Incredible Hulk Vol. 2: Boiling Point [Paperback]

Bruce Jones (Author), John Romita Jr. (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Marvel Comics (October 14, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785109056
• ISBN-13: 978-0785109051
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #740,297 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

BRUCE JONES is the author/artist of nine previous novels including (under the pseudonym Bruce Elliot) the bestselling STILL LIFE, plus numerous screenplays, teleplays and graphic novels. Jones won the Upcoming Author of the Year award from the Bertelsman Book Club. He lives with his wife, novelist and screenwriter April Campbell Jones, and their dogs Pete and Lily. The Joneses spend their time in the ethers between Los Angeles and the Midwest.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buce Jones makes The Hulk cool again!, February 17, 2003

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M. Illarmo (Allston, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Incredible Hulk Vol. 2: Boiling Point (Paperback)

This trade collects The Incredible Hulk Vol II issues 40-43. Bruce Jones, who I believe is a horror novelist, takes the Hulk and makes it an interesting fugitive story again. . This is the second story arc done by Bruce Jones. Bruce Banner is on the run framed for the murder of a boy named Ricky Meyer. He stops by a convenience store in a small mountain town. A crazed gunman takes the store hostage, and a disgraced Denver SWAT negotiator is on the scene to talk him down. FBI Special Agent Pratt shows up to take over the situation, but is he really in the FBI or part of a secret organization determined to hunt down the Hulk? Story has desperate people, redemption, and many references to the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. I hope this collection includes the covers done by Kaare Andrews which were awesome. Oh and teh art is done by Lee Weeks, not by JR Jr.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Second Bruce Jones Hulk Arc, November 20, 2004

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Stephen B. O'Blenis (Nova Scotia, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Incredible Hulk Vol. 2: Boiling Point (Paperback)

Only a bare shade less awesome than its predecessor "Return Of The Monster" means "Incredible Hulk: Boiling Point" is still one of the best story arcs in the Hulk's decades-long history. An armed holdup at a convenience store goes Very badly for everyone involved - including a police negotiator living down the disgrace of botching a bank robbery negotiation that saw a little girl hostage get killed - when one of the customers inside the store is Bruce Banner, stil on the run and still on the quest he was set on at the end of the Return Of The Monster trade paperback. The twist is, with shots fired, Banner doesn't just turn into the Hulk and crush whoever he wants to like a hollow eggshell; with hostages, a wounded cop, a squad of police outside ready to storm the building, and a maniacal hostage-taker, that would be too many variables to insure that innocents don't die; especially considering that nowadays Bruce's control over the savage Hulk is tenuous at the best of times. Added to that, he of course can't simply choose not to transform, he has to control his own emotions and nerves very, very carefully in this volatile situation before any jarring of an adrenaline rush chooses the Hulk transformation for him.

Making matters worse still, the mysterious organization pursuing the Hulk from previous issues on the scene, posing as law enforcement themselves, hoping to force the transformation, and willing to kill as many innocents as needed to push Banner over the edge.

Reprints #s 40-43 of the current Incredible Hulk ongoing, with the final page of # 41 in particular one of the most dramatic and chilling scenes in comics history.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, August 20, 2006

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Jesse Herbert "CEO of The World" (Spring Hill, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Incredible Hulk Vol. 2: Boiling Point (Paperback)

The story in this book is very well written and the art is done great. The story moves pretty fast and this story can be easily completed in one sitting. The Hulk is seen a decent amount of times while the story itself still helps evolve the character of Bruce Banner. I reccomend this book for anyone that's a fan of the Hulk.