The Hulk is one of those characters you might think writers would have a hard time creating stories for. After all, his power is pretty much only “hulking out” when he gets angry and smashing things. Cool, but not very deep and seemingly not very conducive to great storytelling.

Fortunately, the folks at Marvel don’t seem to have that problem and manage to spin complex tales involving this character and its alter ego, Bruce Banner, pretty much all the time. In fact, with the upcoming release of Hulk #50, you can clearly see just how far these stories have come.

Check out all the info below from the official Marvel press release as well as preview pages from the comic after the break. Look for Hulk #50 to hit stores on April 4.

Red Hulk’s hostile encounter in Las Vegas during Circle of Four is coming back to haunt him! The end of the world may be upon us, but that’s not all that’s headed for Red Hulk;

“The Red Hulk didn’t get out of that Venom story unscathed,” explains Jeff Parker. “Something followed him out of hell and it’s going to make the supernatural territory of Marvel break open and swallow our anti-hero whole!”

The stakes grow even higher, as a mysterious figure lurks in the shadows waiting to destroy Red Hulk and his fellow comrades! Will Red Hulk’s might be enough to match ghoulish malevolent magic? Can the help of Doctor Strange, Iron Man, Daredevil and more aid Thunderbolt Ross?

As we often do, we like to bring you previews of upcoming movies, tv shows and games. We also like to showcase upcoming comics we’re really looking forward to. Case in point is Marvel’s soon to be released second issue of Ultimate Comics X. Written by Jeph Loeb and Arthur Adams, the second issue continues  the story and begins to answer the question that everyone is asking: Who, or what, is Ultimate X?

It’s not just us who are pretty excited about this book. Other critics are also raving. Here’s a sampling of what they have to say:

“This is the archetypical comic story that some readers will one day point back to and say, ‘That was the single greatest issue I ever read.’…Adams turns in phenomenally detailed yet buoyantly composed art as only Arthur Adams can deliver it”- Doug Zawisza, ComicBookResources.Com

“The book lives up to its opening promise of a more hopeful and optimistic story, providing a very human character portrait of a new Ultimate character”—Dave Wallace, ComicsBulletin.Com

“This is Loeb at the top of his game”—Lee Newman, BrokenFrontier.Com

Ultimate Comics X #2 hits comic book store shelves April 7th. In the meantime, be sure to check out all the preview pages after the jump.