Review of
The
Silver Surfer: The Return of the Defenders, part 3
Five out of five stars
In the main
story, Namor has been captured and is being held in a fortress deep under the
Pacific Ocean. His captors are using him to lure the team of Dr. Strange, the
intelligent Hulk and the Silver Surfer into a rescue attempt. Their plan is to
use the energy expended by these heroes to free an imprisoned evil being, so
that it can once again run amok on Earth.
The original
version of the Hulk lost the intelligence of Brice Banner and was a simpleton,
speaking in very simple phrases. In this story, the Hulk/Banner is a
wisecracking and somewhat obnoxious creature that has retained the mind of
Banner. Purists may find this change disconcerting, but it gives the story some
genuine charm that the simple-minded Hulk never could. The dialog between the
three members of the rescue team is very good.
Other
deviations from the norm occur when Dr. Strange consults a naked female oracle
in an attempt to gather information and the form that the released demon takes.
He looks like a hotrodding punk character from a fifties movie.
There are two
other short stories in this collection, both are forgettable with dialog and
storyline that are extremely weak when compared to the main event.
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