There ya go. You may find yourself asking, well Ken, what is this thing all about? Cyborg Midnight is simply a place for me to ramble on about my interests. So if you're not into comic books, punk rock and/or horror movies, chances are this isn't the place for you. With that being said, I hope whoever happens to stumble upon this dark little corner of the Internet enjoys what they find here. Chances are, you're going to find reviews on comics, movies and music. You'll probably also find some ramblings about those very same subjects. Who knows what else?
I got my hands on a copy of the King Size Hulk special earlier this week. My copy has the Frank Cho cover, pictured above, but I opened it up to reveal to Art Adams variant behind it. I thought I had a misprinted copy with both covers, and no lie, I geeked out a little bit at having this neat little collectible. I hopped online to figure out if this was a mistake or not. Turns out that Marvel did this with every copy of the book. If the Cho cover was the first one, you would get the Adams one when you opened it and vise versa. Yeah, I felt totally let down.
The story, on the other hand, didn't really let me down. I've only read the Red Hulk half of the book so far, the reprints are up next and I'm pretty stoked that one of the included issues is Wolverine's first appearance. Somehow, I've never read that comic and I can't wait to. But anyways, the first half of the book was fun stuff.
Three stories, all written by Jeph Loeb and drawn by Art Adams, Frank Cho and Herb Trimpe. The Adams illustrated story opens this beast off, showing the Red Hulk taking down the Wendigo. Cho does his best to outshine Adam's excellence with a story about She-Hulk's encounter with the Red Hulk. Trimpe drills it home with a tale of the Abomination and his demise at the hands of the big, mean, red killing machine. None of the stories are particulary essential to the reader's understanding of what is happening in the monthly Hulk book, but they were still well drawn, fun reads that helped to enhance the storyline.
I don't get why so many folks bash on Loeb's Red Hulk story. We're only a few issues in and people are calling it the worst thing to happen to the Hulk since Peter David left the book. Everyone is so up in arms that it ruined everything Greg Pak was building with Planet Hulk and World War Hulk, but I say give it a chance. Like I said, we're only a few issues into the story that Loeb has planned. Future issues include the upcoming Red Hulk vs. Green Hulk slugfest and then Thor gets in on the action. How does that not sound fun? Add some great artwork by Ed McGuinness and you've sold me. Sure, it's not a smart as Pak's Hulk and it reads like a Michael Bay summer blockbuster at times but god damn it, it's the Hulk smashing stuff. In the end, that works for me.
As this first post comes to an end, so does the album "Upstairs/Downstairs" by The Ergs! These guys are absolutely great and they are easily one of my favorite current bands. What is not to love about three unabashadley nerdy guys playing pop-punk songs about girls and whatnot? I got a chance to catch them live for the first time about a month ago and it was one of the finest live performances I had seen in a long while. I celebrate their entire catalog, much like Bob Slydell once so eloquently stated about Michael Bolton.
That's it for this time. I plan on doing this a few times a week, so check back sometime soon. Next time I plan on reviewing DC Comics "Salvation Run" mini-series and who knows what else.
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