[Discussion] Just finished reading Planet Hulk and World War Hulk. What did you guys think?

Obviously there are going to be spoilers ahead. If you haven't read this story arc, I suggest you do before commenting here because it has a gutwrenching plot twist at the end.

You've been warned.

Planet Hulk was obviously great in scope, making Hulk more than an angry monster. He fought, he bled, he suffered in Sakkar. What I like best was that Hulk (and just Hulk) was finally at peace towards the end. He was feeling great, he had friends, a queen, people that loved him. What confused me was that Banner was seen as the bad guy here, always berating Hulk and reproaching him for being angry.

I'm not gonna excuse Hulk's methods, but he is kinda right. Everyone wants to beat him up because they think he's dangerous when really he just wants to be alone. And in some issues, Banner is actually defending Hulk. So why is he the bad guy of this arc?

Anyways, we all know what happens next. Hulk's ship blows up and turns his aforementioned queen, people, and some of his friends to radioactive ash. SO naturally, Hulk does what he does best. He gets angry.

Here's where my favorite scene in comic history happens. Well, one of two. The first is the Hulk announcing to the world that he'll smash it as he holds up Black Bolt's broken body. Priceless.

The second is when Hulk takes on the X-men. Powerful players like Cyclops, Wolverine, and Colossus are swatted aside like bugs, which that's probably what they are to him. The reason I love this so much is the overpowering way that he beats up the ENTIRE X-men. It's not just the Young X-men and the dudes inside the Xavier Institute. It's the Uncanny X-men as well, and a bunch of other guys brought by Nightcrawler. Heck, even Juggernaut joins the fight... only to get beat up. Twice.

And the ending to this entire thing... I'm thinking this is a long enough post. We all know what happened, so why don't we talk about it? It was a great comic series and it made me actually like and root for the Hulk- somebody I couldn't have cared less about before.