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Forever Alone: Avoidance of Planet Hulk

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The epic trail of the Hulk and his alternate ego, Bruce Banner, during the series of events known as Planet Hulk have been adored as one of the most enticing stories by Marvel Comics. The tale is littered with action, doused in brotherhood, and ignited by revolution. Such an incredible series of comics can almost make someone forget that the entire story was only made possible by being incited by betrayal. Planet Hulk is a storyline that is a part of the original The Incredible Hulk series of comics during the early 2000's. This story was written by Greg Pak in 2006, a long time writer for Marvel who is also responsible for what could be considered the aftermath to the events of Planet Hulk, World War Hulk. This series was so popular it received an animated movie adaptation and part of the story will be involved in the upcoming live action movie Thor Ragnarok. The story does not begin in The Incredible Hulk #92 when the Hulk lands on Sakaar, a constantly aggressive wor

The Marvel Son

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           For decades the American public has been captivated by the spectacular sensation that is Spider-Man. There have been toys, tv shows, movies,  and costumes to acknowledge this almost universally beloved fictional character, but that popularity almost becomes a bit of a fault to the character.            The Marvel Comics character has existed since his appearance in Amazing Fantasy  issue number 15, a product of the work of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in the early 1960s. The character was made for teenagers, someone the younger crowd could not only aspire to be, but to also relate to as far as their day to day issues and even the trails of growing into young adults. Spider-Man, a.k.a Peter Parker, was made to be the "kid" to all the other heroes, he is written to learn and grow into one of the next great heroes. In the earlier days of Marvel, if only a few series were doing well at a time, characters from less successful series were put into popular ones for an issu