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Issue: The Incredible Hulk #103
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Olympia Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/08/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On Sale Date from the publication date reported to the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 22, Part 2, Periodicals, January-December 1968. Copyright number B474894. Date given is what was in the application form, but per the Copyright Office also notes it received notice of the issue in 1967. Copyright given to Olympia Publications, Inc., Marvel Comics Group.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior; Deluxe Editions glossy interior (425 - 429); Direct Edition glossy interior (430 - 442)
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #145)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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And Now... the Space Parasite!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #57 [25¢ Cover Price] published May 1976
as And Now -- The Space Parasite! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagDer unglaubliche Hulk #2 published July 1980
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagEssential Hulk #2 published January 2001
as And Now.. The Space Parasite! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Gigantic art mural offer!
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Miscellaneous
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Inside front cover. Lumen Winter is spelled as "Luman Winter" in the ad copy. Ad for the "White Stallion in the Moonlight" mural.
And Now... the Space Parasite!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Watching a TV show about the menace of the Hulk, the evil Space Parasite decides to make a pit-stop on earth to suck up all of the jade giant's powers to fuel his plans for interplanetary conquest. The Hulk battles the Parasite but the fight is ultimately determined by members of the Parasite's home planet who recognize him as a menace and blow up his space ship. The Hulk is gassed by New York's finest and is captured.
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FlagL'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] #97 published January 1974
FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #57 [25¢ Cover Price] published May 1976
FlagThe Mighty World of Marvel #51 published September 1973
as And Now... The Space Parasite! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Super-Heroes #57 [25¢ Cover Price] published May 1976
as And Now...The Space Parasite! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDer unglaubliche Hulk #2 published July 1980
as Der Parasit aus dem All [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagEssential Hulk #2 published January 2001
as And Now... The Space Parasite! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma
Send for free booklet on how to finish high school at home.
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Miscellaneous
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Between story pages 3 and 4.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Marvel Super-Heroes T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Spider-Man; Hulk; Iron Man; Thing; Thor; The Fantastic Four; The Avengers; Daredevil
Marvel super-hero T-shirts
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Promo for Marvel super-hero t-shirts and sweat shirts and a new Merry Marvel Marching Society membership kit. Between story pages 6 and 7.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Joe Weider (photo); Larry Scott (photo); Freddy Ortiz (photo); Ricky Wayne (photo); Chuck Sipes (photo)
Free! Muscle course that can add 3 inches to your arms fast!
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Miscellaneous
1
Send for free muscle-building information. Located between story pages 6 and 7.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Look, fellows!
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad solicits boys to sell GRIT magazine. Between story pages 9 and 10.
Shop by Mail

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Subject Matter
I'm 11 years old... and I sell $75.00 to $100.00 a week
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Miscellaneous
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A collection of classified advertising offering novelties and comic books, located between story pages 15 and 16.
Shop by Mail; Stamps

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Subject Matter
Real flying models
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Miscellaneous
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A collection of classified advertising offering novelties and stamps, located between story pages 18 and 19.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Now you can be taller instantly!
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Advertisement for height increasing shoes from The Liftee Company, located on the top half of the page between story pages 18 and 19.
Stamps; Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
New African stamp collection
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Miscellaneous
0.5
A collection of classified advertising offering stamps, novelties and back-issuecomic books, located between story pages 18 and 19 on lower half of page.
[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Here it is! Proof positive that the biggest brains at Marvel --- don't know what they're doing!
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Includes: Items; Stan's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members!
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
?
Subject Matter
I’ll make you a master of karate
Ad for karate book and life-size practice dummy with coupon, $1.98.
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
Letters from Sheldon Wiebe, Dale Simpson, R.M. Brugg, Jeff Hamilton, William DeLaTorre, Mark Ramos, Paul Sanford and Neil Lindenbaum.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]
Because you demanded it!
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Miscellaneous
1
House ads for Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 and Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 with covers depicted and advertised as “on sale now.”
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Norman Rockwell
We're looking for people who like to draw
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Miscellaneous
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Inside back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists Schools.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Make money get prizes
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover. Ad for the American Seed Company.

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