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I'd just like to say, this is a must own tpb for any marvel fan, and I'm serious when I say you "must." This has a awesome collection of comics, reprinted in better quality and paper for our enjoyment. Hulk has fought almost everybody in the marvel universe, but this collects his best stuff, no doubt. Let's take a look at some of these marvel milestones...

Fantastic Four #25-26: Just these two comics are worth the price of admission for reading this book. These comics are amazing!!! Great fight between early Hulk and early Thing, Stan Lee & Jack Kirby create a wonderful masterpiece!!! Avengers #26 is even better because the Hulk and Thing keep fighting and the the entire Avengers roster shows up, and it's just awesome to see all these heroes tackle the Hulk. Every marvel fan must read this.

Journey Into Mystery (Thor) #112: This comic, and the Fantastic Four ones, are by far the best in this collection. Thor is my favorite superhero, and I always love to see the two strongest heroes of the marvel universe facing off, to prove who's the better man. Great battle scenes, good dialogue, and another classic is created from Stan the "Man" Lee & Jack "King" Kirby. Another must read comic.

Tales to Astonish (Hulk) #92-93: Once again another great fight, with another two of marvels strongest heroes. The Silver Surfer and Hulk!! This comic is really good, and you can see the artwork getting a bit better from the last ones, and Hulk is starting to loose his Frankenstein look which is good. A great read, not to be passed up on.

Daredevil #163: This one isn't one of the best comics in here, but is far from bad. The Daredevil obviously doesn't stand a chance against Hulk, and you know he doesn't, but even though he doesn't he tries his best which shows how brave and couragess he is. More of a story than a fight, which adds a little bit of variety in this book.

Hulk #300: This is another great comic in the book. A lot of heroes are in this and is around 40 pages. Hulk is going crazy and you see all the heroes from Spider-Man, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Thor, Vision and Doctor Strange. It's awesome to see all these heroes fight the crazy Hulk and most of them fail miserably, so you can only wonder who can take this guy down!? This comic really proves how powerful Hulk really is and doesn't dissapoint.

Hulk #340: Hulk vs. Wolverine... this comic isn't as good as everybody says. The cover is good, but the fight isn't ground-breaking or truly one of the best fights ever. But an encounter between the two can never be bad... the Grey Hulk is weaker than the green, and the artwork is not suitable for my taste. Decent comic, but they should've put in the classic Hulk #181, with the first apperance of Wolverine. It's and okay comic but if you haven't read the Peter David run you could be confused what's going on, I was anyway.

Peter Parker: Spider-Man #14: This is a newer coimc, and has left the classic 60's and 70's look, but still feels and looks good. A pretty good fight, and all of the Hulk and Spider-Man scenes are great.

Hulk vs. Fin Fang Foom: Well this has to be the worst comic in here. I mean this is pretty bad. But it makes sense to put the strongest hero against the largest villain. The fight is short and boring. Nothing great happens and the artwork just isn't my thing, I can't believe they would put this in here when they could've picked so many other great classics. Maybe a Doc Sampson brawl?? They've had many awesome encounters and could've picked one of them.

There is more good comics in this than bad, and the good overshadows most of the bad. Still could've had a Sampson fight!! Some of the restoration looks sloppy (dark colors, thick inking), but don't let this get in the way. This was worth every penny for me, and I don't regret buying this at all. Every marvel fan "must" own this, like I said before. Now, put this in you cart and buy it now!! Great job Marvel!! For such a great tpb!! HULK SMASH!!!

A collection of some of the more epic Hulk encounters throughout the Marvel universe with them at different points in their own respective careers. Only reason I gave it 4 stars was the lack luster final fight,

I WAS NEVER A BIG FAN OF THE HULK, BUT I ALWAYS LIKED IT WHEN HE WENT AGAINST HEROES IN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE

Robert Bruce Banner suffered an accident saving a teenager by the name of Rick Jones. He was bombarded with massive doses of gamma radiation, and as a result, he was transformed into the monster with unlimited strength The Incredible Hulk. The Hulk has been hailed as a hero defending the Earth from various threats by alien and Earthborn menaces alike. He has also been feared and billed as a rampaging monster, as he's battled against the authorities and other superheroes as well. -summary

The Incredible Hulk is definitely among the most interesting characters in the Marvel Universe. The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde mythology of the character does manage to stand out. Along with that, underneath the super-strength and the "Hulk Smash" thing, he's a tragic figure with his alter-ego Bruce Banner forever condemned to a living hell since he's basically denied a normal life, which is completely due to his transformation into the creature whenever driven angry; but let's face it, the major selling point of the Hulk was watching him in battle delivering one beat down after another; superheroes, super-villains, men, women, demons, whatever, they can all get it. The Hulk wasn't racist whenever it came down to dishing out ass beatings.

Spanning across 44 years and many different writers from the likes of Stan Lee, Peter David, and Howard Mackie only to name some; Hulk vs. The Marvel Universe is a collection of his so-called Greatest Hits. As a fan of the Hulk, I find this book wretched because I know these aren't the best Hulk stories. As a comic fan, I think it's still close to worthless because it has an opened story in it, plus it features none of his enemies at all and a hero's absolute best is brought out by his nemesis.

This book collects Fantastic Four 25-26, Journey into Mystery 112, Tales to Astonish 92-93, Daredevil 163, Incredible Hulk 300, 340, Peter Parker: Spider-Man 14, and Hulk vs. Fin Fang Foom. Man, with the exception of the FF story, I am at a loss as to what qualifies these as cream of the crop Hulk battles.

I'll give credit where it's due and point out the variety in the story selection. The book delivers some of his rampaging persona in Fantastic Four issues 25-26, as he takes on the Thing one on one, and later the combined efforts of the Fantastic Four and Avengers. I wasn't born at that time, but I can imagine the comic geeks all hyped up over this. I enjoyed the stories when I got a chance to read them for the first time in the very early 80's, and the geek in me still gets a kick out of them now. The writing style for that time period was fun and imaginative, props to Stan Lee on that one, and double the props because this is actually the best story in the book even with its overly campy dialog and feel.

We also get a look at the completely mindless side of the brute in Hulk 300 as he takes on the Avengers again. This book features several characters such as Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, Powerman, and Ironfist, but this story is mainly remembered for the fight with Thor and Hulk's banishment to the Crossroads. One of the two stories that delves into the more tragic side, is the confrontation with the Silver Surfer, in which the Hulk wants to take his board from him and leave the planet because he's tired of being hunted. I can't help but notice the sense of irony here. When the Hulk was finally sent off the planet to be left alone, he came back with a mad on so fierce he destroyed New York. It's just funny now that I think about it.

I am not pleased with this collection at all, and I find it hard to believe that those who claim to be fans will say these are the best Hulk stories around. That is too far from the truth. Personally, no collection like this is anywhere near complete without some of his battles against the Sub-Mariner, Abomination, Doc Samson, Leader, Tyrannus, The U-Foes, Zzzax, or even the Absorbing Man. And even if the focus was meant to be on select superheroes, they could have done a lot better than this. Journey into Mystery 112 features a battle against Thor where there was some debate on who was the stronger. If they really wanted a Thor story here like that. Then why not Thor 385? This forgotten story solved the debate and even put an end to the 90 minute test of strength battle found in the Avengers vs. Defenders War. In 385, Hulk couldn't beat Thor as long as he used the hammer, and without it, Hulk demolished Thor leaving him full of bruises. I get that #112 was added for its historical value, but let's face it, that story really doesn't hold up to many of Hulk and Thor's encounters.

Hulk takes on Spider-Man, in Peter Parker: Spider-Man 14, and I also feel they could have done better with Spider-Man too. 90's comics get a lot of heat from some, but Amazing Spider-Man 381-382 would have been much better picks, as it features the Hulk being infected by a gamma-radiated virus, and he goes off against Spidey and Doc Samson. And of course, we get the usual Wolverine battle, which took place against the grey Hulk in The Incredible Hulk 340. Seriously, this was the best they could have done with the grey Hulk? Hulk 375 against the Super Skrull would have been far better, because well, it's a better story, plus Wolverine has been way too overexposed. Something else that bothered me is how they added Hulk 300 though. This story ends with his banishment from Earth by Dr. Strange. I know what happens to the Hulk after this and how he gets back. But will casual or new fans know? What sense did it make to add a story with an obvious cliffhanger just to see Hulk in action, when there were so many one-shots out there to choose from?

This book was released in 2008 and it was more than likely meant to piggyback the Hulk movie released that year. Therefore, Marvel was probably thinking the movie was going to rope in new fans. After that movie people probably would have wanted to see a comic with the Abomination, and not a fight against Daredevil or Fin Fang Foom. And I'm still in shock someone would actually add either of those two anyway, instead of Hulk's fight with the Juggernaut in Hulk 172.

The artwork stretches across decades, and the earlier stories indeed look very dated. However, there's still this old school charm about it, and the earlier Hulk designs with the Frankenstein look can be hilarious. It's nice to see the progression over the years, and most of the later issues look really good. Some of the action is very fun to watch, such as the Thing taking strong looking blows from the Hulk. For the most part there is some entertainment value to be found here.

I can't honestly say these stories are terrible in quality because they do have something to offer. However, since the book is billed as Hulk's Greatest Hits, then most of them are terrible for this particular collection. The book has no one from his rogues gallery, so someone new to the Hulk will come away as they went in, and that's not too familiar with his neck of the woods. On top of that, there's a story with an obvious cliffhanger, and you just don't add those type of stories to collections like these. Try to imagine a Batman greatest hits without any Joker or Ra's Al Ghul stories, in addition to Bane breaking Batman's back somewhere in the middle of the book and just leaving it. That's what you get here.

If you're new to the Hulk or a casual reader then here goes a few TPB's that I feel are far superior, in which you will actually get to know something about the Hulk's world:

Modern stories - Planet Hulk, World War Hulk, Hulk: The End

Older - Wolverine Battles The Incredible Hulk, Hulk: Heart of the Atom, Hulk: Pardoned

Grey Hulk - Hulk: Ground Zero

Masterworks: Marvel Masterworks The Incredible Hulk Vols. 3,4 & 7, Marvel Masterworks: Defenders Vols. 1-3

Merged Hulk - Hulk Future Imperfect, Hulk: Ghosts of the Past

Pros: Some good action to be found here

Cons:A very lackluster collection of greatest hits

Okay, this book has a wonderful collection of comics. THESE ARE INDEED HULK'S GREATEST HITS...

Fantastic Four #25-26: This is probably one of the most quintessential of early Marvel stories. BATTLE OF THE CENTURY (HULK VS. THING)

Avengers #26 A continuation, as Hulk and Thing keep fighting. This issue features all of the Avengers.

Thor #112: This is alright for THOR fans, but a great battle ensues between THOR & HULK.

Tales to Astonish (Hulk) #92-93: Once again another great fight, between The Silver Surfer and Hulk!! This comic is really good, and the artwork is pure eye candy. A great read, not to be missed.

Daredevil #163: AS A DAREDEVIL FAN, This is probably one of my favorite issues in the book. Daredevil gets his ass handed to him by the HULK then helps Bruce Banner try to leave the city, but HULK comes back... GREAT ISSUE!

Hulk #300: Another great issue featuring black Spidey, Daredevil, Avengers, Dr. Strange.

Hulk #340: Hulk vs. Wolverine... It was okay. Good fight scene, weak story!

Peter Parker: Spider-Man #14: One of my favorite in the book. Spidey & HULK fight while Peter Parker is mourning over the disappearance of MJ.

Hulk vs. Fin Fang Foom: Well this is my absolute favorite HULK story ever! Banner in Antarctica... FIN FANG FOOM frozen in ice... a battle ensues. It's my favorite b/c you get a good look at Banner & his motivations.

IF YOU ARE A MARVEL OR HULK FAN PICK THIS UP!