Leandro Fernández work is super underrated. For the big-time comic fans out there, do yourself a favour and flip some of your comics open and see if you can spot the artist including or excluding shadow work. You'll be surprised to discover just how many artists (even today) avoid it like the plague because of the difficulties involved. It's pretty standard in a black and white comics, but in colour comics it has a huge impact and risks the overall look becoming too dark, which is especially bad if the comic your working on isn't known for that kind of look or feel. Leandro Fernández strikes this brilliant middle-ground where he can creep us out and draw us in with his shadows, giving everything around the characters more depth while making the characters themselves stand out more without killing the general vibe/mood of the comic. Considering the sinister nature of this 5-part story, it was a stroke of genius that they got Leandro to work on it.
9:30 so does anyone else only see that woman on the left as a weird sock puppet thing? Looks like eraserheads baby with a wig on. Also banner has some serious hulk face.
This is such a terrible summary.... The mind thing is explained; like, did you read the comics at all? His isolation and being stuck, immobile for so long forced him to reach out and evolve his powers (and he had all the time in the world to do it). Also, Hulk isn't struggling, he just can't deliver any meaningful damage to the entity who has no organs to worry about. When you punch hundreds of tons of rock away only for it to casually reform... the only way Hulk would have gotten out of this one is resorting to killing, and he generally doesn't kill if he can help it. Anything less than Bruce getting drastic and deciding to end Creel once and for all won't work.
@@MM-zg4wu I assume the same way Charles has done it in the past; transferring his consciousness; no magic-type stuff needed, just straight up telepathy (which we see when he learns to control others in the early days of this development, but still unable to permanently move his consciousness).
This version of absorbing man seems so much more psychotic and sadistic than the one I'm familiar with, was there any particular reason for that? Or was the writer just opting for a different take on his character?
Was this also one of the events that did not actually happen because the nightmare was messing with hulk's life after Betty's death? That seems like a neat way to justify forced retcons
How come Creel is so science-literate in this story and referring to himself as a genius? He's always been uneducated and average at best in intelligence. The rape threat is out of character, too. Even as a villain, he was in a steady, loyal relationship with Titania for years.
Leandro Fernández work is super underrated. For the big-time comic fans out there, do yourself a favour and flip some of your comics open and see if you can spot the artist including or excluding shadow work. You'll be surprised to discover just how many artists (even today) avoid it like the plague because of the difficulties involved. It's pretty standard in a black and white comics, but in colour comics it has a huge impact and risks the overall look becoming too dark, which is especially bad if the comic your working on isn't known for that kind of look or feel. Leandro Fernández strikes this brilliant middle-ground where he can creep us out and draw us in with his shadows, giving everything around the characters more depth while making the characters themselves stand out more without killing the general vibe/mood of the comic. Considering the sinister nature of this 5-part story, it was a stroke of genius that they got Leandro to work on it.
This Hulk comic is quite DARK in it's essence absolute the hulk versus the absorbing man.
Looks like the Joker in the thumbnail 😂
Imagine joker getting gamma powers. 💀
That was an excellent story!
This Creel seems way more evil and intelligent than usual.
This was during hulk 2000 run which was revealed to be partially shady due to the nightmare's influence on hulk's life after Betty's death
Here's how you defeat this version of creel. Time travel. Stop his parents from ever existing.
9:30 so does anyone else only see that woman on the left as a weird sock puppet thing? Looks like eraserheads baby with a wig on. Also banner has some serious hulk face.
I saw the same thing 😂
The black side is her chin
Her head is turned towards Banner and her hair covers eyes
Also the Blue earings
why can creel travel between minds and why does hulk struggle against dirt and rocks
Idiotic writing?
Maybe if he can absorb the molecules then he can repel all of his mind molecules to others
Maybe this is a comic after all…
This is such a terrible summary.... The mind thing is explained; like, did you read the comics at all? His isolation and being stuck, immobile for so long forced him to reach out and evolve his powers (and he had all the time in the world to do it). Also, Hulk isn't struggling, he just can't deliver any meaningful damage to the entity who has no organs to worry about. When you punch hundreds of tons of rock away only for it to casually reform... the only way Hulk would have gotten out of this one is resorting to killing, and he generally doesn't kill if he can help it. Anything less than Bruce getting drastic and deciding to end Creel once and for all won't work.
@@ashes2diamond so how he changed his powers? Assuming he has learned to absorb minds, how does he do it without required touch? Astral travels?
@@MM-zg4wu I assume the same way Charles has done it in the past; transferring his consciousness; no magic-type stuff needed, just straight up telepathy (which we see when he learns to control others in the early days of this development, but still unable to permanently move his consciousness).
Great fight!
This version of absorbing man seems so much more psychotic and sadistic than the one I'm familiar with, was there any particular reason for that? Or was the writer just opting for a different take on his character?
Creel got exactly what he disserved for the stunt he pulled
Was this also one of the events that did not actually happen because the nightmare was messing with hulk's life after Betty's death? That seems like a neat way to justify forced retcons
Is the Joker screwing with the hulk?!
How come Creel is so science-literate in this story and referring to himself as a genius? He's always been uneducated and average at best in intelligence. The rape threat is out of character, too. Even as a villain, he was in a steady, loyal relationship with Titania for years.
Must have been a part on nightmare's influence as implied during Marvel knights
Wow...😮
We need an nth metal absorbing man
Uru
@@brothersofwrath4785 promethium
@@brothersofwrath4785 I think in the "Avenger Assemble" cartoon Absorbing Man touch Mjolnir.
@@TRAILLER he did so in comics
CREEPY! 😳😳😳😳😳
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