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Issue: Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Hulk 2004 #[nn]
Publication Date: August 2004
 
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Rating: Marvel PSR
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 2004
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Pages: 52
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UPC/EAN: 75960605585200111
Price: $5.75 CAD
$3.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Marvel PSR
Content Items: 33 (0 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; glossy interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Inside front cover. Credits, indicia and an illustration taken from the cover of Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #62.
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Title page on an illustration taken from the cover of The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #461.
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Abomination

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Emil Blonsky was a communist operative sent to investigate the secrets of Gamma Base...
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1st appearance in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #90.

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Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. Therefore the script writer is one or more of those listed.
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Absorbing Man

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Absorbing Man
Prior to becoming superhuman, Creel had a history of violence...
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1st appearance in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #114.

Illustrations from (page 1) The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1983 series) #1 (although the image is reversed) and (page 2) the cover of Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #59.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. However, script credits clarified by Michael Hoskin, who is listed as one of the writers.
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Bereet

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Bereet
Bereet created several fictional films about the Hulk and won acclaim in Krylorian society.
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1st appearance in Rampaging Hulk (Marvel, 1977 series) #1.

Illustration from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #269.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. However, script credits clarified by Michael Hoskin, who is listed as one of the writers.
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Bi-Beast

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The Bi-Beast was created many years ago by the Avian race...
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1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #269.

Illustration from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Master Edition (Marvel, 1990 series) #21.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. However, script credits clarified by Michael Hoskin, who is listed as one of the writers.
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Doc Samson

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Dr. Leonard Samson is an expert in psychiatry and a minor scientist as well.
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1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #141.

Illustrations from (page 1) Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #68 (although the image is reversed) and (page 2) Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #67.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. However, script credits clarified by Michael Hoskin, who is listed as one of the writers.
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Nadia Dornova

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Nadia Dornova
Nadia Dornova married Emil Blonsky during his days as an agent of the KGB...
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1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #382.

Illustration from Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #52.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. However, script credits clarified by Michael Hoskin, who is listed as one of the writers.
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Galaxy Master

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Galaxy Master
Created in a distant galaxy long ago by an unnamed race for evil purposes...
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1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #111.

Illustration from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #112.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. However, script credits clarified by Michael Hoskin, who is listed as one of the writers.
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Home Base

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Home Base
Little is known about Home Base, also known as "the Secret Conspiracy"...
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1st appearance in Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #36.

Illustrations from Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #54 and (inset) Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #49.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. However, script credits clarified by Michael Hoskin, who is listed as one of the writers.
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Hulk

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Robert Bruce Banner was the son of Dr. Brian Banner, an atomic physicist...
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1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #1.

Illustrations from (page 1 & page 2) likely original illustrations for this issue and (page 3) Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #13.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. Therefore the script writer is one or more of those listed.
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Hulkbusters

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Project: Greenskin was formed under the direction of Senator Morton Clegstead...
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1st appearance (as Project: Greenskin) in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #145.

Illustration from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #154.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. However, script credits clarified by Michael Hoskin, who is listed as one of the writers.
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Jarella

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Jarella
Jarella was empress of the city of K'ai on an unnamed planet within a microverse...
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1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #140.

Illustration from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition (Marvel, 1985 series) #18.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. However, script credits clarified by Michael Hoskin, who is listed as one of the writers.
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Rick Jones

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Orphaned at a young age, Rick Jones was expelled from several orphanages...
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1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #1.

Illustrations from (page 1) Captain Marvel (Marvel, 2002 series) #19 (although the image is reversed), (page 2) Incredible Hulk: The End (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 and (page 3) Captain Marvel (Marvel, 2000 series) #2.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. Therefore the script writer is one or more of those listed.

There are no inks on page 1, as colors were applied directly to the pencilled art.
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Leader

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For every yin, there is a yang.
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1st appearance in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #62.

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Madman

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Phillip Sterns, brother of the gamma-powered Leader...
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1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #362.

Illustration from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #367.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. However, script credits clarified by Michael Hoskin, who is listed as one of the writers.
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Maestro

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The Maestro is quite literally the Hulk's Alpha and Omega...
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1st appearance in Hulk: Future Imperfect (Marvel, 1992 series) #1.

Illustration from Hulk: Future Imperfect (Marvel, 1992 series) #1.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. However, script credits clarified by Michael Hoskin, who is listed as one of the writers.
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Pantheon

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Centuries ago a youth called Vali Halfling...
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1st appearance in (Prometheus) The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #368 and (Agamemnon, Atlanta & Paris) The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #376.

Illustrations from (page 1) The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Master Edition (Marvel, 1990 series) #31 and (page 2) the cover of The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #424.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. However, script credits clarified by Michael Hoskin, who is listed as one of the writers.
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Rhino

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A Russian thug mutated by scientists Igor and Georgi for a collective of professional spies...
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1st appearance in Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #41.

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Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. However, script credits clarified by Michael Hoskin, who is listed as one of the writers.
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Riot Squad

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When the Leader detonated a gamma bomb in the town of Middletown...
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1st appearance (as normal humans) in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #345 and (as Riot Squad) in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #366.

The illustration is a collage of characters taken from two different issues as follows:

Rock, Hotshot, Jailbait, Ogress & Redeemer - The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #397
Soul Man - The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #400

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. However, script credits clarified by Michael Hoskin, who is listed as one of the writers.
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Betty Ross

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Betty Ross
Betty was an only child. After her mother died when she was only a teenager...
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1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #1.

Illustration from Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #67.

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Thunderbolt Ross

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Thunderbolt Ross
General Thaddeus E. Ross was born into a family with a proud tradition of military service.
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1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #1.

Illustration from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition (Marvel, 1985 series) #19.

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General Ryker

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General Ryker
Next to nothing is known about General Ryker's past.
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1st appearance in Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #14.

Illustration from Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #15.

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Glenn Talbot

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Glenn Talbot
Major Glenn Talbot was recruited by General "Thunderbolt" Ross...
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1st appearance in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #61.

Illustration from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition (Marvel, 1985 series) #20.

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Troyjans

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Troyjans
The Troyjans are an intergalactic warrior race whose empire...
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1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #394.

Illustrations from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #415.

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Tyrannus

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Tyrannus
Romulus Augustulus was the last emperor of the Roman Empire...
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1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #5.

Illustration from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition (Marvel, 1985 series) #13.

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U-Foes

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Seeking to emulate the space flight that granted superhuman powers to the Fantastic Four...
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1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #254.

Illustration from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition (Marvel, 1985 series) #13 (although the image of Vapor has been reversed).

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. Therefore the script writer is one or more of those listed.
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Sandra Verdugo

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Sandra Verdugo
A former Special Forces operative, Sandra Verdugo was active as a mercenary in Argentina...
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1st appearance in Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #36.

Illustration from Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #46.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. Therefore the script writer is one or more of those listed.
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Wendigo

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Wendigo
The Wendigo is the subject of an ancient Canadian curse...
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1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #162.

Illustrations from (page 1) The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition (Marvel, 1985 series) #14 (although the image is reversed) and (page 2) the cover of Captain Marvel (Marvel, 2000 series) #3.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. Therefore the script writer is one or more of those listed.
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Zzzax

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Zzzax
Zzzax was first created by a chain reaction in a Consolidated Edison nuclear power plant...
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1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #166.

Illustration from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1983 series) #12.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. However, script credits clarified by Michael Hoskin, who is listed as one of the writers.
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Bibliography

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Includes inside back cover.

Condensed listing of all profiles in this handbook, listing all significant issues per character/profile.

Four different writers are credited in a list on the credits page, but there is no indication which writer scripted each individual character profile. Therefore the script writer is one or most likely all of those listed.
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A Comprehensive Guide to the Hulk Universe

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Back cover. List of characters/profiles included in this issue.

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