tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post5702916343239797940..comments2024-01-16T03:07:03.419-08:00Comments on Herb Trimpe's Hulk: Incredible Hulk #129. The Leader and the GlobThe Cryptic Critichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244329776376849506noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post-71264595188686435152010-10-30T05:01:08.167-07:002010-10-30T05:01:08.167-07:00It's classic stuff all right.It's classic stuff all right.The Cryptic Critichttp://spidermanreviewed.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post-8276649003764999172010-10-30T02:31:21.394-07:002010-10-30T02:31:21.394-07:00This issue is without a doubt one of all time favo...This issue is without a doubt one of all time favorite comics. It's a shame there's no love this kind of art and story telling anymore.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00083013161180921070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post-51838668408863103102010-07-28T15:31:39.061-07:002010-07-28T15:31:39.061-07:00You have to analyze them too much in order to forc...You have to analyze them too much in order to force them to make any sense at all.Hoosier Xhttp://mushtown.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post-82656122293397864742010-07-28T15:00:25.851-07:002010-07-28T15:00:25.851-07:00The trouble is the Hulk always got in the way of t...The trouble is the Hulk always got in the way of the Leader's plans because the Leader always dragged the Hulk into them. All he had to do was wait till the Hulk was in Australia - or outer space - and then he could've done whatever he wanted, free from the danger of the Hulk messing things up for him.<br /><br />I suspect the Leader was wracked by insecurity and saw the Hulk as symbolising his own former stupidity and therefore needed to defeat the Hulk as proof to himself of the permanence of his own victory over his own alter-ego.<br /><br />Then again, maybe I'm analysing things too much.The Cryptic Criticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post-58277465424772876852010-07-28T13:53:43.041-07:002010-07-28T13:53:43.041-07:00I really like this one as well. When I was collect...I really like this one as well. When I was collecting the Hulk, I went out of my way to get every issue that had the Glob (which isn't hard, even if you include Giant-Size Man-Thing #1) and every issue that had the Leader. (The Astonish appearances I had in reprints.)<br /><br />So this one has long been a favorite.<br /><br />As far as the Leader's motivations go, getting rid of the Hulk is a necessary first step in the process. Every time he tries to take over (or destroy) the world, he is thwarted by the Hulk. Ergo, "destroy the Hulk" becomes a sensible and vital part of the process. It is also the hardest part of the process.<br /><br />And let's not forget that the Leader gets bored easily - prompting him to plan ridiculous and complicated schemes - and that he has quite an ego, which pushes him to persecute the Hulk because he views the Hulk as an affront to his intellect and, hence, every time the Hulk succceeds, it's a direct attack on the Leader's inflated and superior view of himself.<br /><br />(Rationalizing the Leader's actions is fun.)Hoosier Xhttp://mushtown.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com