Red Hulk #8 - Marvel Comics

RED HULK No. 8, November 2025

Seemingly pulling all of this ongoing series’ numerous plot-threads back together into a single storyline with a mixture of timely rescues and expedient encounters, it will be debatably difficult for any "Marvelites" reading Issue Eight of “Red Hulk” not to be impressed with Benjamin Percy’s prodigious penmanship. Indeed, the sheer breathtaking momentum of Deathlok’s attempt to find his ‘friend’ deep within a top secret military-controlled laboratory, and that of First Sergeant Bowden’s investigation into “Ryker’s illegal collusion with Doctor Doom” should easily carry this comic’s audience straight through the twenty-page periodical, as well as help its readers forgive the odd all-too convenient coincidence or two; “Change your heading. We’re going straight to the Pentagon.”

Furthermore, the American author does a good job in showing just how both the facility’s cruel experiments, alongside the passage of years, have finally taken a tough toll upon the emaciated, physical frame of Major Thaddeus Ross. Such evident frailty genuinely helps to convince any onlookers that Bruce Banner’s old arch-nemesis is finally at the end of his limits, and generates plenty of plausibility to the notion that an almost feral War Wolf may well catch the fleeing General and Wildstrike as they slowly stumble through the villain’s maze of corridors looking for an exit to safety.

Also well worthy of a mention is Luther Manning’s realisation that despite him being carried “through that whole damn operation” by Machine Man, the experience has actually helped the two heroes form an even stronger bond with one another than before. This moment proves particularly poignant as it initially starts with the Demolisher angrily verbalising his trademark frustrations at his comrade-in-arms, only to then realise that previously it was him who was carrying a useless X-51 “many miles through hostile territory” in Latveria.

Equally as responsible for imbuing all these enjoyable events with a sizeable amount of speed are Geoff Shaw’s pencils. The Iowa-born illustrator appears especially adept at highlighting the significant contrast in pace between Ryker’s cybernetically enhanced werewolf form as he races through Project Alpha in Virginia looking for his prey, and Ross’ worryingly slow, tentative steps alongside Bowden. Furthermore, many a bibliophile will doubtless find themselves holding their own breath as Deathlok repeatedly batters away at a super-thick panel of glass whilst underwater, as he tries to evade a sharp-toothed Sharkman snapping him in two with its deadly jaws.

The regular cover art of "RED HULK" #8 by Geoff Shaw & Marte Gracia