Hulk Team-Up #1

Sep 2009
Marc Sumerak, Sanford Greene

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Story Name:

Aftershocks


Synopsis

Hulk Team-Up #1 synopsis by Peter Silvestro
Rating: 4 stars

Robotic giant Harpies are released from Gamma Base to track down the Hulk….

Iceman and Angel of the X-Men are sitting in a San Francisco coffee shop, enjoying their newfound popularity with the public. Then they are called back to X-Men HQ at Greymalkin Industries where Cyclops explains to the assembled mutant heroes that a powerful force has been detected in the area and while they are gathered, a giant shockwave hits the San Andreas Fault, rocking the entire West Coast. The X-Men swing into action being heroes. Emma Frost detects feelings of rage near the Golden Gate Bridge; Wolverine notices a familiar smell. Cyclops dispatches Angel and Iceman to see what it is. They head out…and run into the Hulk who leaps into the distance. Considering themselves Hulk’s friends, they intend to ask for an explanation and follow the Gamma trail to Monument Valley where they detect two radiation signatures and two sets of footprints (Hulk battled Red Hulk here). They follow the smaller set….

Bruce Banner is attacked by the robotic Harpies and turns into the Hulk but he recognizes the Harpies as having the face of his beloved Betty. When the two X-Men arrive and ice over a Harpy, Hulk sees this as attacking Betty and he goes after Iceman. It takes a while to convince Hulk that he is being tricked by the enemy but when it gets through his head he smashes another Harpy to bits. Iceman is shattered by a Harpy and Warren loses his temper and takes on his Archangel form and tears the last Harpy to pieces. Bobby melts and flows together again to be good as new and the two young guys ask Hulk why he was in San Francisco and he tells them about Red Hulk. Hulk takes off and the guys head back to base none the wiser….

“Smash Hit!”
Writer: Alex Zalben. Pencils: Joyce Chin. Inks: Vicente Cifuentes. Colors: Andrew Crossley. Letters: Ed Dukeshire.
Synopsis: Bruce Banner sits in a San Francisco club on Open-Mic Night, figuring the place will be empty. Alison “Dazzler” Blaire shows up unexpectedly to practice for the next night’s concert and launches into a bouncy dance number. She drags Bruce onto the floor and he lets himself go for once and they dance together. She tells him he’s a great dancer, tosses him a ticket for her concert, and leaves. He tries to give the ticket to the bartender but the man talks him into attending….

The next night, the bartender has made sure Bruce is at the concert. Dazzler brings him up on stage and gets close to him for a romantic picture to be on the internet. But the photographers’ flashes force the Hulk out and he wrecks the place. She tries to get him to calm down once she has used up her light powers but he leaves….

The next morning, Bruce Banner wakes up in a park, determined to never let himself relax—though he is overjoyed that someone thought he could dance….


 

Review / Commentaries


Hulk Team-Up #1 Review by (March 22, 2022)

Review: X-Men tale is a fun little item, having the Hulk team up with a couple of lighthearted heroes for a battle against formidable foes. The Harpies are scary as is Archangel when he is forced into the open. The Dazzler story is also cool with more of an emphasis on Bruce Banner than his green alter ego. Though it’s hard to imagine why Dazzler would want Bruce’s picture all over social media, seeing as he is always on the run from the authorities. Or why camera flashes would cause the Hulk to come out as though he were King Kong. But Bruce gets to dance!

Comments: First story: Takes place during the events of HULK (2008 series) #4-6. Includes cameos by Red Hulk, Thor, Beast, Nightcrawler, Colossus, and many other X-Men. Second story: Follows the events of the first story. Dazzler met Bruce and Hulk in DAZZLER #6-7. The club is called David’s, presumably a nod to Hulk writer Peter David. Issue includes a pin-up of Hulk fighting Lyra, the Savage She-Hulk by Steve Scott, Al Vey, and Arsia Rozegar.




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Sanford Greene
Victor Olazaba
Chris García
Michael Golden (Cover Penciler)
Michael Golden (Cover Inker)
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Additional Credits
Letterer: Ed Dukeshire.

Characters

Listed in Alphabetical Order.

Angel
Angel

(Warren Worthington III)
Bruce Banner
Bruce Banner

(Robert Bruce Banner)
Cyclops
Cyclops

(Scott Summers)
Hulk
Hulk

(Robert Bruce Banner)
White Queen
White Queen

(Emma Frost)
Wolverine
Wolverine

(James Howlett)