Originally posted by spetznaz
With all seriousness, it seems like Loeb (or maybe Marvel Ltd) had a look at what was going over in DC with Superboy/man Prime (Emoprime), and decided that something similar might shake things up over at Marvel.Thus the whole Rulk experiment ....the only problem is that while EmoPrime was a serious character (even though he was pre-crisis lite, seeing EmoPrime mess up an entire cotterie of Green Lanterns actually came across quite well), Rulk on the other hand is a joke (I'll never be able to scrub Rulk knocking down Uatu from my mind).
A super-Superman carries across much better than a super-Hulk ....although the work that was done on WWH was superb.
However, trying to make a 'pre-Crisis' version of Hulk, and having him perform feats that are absolutely ludicrous, just goes to show that not everything can be transferred in a linear fashion.
Loeb is on drugs (although when he does Batman he is a genius ....for instance, look at Batman Hush ....very good writing. Look at Batman Long Halloween, amazing editing. However, the whole Rulk episode is crazier than anything Quanchi could come up with)
lulz.