Excellent
8,645 Comic Reviews
Excellent
8,645 Comic Reviews
The Hulk doesn’t stop — and neither does this series. Hulk: Smash Everything #5 continues the relentlessly entertaining series that does exactly what it promises — delivering the most viscerally satisfying, earth-shaking, and gloriously destructive Hulk action being published today. As the series builds toward its conclusion, issue #5 raises the stakes to their highest point yet, putting Bruce Banner’s most powerful alter ego against threats that would level lesser heroes and landscapes that won’t survive the encounter. Smash Everything has been a love letter to everything that makes the Hulk one of Marvel’s most enduring and beloved characters — the raw power, the tragedy, the rage, and the surprising emotional depth that has kept readers coming back to the Green Goliath for over six decades.
Whether you’ve been smashing through this series since issue #1, you’re a Hulk devotee who considers every Banner/Hulk story essential reading, or you’re a Marvel fan who wants the most kinetically charged superhero comic on the shelf, Hulk: Smash Everything #5 delivers exactly what the title promises.
💥 Fun Fact: The Hulk first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 in May 1962 — created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby — and was originally grey rather than green, a color choice abandoned after just one issue due to printing inconsistencies; the iconic green Hulk debuted in issue #2 and has remained one of the most recognizable color palettes in superhero history, inspiring everything from Halloween costumes to billion-dollar film franchises.
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