Vol. 4. Issue 19: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
(August 2007) - "World War Hulk" -
Cover art: Gerald Parel.
Script: Christos N. Gage.
Art: Butch Guice/Dean White.
A "World War Hulk" tie-in where the Jade Giant is heading back to Earth after his [Illuminati-imposed] exile. He's pissed off and all of the planet is gonna know it! Stark sends a battalion of Iron Drones to confront the Hulk's asteroid, but to no avail. As Manhattan is being evacuated for the Green Behemoth's arrival, Stark dons an updated HulkBuster Armor and jets off to face his enemy! The two go at it in a, well, "massive" way and at ish's end it looks like Hulk has the upper hand! Nice to see Jackson "Butch" Guice back on art chores since his last stint on IM way back in the #230s-40s -- he doesn't disappoint! Too bad, though, that we had to skip the ongoing "Mandarin Return" story for this rather gratuitous cross-over sequence.
Hube's Recommendation: 2 1/2 repulsors!
