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Issue: The Incredible Hulk #1
Publication Date: May 1962
 
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Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Zenith Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 03/01/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 24 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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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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superhero
The Hulk; Bruce Banner; General Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross
The strangest man of all time!!
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FlagKoloss #1/1968 published January 1968
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FlagOrigins of Marvel Comics #[nn] [First Print] published January 1974
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FlagThe Mighty World of Marvel #100 published August 1974
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FlagThe Incredible Hulk #[1] (81446-X) published April 1978
as The Incredible Hulk [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Saga ™ The Official History of the Marvel Universe #2 [Direct Edition] published January 1986
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FlagMarvel Masterworks #8 published September 1989
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FlagMarvel Masterworks #8 published September 1989
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FlagThe Incredible Hulk #417 [Direct Edition] published May 1994
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FlagOrigins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition #[nn] published September 1997
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FlagEssential Hulk #1 [1st Edition, 1st Printing] published February 1999
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FlagThe 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #4 published December 2001
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FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #1 [Regular Edition] published May 2003
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FlagHulk vs. Fin Fang Foom #1 published February 2008
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FlagThe Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published May 2008
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[The Coming of the Hulk] Part 2: The Hulk Strikes!

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Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Igor
Like a silent dreadnaught, the hulking thing that was once Bruce Banner crouches in the shadows, as the pursuing troops rush by...
The Hulk and Rick Jones go to Banner's cabin to retrieve the gamma ray formula.
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FlagOrigins of Marvel Comics #[nn] [First Print] published January 1974
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FlagL'Incredibile Hulk #11 published August 1981
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FlagMarvel Masterworks #8 published September 1989
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FlagWizard Ace Edition: The Incredible Hulk #1 #[nn] published May 2003
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FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #1 [Regular Edition] published May 2003
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FlagHulk Vol. 1 No. 1 [Marvel Legends Reprint] #[nn] published November 2004
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[The Coming of the Hulk] Part 3: The Search for the Hulk

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superhero
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Thunderbolt Ross; Igor
Where is he?
The military continues their search for the Hulk.
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FlagKoloss #1/1968 published January 1968
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FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #15 published June 1968
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FlagL'Incredibile Hulk #11 published August 1981
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FlagWizard Ace Edition: The Incredible Hulk #1 #[nn] published May 2003
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FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #1 [Regular Edition] published May 2003
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FlagHulk Vol. 1 No. 1 [Marvel Legends Reprint] #[nn] published November 2004
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[The Coming of the Hulk] Part 4: Enter...the Gargoyle!

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Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Thunderbolt Ross; Igor; Gargoyle [Yuri Topolov] (introduction)
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...
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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FlagKoloss #1/1968 published January 1968
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FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #15 published June 1968
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FlagOrigins of Marvel Comics #[nn] [First Print] published January 1974
as Part 4: Enter...the Gargoyle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Incredible Hulk #[1] (81446-X) published April 1978
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FlagL'Incredibile Hulk #11 published August 1981
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FlagMarvel Masterworks #8 published September 1989
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FlagOrigins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition #[nn] published September 1997
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FlagEssential Hulk #1 [1st Edition, 1st Printing] published February 1999
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FlagThe 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #4 published December 2001
as The Hulk [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 4
FlagWizard Ace Edition: The Incredible Hulk #1 #[nn] published May 2003
as Part 4: Enter the Gargoyle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #1 [Regular Edition] published May 2003
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FlagHulk Vol. 1 No. 1 [Marvel Legends Reprint] #[nn] published November 2004
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[The Coming of the Hulk] Part 5: The Hulk Triumphant!

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superhero
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; Betty Ross; Thunderbolt Ross; Igor; Gargoyle [Yuri Topolov] (death)
Holy Hannah!
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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FlagKoloss #1/1968 published January 1968
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FlagMarvel Collectors' Item Classics #16 published August 1968
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FlagOrigins of Marvel Comics #[nn] [First Print] published January 1974
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FlagThe Incredible Hulk #[1] (81446-X) published April 1978
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FlagL'Incredibile Hulk #11 published August 1981
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FlagMarvel Masterworks #8 published September 1989
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FlagOrigins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition #[nn] published September 1997
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FlagEssential Hulk #1 [1st Edition, 1st Printing] published February 1999
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as The Hulk [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 5
FlagWizard Ace Edition: The Incredible Hulk #1 #[nn] published May 2003
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FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #1 [Regular Edition] published May 2003
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FlagHulk Vol. 1 No. 1 [Marvel Legends Reprint] #[nn] published November 2004
as The Hulk [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 5
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Part 1: The Coming of the Hulk

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Hulk [Bruce Banner] (introduction, origin); Rick Jones (introduction); Betty Ross (introduction); Thunderbolt Ross (introduction); Igor Drenkov [only as Igor] (introduction)
Half-man, half-monster, the mighty Hulk thunders out of the night to take his place among the most amazing characters of all time!
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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Part 2: The Hulk Strikes!

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Hulk [Bruce Banner] (introduction, origin); Rick Jones (introduction); Betty Ross (introduction); Thunderbolt Ross (introduction); Igor Drenkov [only as Igor] (introduction)
Half-man, half-monster, the mighty Hulk thunders out of the night to take his place among the most amazing characters of all time!
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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Part 3: The Search For the Hulk

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Hulk [Bruce Banner] (introduction, origin); Rick Jones (introduction); Betty Ross (introduction); Thunderbolt Ross (introduction); Igor Drenkov [only as Igor] (introduction)
Half-man, half-monster, the mighty Hulk thunders out of the night to take his place among the most amazing characters of all time!
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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Part 4: Enter...The Gargoyle!

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Hulk [Bruce Banner] (introduction, origin); Rick Jones (introduction); Betty Ross (introduction); Thunderbolt Ross (introduction); Igor Drenkov [only as Igor] (introduction)
Half-man, half-monster, the mighty Hulk thunders out of the night to take his place among the most amazing characters of all time!
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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Part 5: The Hulk Triumphant!

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Hulk [Bruce Banner] (introduction, origin); Rick Jones (introduction); Betty Ross (introduction); Thunderbolt Ross (introduction); Igor Drenkov [only as Igor] (introduction)
Half-man, half-monster, the mighty Hulk thunders out of the night to take his place among the most amazing characters of all time!
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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