So the latest issue of the cates run seems to hint at something that might have explained this whole mess? Of course that doesn’t matter now since cates had to cut the run short due to issues with his home life,
Basically it seems Titan was placed in Brice’s mind by D’spayre, and that the seed that grew into Titan was given to him through a green door by what looked like the leader but with a baby body?
Now that will probably never got followed up on so I guess it doesn’t really matter, but it seems like cates WAS eventually going to use some things from immortal hulk again? Which makes it all the more strange that he would undo all of the character development and just erase joe fixit with zero explanation, was that something editorial pushed so people wouldn’t get confused with the joe fixit miniseries? Who fucking knows. At least this mess is finally at an end
Yeah I just finished reading it.
It's definitely ... something. It looks like Ryan Ottley kinda took over these last few issues so I wonder how much of this was part of Cate's original idea or what. This issue definitely felt like it was hailing back to Immortal Hulk, what with the Green Door and the way Hulk and Bruce burst out of Titan - that transformation looked a lot like the grotesque twisty ones in Immortal Hulk.
I'm glad it ends with peace for Bruce, that he has a bed and people watching out for him. It feels a little overly simple to just say "we told everyone what happened and everyone knows your safe and none if it is your fault." Like, we didn't get to see the resolution we are just told there was one. But, regardless, I'm glad we're putting Bruce in a place where the rest of the Marvel heroes aren't going to be attacking him.
In terms of consistency and characterization, this run was still a huge mess. I'm glad it's over. But I am not as furious about it's existence anymore. I'm glad they cleared up that Titan is a foreign entity that was placed inside Bruce, and not a part of his DID System. I just hope the next Hulk series is better.
