{"id":2344,"date":"2008-09-05T06:03:28","date_gmt":"2008-09-05T06:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=2344"},"modified":"2008-08-31T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-31T11:08:00","slug":"the-incredible-hulk-the-thing-the-big-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2008\/09\/05\/the-incredible-hulk-the-thing-the-big-change\/","title":{"rendered":"The Incredible Hulk & The Thing: The Big Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a>
The Big Change<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Jim Starlin<\/strong> & Berni Wrightson<\/strong> (Marvel)
\nISBN: 0- 87135-299-0<\/p>\n

I can’t recall the last time Marvel published an all-original graphic novel as opposed to a collection, but not so very long ago they were a market leader in the field with an entire range of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153big stories\u00e2\u20ac\u009d told on larger than normal pages (285 x 220 mm rather than the now customary 258 x 168 mm) featuring not only proprietary characters but also licensed assets like Conan<\/em> and even creator-owned properties like Jim Starlin’s Dreadstar<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This one is full-on Marvel Madness and a wonderfully comedic outing for two of the industry’s biggest names. Released in 1987 it teamed old friends and young turks Jim Starlin and Berni Wrightson on a big kids dream project as Marvel’s top monstrous strongmen the Hulk and the Thing are abducted by a cosmic civil servant of the Federation of Matriculon. He needs a couple of tough guys for a bit of Repo work.<\/p>\n

Promised two wishes, good for anything their hearts desire, our bellicose heroes are tasked with recovering a fabulous new product (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mall Addy’s Nutritional Big Change\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) from the worst monster on a world full of monsters.<\/p>\n

Beautifully painted art and wicked, tongue-in-cheek humour garnish what is basically one great big fight comic. In the immortal words of Tiswas<\/strong>, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153this is what they want!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Fast. Furious. Funny. This proves that – at least in comics – violence does solve some things! Fabulous!<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a9 1987 Marvel Entertainment Group\/Marvel Characters, Inc. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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