From School Library Journal
Grade 5 Up-A guide to the comic-book universe surrounding the big green guy. While the book focuses on a number of characters, including the many villains in the Hulk world, it also covers in less detail the history and origin of his character and various incarnations in the comics. The book is designed for browsing and maximum visual interest. The illustrations all come from the DC comics and include a few spreads of particularly spectacular images of the Hulk enraged. At times the text reads like an afterthought. A constant reminder that this is really little more than a piece of a much larger marketing scheme is the large number of characters with the ubiquitous symbol following their names.Tim Wadham, Maricopa County Library District, Phoenix, AZCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From Booklist
Reviewed with Peter Sanderson's X-Men.Gr. 6-12. These excellent volumes profile two of Stan Lee's most famous creations for Marvel Comics: the persecuted mutants of the X-Men and the Frankenstein monster-inspired Incredible Hulk. Various artists who have contributed to both series during their 40 years of publication fill the oversize volumes with colorful, first-rate artwork. Every major hero and villain appearing in the series is profiled in the generous, two-page spreads--complete with a breakdown of powers and gadgets and commentary on the character's origin, first appearance, and costume changes over the years. Key locations (including some rarely seen in the pages of the comics) and events are meticulously detailed. Floor plans of Professor Xavier's mansion, the Danger Room, and Magneto's Base are sure to please hardcore fans, and storyline recaps and an exhaustive time line in each book will bring browsers up to speed. Monster enthusiasts will immediately find Hulk more appealing; the costume-ball look of X-Men quickly grows tiresome (and the only new parts are the concluding spreads on the upcoming movie). But classic illustrations blend seamlessly with more recent works, some of which were specially commissioned for the books. Buy X-Men if a new edition is needed, but both titles are essential additions to any comics collection. Carlos Orellana
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Book Description
Capturing the legend of this amazing Marvel Comics superhero, Hulk: The Incredible Guide traces the Hulk's 40year career, with special emphasis on the latest developments and characters. Each chapter deals with a different decade of the Hulk's story, from the original comic book to the long running 1970's television series, as well as focusing on the upcoming feature film. Discover the secret of the Hulk's superhuman powers, the terrifying multiple personalities that manifest from deep within Bruce Banner's tormented psyche, and much more.

About the Author
Former editor in chief of Marvel Comics, Tom DeFalco has written about SpiderMan and other characters for over twenty years. His books include DK's SpiderMan: The Ultimate Guide, as well as Fantastic Four: Nobody Gets Out Alive and Thor: Alone Among the Celestials for Marvel.

FROM OUR EDITORS

Here's everything you need to know about that incredibly big, green muscle man! In the spirit of DK's other Ultimate Guides, this colorful book is loaded with more than 500 images and lots more about the Hulk. Each awesome spread is devoted to one theme -- Bruce Banner, "Hulk Hunters," the Avengers, the Death of Betty Banner, and many others -- with descriptions, historical facts, and side notes providing loads of information. Rounding it all out with a foreword by Hulk creator Stan Lee, a map of Hulk Around the World, and a Gazetteer (a list of different characters' first appearances in the comics), this brawny book is essential for Hulk fans and collectors young and old.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Capturing the legend of this amazing Marvel Comics superhero, Hulk: The Incredible Guide traces the Hulk's 40year career, with special emphasis on the latest developments and characters. Each chapter deals with a different decade of the Hulk's story, from the original comic book to the long running 1970's television series, as well as focusing on the upcoming feature film. Discover the secret of the Hulk's superhuman powers, the terrifying multiple personalities that manifest from deep within Bruce Banner's tormented psyche, and much more.

The Hulk is scheduled for release on June 20, 2003

FROM THE CRITICS

Children's Literature - Kathleen Karr

Stan Lee of Marvel Comics added The Incredible Hulk to his stable of superheroes in 1962. The scenario is a familiar one: mild-mannered Dr. Bruce Banner is accidentally bombarded with gamma rays from one of his Cold War projects, turning him at inconvenient moments into the 900-pound Hulk. As Lee himself admits, his inspiration was a combination of Boris Karloff in Hollywood's Frankenstein and Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The difference in this superhero is attitude: the Hulk has a very nasty temper. Fortunately he generally uses it in defense of the American Way against the evil empire of Russia. So what we've got is a curious piece of social history that could probably stand up to study alongside Mickey Spillane's pulp novels of the same period. DeFalco vaguely suggests this in his study, but overall his mission has been to give a chronological account of the comic book's plot and character progression. This has been achieved in the handsome oversize book brimming with slick, full-color illustrations on every glossy page. The end result is an edition for collectors' shelves. A pity. It also could have been a stunning foray into Cold War history and psychology. 2003, DK Publishing, Ages 10 up.

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