Source: oldmansgym.com

8. Hulk: Boiling Point

(Incredible Hulk #40-43)

Bruce Jones's Hulk run is one of the most hidden-away and underrated comics of the 2000s.

And no story is more worth checking out than issues 40 through 43, named in the trade as Boiling Point. In the issues, Boiling Point was just the title of the first issue, and the rest had their own names. But the story itself is pure high concept. Bruce Banner, on the run, steps into a convenience store"¦only to be caught up in a hostage situation.

Everything starts to spin out of control, the pressure builds, and Banner has to do all he can to keep a lid on the monster inside to avoid risking the lives of the other hostages. It takes the normal tension of a hostage story and pumps it through the roof. There are two (count "˜em, two) Hulk appearances in these four issues, and the build-up to each feels suitable.

This arc is real good, and hey, if you like it, you can just check out the rest of that Jones run. It's good. Has some Lee Weeks art, too.