I recently had occasion to chat with Steve Rogers, Captain America, about the Halloween costumes based on his image that we saw at The Marvel Shop. The readership seemed to enjoy that exchange, so we decided to talk to other heroes about their reactions. I managed to catch up with none other than The Incredible Hulk for (approrpriately) a few words about his feelings.
Hulk: Hulk think babies puny and smelly. Babies cry, hurt Hulk’s ears. This one cute, though.
Hulk: Hulk looks dirty. Why Hulk dirty?
NRAMA: That’s how you look in the second movie.
Hulk: That no look like Hulk. Hulk know they change things for movie, but Hulk not dirty.
NRAMA: Ohhhkay . . .
Hulk: One more thing.
NRAMA: Yes?
Hulk: Only one Hulk movie.
NRAMA: Actually, there were–
Hulk: First one no count. First movie make Hulk fight poodles and bore Hulk. Only one Hulk movie.
NRAMA: I’ll go with that.
Hulk: That look more like Hulk . . .
NRAMA: Great!
Hulk: . . . after Hulk eat bad burrito. What with Hulk’s face?
NRAMA: I think they want you to be angry.
Hulk: It work.
NRAMA: How about this one for the kids?
Hulk: Hulk dirty again.
NRAMA: It’s that movie style.
Hulk: Hulk bathe. Hulk use toothbrush. Hulk ALWAYS wash hands after smashing.
NRAMA: We believe you.
Hulk: Movie people make Hulk angry. Movie people make Hulk’s friends angry. Hulk let Daredevil buy him beer, listen to him cry about his movie. Hulk worry about Thor movie. Hulk hope Thor not need to lay on couch, talk to Doc Sampson.
NRAMA: Better?
Hulk: That more like Hulk. Better. Hulk still sad though.
NRAMA: Why, Hulk?
Hulk: Always Hulk in purple or blue pants. Hulk own more clothes. Hulk has nice gray jacket for dinner. Hulk likes hats.
NRAMA: I’m sure they just want you to look . . . iconic.
Hulk: Hulk like look nice, too! In ’70s, Hulk have white leisure suit. Hulk wear it to 54 and dance. Hulk have anonymous sex with many partners. Hulk ashamed.
NRAMA: Wow.
Hulk: Puny Blog guy no judge Hulk.
NRAMA: I’m not.
Hulk: ’70s different time. Hulk on TV. Many lost weekends.
NRAMA: Gotcha. We’ve got one more . . .
Hulk: What that?
NRAMA: That’s a Hulk costume for adults.
Hulk: Why Hulk have tiny head?
NRAMA: The costume inflates so the person has muscles.
Hulk: That Barry Bonds costume, not Hulk. This make Hulk look fat. Hulk not fat.
NRAMA: I know.
Hulk: Hulk very sensitive about weight since McFarlane draw Hulk. Hockey man give Hulk flat head and pudgy arms.
NRAMA: Sorry.
Hulk: Hulk no like this one either. Why don’t costume people just leave Hulk alone?
NRAMA: Look at it this way; maybe they can’t get you right because there’s only one Hulk.
Hulk: What about Red Guy?
NRAMA: Eff the red guy. There’s only one you, Hulk.
Hulk: You mean that?
NRAMA: I do.
Hulk: Come here! Hulk hug!
NRAMA: Oh shi–
Hulk: Puny Blog guy? You okay?
NRAMA: neverbetter
[Editor's Note: Once Troy is out of traction, he'll be back next week to talk to some other comic legends about their costumed representation.]
October 16th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Hulk like hats
October 16th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Yes, but the Hulk hates brass buttons. (He told us so in The Big Change, a graphic novel with him and the Thing by Starlin and Wrightson back in the mid-80s.)
October 16th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
I agree with Hulk. Eff the red guy.
October 16th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Always Hulk in purple or blue pants. Hulk own more clothes. Hulk has nice gray jacket for dinner. Hulk likes hats.
I really had to laugh at that! Great.
October 16th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Keep them coming. These are great.
October 16th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Nice work. Not that we really have Halloween here in Australia, but any holiday that can loosely be associated with superheroes is OK by me.
October 16th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
lol Keep’em coming.
Peace.
October 17th, 2009 at 6:53 am
Can’t wait to hear what Diana has to say about those Wonder Woman costumes. Keep it coming. These are great!
October 17th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
These are awesome! I can’t wait to see more!
October 17th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
good one… keep em coming!
October 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
I love the last one. “It’s the Inflatable Hulk!”
October 18th, 2009 at 8:34 am
I enjoyed the article, but I thought it was going to feature the band Ween. Where was the Ween content?!?
October 18th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Hahahahaha, Hulk bathe, hulk always use toothbrush..I hope so big guy
October 19th, 2009 at 1:04 am
Both installments this far have been excellent. The Daredevil comment was hilarious.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:17 am
“Eff the red guy. There’s only one you, Hulk.”
Awesome!
October 27th, 2009 at 9:28 am
That Hulk mask looks pretty realistic. It would scare some really young kids I bet:)
The inflatable Hulk costume seems like it would be a pest to walk around in, bumping in to everything. LOL
October 28th, 2009 at 8:31 am
“Hulk always wash hands after smashing,” and Hulk having anonymous sex. . . literally made me laugh out loud at work. Hilarious.
And I actually like the inflatable costume. It would cost too much to do one with enough real padding.