback. The twist is, with shots fired, Banner doesn't just turn into the Hulk and crush whoever he wants to like a hollow eggshell; with hostages, a wounded cop, a squad of police outside ready to storm the building, and a maniacal hostage-taker, that would be too many variables to insure that innocents don't die; especially considering that nowadays Bruce's control over the savage Hulk is tenuous at the best of times. Added to that, he of course can't simply choose not to transform, he has to control his own emotions and nerves very, very carefully in this volatile situation before any jarring of an adrenaline rush chooses the Hulk transformation for him. Making matters worse still, the mysterious organization pursuing the Hulk from previous issues on the scene, posing as law enforcement themselves, hoping to force the transformation, and willing to kill as many innocents as needed to push Banner over the edge. Reprints #s 40-43 of the current Incredible Hulk ongoing, with the final page of # 41 in particular one of the most dramatic and chilling scenes in comics history.

Buce Jones makes The Hulk cool again!

This trade collects The Incredible Hulk Vol II issues 40-43. Bruce Jones, who I believe is a horror novelist, takes the Hulk and makes it an interesting fugitive story again. . This is the second story arc done by Bruce Jones. Bruce Banner is on the run framed for the murder of a boy named Ricky Meyer. He stops by a convenience store in a small mountain town. A crazed gunman takes the store hostage, and a disgraced Denver SWAT negotiator is on the scene to talk him down. FBI Special Agent Pratt shows up to take over the situation, but is he really in the FBI or part of a secret organization determined to hunt down the Hulk? Story has desperate people, redemption, and many references to the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. I hope this collection includes the covers done by Kaare Andrews which were awesome. Oh and teh art is done by Lee Weeks, not by JR Jr.