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Issue: The Incredible Hulk #257

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Publication Date: March 1981

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Issues: #257 of 374 Issues (816 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.50 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)

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Format

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:

Variants2

The Incredible Hulk #257 [Direct]

The Incredible Hulk #257 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In6

2 Content Items
- Chaos from the Crypt! [Illustration on Cover, Front]2
- Crypt of Chaos! [Story on Interior Page(s)]3

reprinted 5 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:

Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #17 [unnamed variant] published January 2023

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Content Items (4 total)

Chaos from the Crypt!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Arabian Knight

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

L'Incroyable Hulk #116/117 published March 1981
as Chaos dans la crypte ! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

In Content Item: Flag

Marvel Héroes #46 published May 2013
as Chaos From the Crypt! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Cover inker credit confirmed 2005 by Al Milgrom. Cover penciler credit provided 2011 by Al Milgrom.

Crypt of Chaos!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Arabian Knight (full introduction); Doc Samson; Gog (introduction); Magog [Dr. Hassan Kareem] (introduction); Nephut-Sha (introduction); Seth (introduction); General Thunderbolt Ross; Rick Jones; Lieutenant Perriwinkle; Captain Bowman; Dr. Maxwell; Glenn Talbot; Edwin Jarvis; Congresswoman Ruth Messinger; Nephut-Sha (flashback); Ramses (flashback); Moses (flashback)

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

L'Incroyable Hulk #116/117 published March 1981
as La crypte du chaos ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]N&B [B&W]

In Content Item: Flag

Fantastici Quattro #9 published June 1989
as La Cripta del Caos [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Marvel Héroes #46 published May 2013
as ¡La Cripta del Caos! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Blown About

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Blow Dryer

First Line: Okay, everybody, hand over the furs,E

Synopsis: Blow Dryer attempts to use her Supersonic Hair Dryer to steal money and furs from socialites. The Human Torch uses Hostess Cup Cakes to defeat her.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from Jim Bricker, Robert Petyo, Ken Dudley, Rick Mazur, Robert Velcoff, Mike Lansley, and John Zaranka; incluses The Mighty Marvel Checklist!