The covers on this run were great, but the interior was kinda lame. I like the idea of Bruce Banner going to a secluded culture to try to find peace and also the idea that in the "land of M" AIM would be the resistance against the mutant overlords. BUT overall this just didn't do much for me.

This was a mediocre offering from Peter David, who usually writes fairly decent stories. It wasn't very interesting; I was looking forward to seeing what would happen to the Hulk in House of M, but this was just plain boring. ( )

Not the worst of the "House of M" tie-ins (although that's setting the bar pretty low), and I like the realness with which the Australian setting is treated (good to see Pyro's past as a romance novelist referenced!), the "Hulk plus Dreamtime" conceit (Australian aboriginal culture sure is a weirdly hot spot in Marvel comics, with the '80s X-men and Gateway and all), and the occasional moments of goofy humour. But mostly this is a grind, a boring caper with AIM as generic thugs who lose all their "geeks with guns" charm, and in 2010 (!) it's increasingly hard to treat the "House of M" crossover anything like as seriously as it treats itself. ( )

739