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Genres: superhero

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Notes: Inside front cover. Credits, indicia and an illustration taken from the cover of Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #62.

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Genres: superhero

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Notes: Title page on an illustration taken from the cover of The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #461.

Abomination

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Abomination

First Line: Emil Blonsky was a communist operative sent to investigate the secrets of Gamma Base...

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Notes: 1st appearance in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #90.

It's likely that the illustration is an original illustration for this issue.

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.

Absorbing Man

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Absorbing Man

First Line: Prior to becoming superhuman, Creel had a history of violence...

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Notes: 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.

Bereet

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Bereet

First Line: Bereet created several fictional films about the Hulk and won acclaim in Krylorian society.

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Notes: 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.

Bi-Beast

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Bi-Beast

First Line: The Bi-Beast was created many years ago by the Avian race...

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Notes: 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.

Doc Samson

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

First Line: Dr. Leonard Samson is an expert in psychiatry and a minor scientist as well.

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Notes: 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.

Nadia Dornova

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Nadia Dornova

First Line: Nadia Dornova married Emil Blonsky during his days as an agent of the KGB...

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Notes: 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.

Galaxy Master

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Galaxy Master

First Line: Created in a distant galaxy long ago by an unnamed race for evil purposes...

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Notes: 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.

Home Base

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Home Base

First Line: Little is known about Home Base, also known as "the Secret Conspiracy"...

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Notes: 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.

Hulk

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

First Line: Robert Bruce Banner was the son of Dr. Brian Banner, an atomic physicist...

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Notes: 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.

Hulkbusters

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Hulkbusters

First Line: Project: Greenskin was formed under the direction of Senator Morton Clegstead...

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Notes: 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.

Jarella

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Jarella

First Line: Jarella was empress of the city of K'ai on an unnamed planet within a microverse...

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Notes: 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.

Rick Jones

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

First Line: Orphaned at a young age, Rick Jones was expelled from several orphanages...

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Notes: 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.

Leader

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Leader

First Line: For every yin, there is a yang.

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Notes: 1st appearance in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #62.

It's likely that the illustration is an original illustration for this issue.

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.

Madman

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Madman

First Line: Phillip Sterns, brother of the gamma-powered Leader...

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Notes: 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.

Maestro

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Genres: superhero

First Line: The Maestro is quite literally the Hulk's Alpha and Omega...

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Notes: 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.

Pantheon

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Genres: superhero

First Line: Centuries ago a youth called Vali Halfling...

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Notes: 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.

Rhino

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Rhino

First Line: A Russian thug mutated by scientists Igor and Georgi for a collective of professional spies...

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Notes: 1st appearance in Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #41.

It's likely that the illustration is an original illustration for this issue.

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.

Riot Squad

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Riot Squad

First Line: When the Leader detonated a gamma bomb in the town of Middletown...

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Notes: 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.

Betty Ross

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Betty Ross

First Line: Betty was an only child. After her mother died when she was only a teenager...

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Notes: 1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #1.

Illustration from 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. Therefore the script writer is one or more of those listed.

Thunderbolt Ross

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Thunderbolt Ross

First Line: General Thaddeus E. Ross was born into a family with a proud tradition of military service.

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Notes: 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.

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.

General Ryker

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): General Ryker

First Line: Next to nothing is known about General Ryker's past.

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Notes: 1st appearance in Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #14.

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

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.

Glenn Talbot

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Glenn Talbot

First Line: Major Glenn Talbot was recruited by General "Thunderbolt" Ross...

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Notes: 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.

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.

Troyjans

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Troyjans

First Line: The Troyjans are an intergalactic warrior race whose empire...

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Notes: 1st appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #394.

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

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.

Tyrannus

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Tyrannus

First Line: Romulus Augustulus was the last emperor of the Roman Empire...

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Notes: 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.

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.

U-Foes

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): U-Foes

First Line: Seeking to emulate the space flight that granted superhuman powers to the Fantastic Four...

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Notes: 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.

Sandra Verdugo

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Sandra Verdugo

First Line: A former Special Forces operative, Sandra Verdugo was active as a mercenary in Argentina...

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Notes: 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.

Wendigo

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Wendigo

First Line: The Wendigo is the subject of an ancient Canadian curse...

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Notes: 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.

Zzzax

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Zzzax

First Line: Zzzax was first created by a chain reaction in a Consolidated Edison nuclear power plant...

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Notes: 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.

Bibliography

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Notes: 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.

A Comprehensive Guide to the Hulk Universe

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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