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Issue: The Incredible Hulk #1
Publication Date: May 1962
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Issues: #1 of 6 Issues (12 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: UK Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Zenith Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 03/01/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: 9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
24 (9 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Is He Man or Monster or... Is He Both?

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hulk; Bruce Banner; General Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross
First Line: The strangest man of all time!!
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Reward $9,985.50 for This Coin!

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Feature(s): Best Values Co.
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How to 'Take Charge' of a Highly-Paid Job in Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

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Feature(s): Commercial Trades Institute
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Disclose Notes: Send for free booklet with information on CTI courses in air conditioning.
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[The Coming of the Hulk] Part 2: The Hulk Strikes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Igor
First Line: Like a silent dreadnaught, the hulking thing that was once Bruce Banner crouches in the shadows, as the pursuing troops rush by...
Synopsis: The Hulk and Rick Jones go to Banner's cabin to retrieve the gamma ray formula.
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Job Number: V-709
Disclose Notes: Artie Simek lettered the title splash; the rest of the chapter is lettered by Ray Holloway.
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8mm Motion Picture Projector

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Feature(s): Honor House Prod. Corp.
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Complete 4 Piece Matched Set of Luggage

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[The Coming of the Hulk] Part 3: The Search for the Hulk

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Thunderbolt Ross; Igor
First Line: Where is he?
Synopsis: The military continues their search for the Hulk.
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Learn Radio-Television Electronics

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Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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[The Coming of the Hulk] Part 4: Enter...the Gargoyle!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Thunderbolt Ross; Igor; Gargoyle [Yuri Topolov] (introduction)
First Line: Let us leave Bruce Banner and his young friend Rick for a moment, and turn our attention to the red spy known as Igor as he broods darkly in his cell...
Synopsis: Igor sends a message via short wave to his communist allies. The message is relayed to the Gargoyle who decides to capture the Hulk.
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I'll Give You the Keys to This Brand New Car…

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Feature(s): Mr. Ned Mason
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Look! Boys Wanted to Sell Grit

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Feature(s): Grit Publishing Co.
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The Two Greatest New Fantasy Magazines In The World!

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Job Number: V-724
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Stamps Shop by Mail

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[The Coming of the Hulk] Part 5: The Hulk Triumphant!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Thunderbolt Ross; Igor; Gargoyle [Yuri Topolov] (death)
First Line: Holy Hannah!
Synopsis: The Gargoyle captures the Hulk and Rick Jones and transports them behind the Iron Curtain. The Hulk transforms back into Banner who offers to help cure the Gargoyle of his affliction. The Gargoyle, who wants nothing more than to be a normal man, agrees to be cured; once cured, the Gargoyle helps Banner and Jones escape back to America.
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Job Number: V-709
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Bike Bonanza of Big Buys

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Feature(s): Honor House Prod. Corp.
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Record Your Voice at Home

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Feature(s): Honor House Products Corp.
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Disclose Notes: Ad for recording your own record at home - attaches to your own phonograph - for $6.98.
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Boys! Men! My Secret New Dynaflex Method

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Feature(s): Mike Marvel System
Character(s): Mike Marvel (photograph)
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Start Your Own Business!

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Feature(s): Christy Trades School
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Disclose Notes: Send for electronic appliance repair training information from Christy Trades School, Inc.
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He's Looking for People Who Like to Draw

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Feature(s): Famous Artists Schools
Character(s): Albert Dorne (caricature)
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Part 1: The Coming of the Hulk

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner] (introduction, origin); Rick Jones (introduction); Betty Ross (introduction); Thunderbolt Ross (introduction); Igor Drenkov [only as Igor] (introduction)
First Line: Half-man, half-monster, the mighty Hulk thunders out of the night to take his place among the most amazing characters of all time!
Synopsis: Scientist Bruce Banner saves a young boy from being killed by a nuclear blast but absorbs deadly amounts of gamma radiation which transforms him into a monster dubbed the Hulk. Bruce Banner is scientist by day, but transforms into the Hulk once the sun goes down.
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Job Number: V-709
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Part 2: The Hulk Strikes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner] (introduction, origin); Rick Jones (introduction); Betty Ross (introduction); Thunderbolt Ross (introduction); Igor Drenkov [only as Igor] (introduction)
First Line: Half-man, half-monster, the mighty Hulk thunders out of the night to take his place among the most amazing characters of all time!
Synopsis: Scientist Bruce Banner saves a young boy from being killed by a nuclear blast but absorbs deadly amounts of gamma radiation which transforms him into a monster dubbed the Hulk. Bruce Banner is scientist by day, but transforms into the Hulk once the sun goes down.
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Job Number: V-709
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Part 3: The Search For the Hulk

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner] (introduction, origin); Rick Jones (introduction); Betty Ross (introduction); Thunderbolt Ross (introduction); Igor Drenkov [only as Igor] (introduction)
First Line: Half-man, half-monster, the mighty Hulk thunders out of the night to take his place among the most amazing characters of all time!
Synopsis: Scientist Bruce Banner saves a young boy from being killed by a nuclear blast but absorbs deadly amounts of gamma radiation which transforms him into a monster dubbed the Hulk. Bruce Banner is scientist by day, but transforms into the Hulk once the sun goes down.
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Job Number: V-709
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Part 4: Enter...The Gargoyle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner] (introduction, origin); Rick Jones (introduction); Betty Ross (introduction); Thunderbolt Ross (introduction); Igor Drenkov [only as Igor] (introduction)
First Line: Half-man, half-monster, the mighty Hulk thunders out of the night to take his place among the most amazing characters of all time!
Synopsis: Scientist Bruce Banner saves a young boy from being killed by a nuclear blast but absorbs deadly amounts of gamma radiation which transforms him into a monster dubbed the Hulk. Bruce Banner is scientist by day, but transforms into the Hulk once the sun goes down.
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Job Number: V-709
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Part 5: The Hulk Triumphant!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner] (introduction, origin); Rick Jones (introduction); Betty Ross (introduction); Thunderbolt Ross (introduction); Igor Drenkov [only as Igor] (introduction)
First Line: Half-man, half-monster, the mighty Hulk thunders out of the night to take his place among the most amazing characters of all time!
Synopsis: Scientist Bruce Banner saves a young boy from being killed by a nuclear blast but absorbs deadly amounts of gamma radiation which transforms him into a monster dubbed the Hulk. Bruce Banner is scientist by day, but transforms into the Hulk once the sun goes down.
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Job Number: V-709

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