The Incredible Hulk has been around for a long time now and has found success in both comic books and TV series.

The recent movie wasn't well recieved but I quite liked it aside from the weak ending.

A sequel is planned for a 2008 release which will star Ed Norton as Dr Bruce Banner, the scientist who turns into the Hulk when enraged.

The comic book has had some highs and lows but is currently enjoying a huge wave of popularity on the back of two concurrent storylines.

The Planet Hulk story opened up with several of the Marvel Universe's 'elite' heroes deciding to exile the Hulk into deep space to stop any more collateral damage to people and buildings caused by his transformations and rampages.

This is a character who has always had potential but never quite lived up to it.

Arguably, her greatest popularity was in the 1970s TV series starring Lynda Carter.

Created in the same era as other DC Comics icons such as Superman and Batman their comic book title sales have soared leaving Wonder Woman in their wake.

Until now.

After several failed relaunches the title has been taken over by writer Gail Simone. She has had incredible success in titles such as Birds of Prey and great things are expected.

I've never really followed the character much in the past but this is a run I'm looking forward to reading.

After a long time in limbo, one of Marvel Comics premier characters is returning after a long time out of the limelight.

Based on the ancient Norse god of thunder, this series has successfully mixed myth, fantasy and science fiction effortlessly, producing some great reading material in the process.

The new comic book series is being written by J M Strazynski and illustrated by Olivier Coipel.

The character, often called The Mighty Thor, is a founding member of The Avengers and wields the mystic hammer known as Mjolnir.

He has a excellent back story filled with quality tales written by Stan Lee, Walt Simonson, Dan Jurgens, and Mike Oeming to name but a few.