Review: Marvel’s Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. ‘Hulking Commandos’

Spoilers Below

The guys are all suited up for Halloween, but then the Howling Commandos show up in a monster truck. Turns out that Blade and his gang wants to haul everyone in for some sort of shit that they had nothing to do with. An epic battle ensues between the two teams, but they are interrupted by the one…the only…DORMAMMU! The portal jumping Prince of Chaos wants his hands on an hour glass that can destroy galaxies and cause chaos. Soon Dormammu creates an army of ‘Mindless Ones’ that begin turning the towns folk into stone!

Eventually, Rulk, She Hulk, Warwolf, Blade, and Skaar all get turned into Mindless Ones, but Frank and Hulk are immune. The survivors hole up in a church, but are able to escape by calling on the Commandos’ monster truck. The crew drives the truck into Dormammu’s alternate dimension and split up. Frank and Hulk go after Dormammu while A-Bomb and N’Kantu try and get the hour glass. Frank gets turned into a Mindless One and Hulk gets pretty close until he knocks the shit out of ‘Flame-Head’. This causes Frank to turn back, and N’Kantu attempts to hold Dormmamu until the hour glass is flipped and the proper balance is in place. Once the hour glass goes back to normal, it zaps back to its museum and everyone has to drive back through the portal. Dormammu almost captures the truck, but Man-Thing and A-Bomb team up for the save. The Howling Commandos head back to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hulk gets his candy.

The Howling Commandos were pretty awesome on last year’s Halloween special for The Amazing Spider-Man, and they continue to be this year. Frank really is a Hulk that’s just pieced together, but I’m OK with that. I would’ve liked to have seen a bit more of Man-Thing, but overall we had another strong Commandos effort. I hate the ‘reality show’ aspect of S.M.A.S.H. but this time around it wasn’t as prevalent. Dormammu was a bad-ass of a villain, but was surprised to see NONE of his minions written into the show such as Umar, but I suppose I could do without. I think A-Bomb sucks, but N’Kantu was a bad fucking ass.

Dear Marvel, make a Howling Commandos movie.