For the past few months, Pak and Loeb have seen Skaar and Banner go through the tumultous sagas Fall of the Hulks and World War Hulks. Personally, I thought both of these arcs were gigantic wastes of time and an insult to the Hulk and Banner. I have not enjoyed anything to do with the colour Red inside of a Hulk book either, but I loved Pak’s Father and Son arc of Inc. Hulk, so the post-WWH Hulkverse is a little hit and miss for me, mostly miss.
And then we had #611. Wow. Just freaking wow. This issue is about three characters, the Hulk, Bruce Banner and Skaar. Everyone else; they don’t mean anything. And damnit, this is issue is amazing for it. Banner’s father issues are juxtaposed with the struggle that Skaar has.
His entire life, he’s been raised to see his father as a monster. In this issue, Skaar finally learns the difference between a monster and the Hulk, and it is, quite frankly, beautiful.