Despite a promising start, Hulk/Wolverine: 6 Hours has ended up as another one of those miniseries that we'd probably like to see less of - ones with no discernible point.

The high concept of this series, according to the interviews, was that it would take place in "real time".  Of course, that's completely possible because it's a comic, and comics are static relative to time.  What it actually meant was that we were going to get a "race against time" story, replete with frequent reminders of the clock.

As a device, that's okay, but it's hardly going to carry a series on its own.  Unfortunately, that's pretty much what it's been asked to do.  The actual plot - Wolverine and the Hulk help a dying child who must get the antidote in time, while a mad assassin is also on his trail - isn't exactly classic stuff.  Aside from hinging on a huge great coincidence in both the lead characters turning up in the story at all, none of it really has anything to do with either of them.  Oh, and the villain turns out not to pose much of a problem for Wolverine after all.  Now there's a surprise.

It's readable but wholly unengaging stuff, which does little with any of the characters and seems to exist solely on the basis that people were likely to buy it.

Rating: C+

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