The Incredible Hulk #459 [Direct Edition]
(December 1997)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.99 USD; 2.80 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606024568 45911
Editing
Polly Watson (assistant editor); Bobbie Chase (editor); Bob Harras (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Who Shall Fear the Green Goliath? (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Adam Kubert (signed)
Inks
Adam Kubert (signed)
Colors
Liquid! (signed)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Abomination
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Gatefold cover with story synopsis of previous issue.

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Last Legs (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Peter David
Pencils
Adam Kubert
Inks
Mark Farmer; Bud LaRosa
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
John Workman
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Abomination; Mercy; General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross; Col Cary St. Lawrence
Synopsis
The Hulk, in a delusional state thanks to Mercy, battles the Abomination. Col. St. Lawrence and General Ross begin a power struggle over who will stop the Hulk.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Green Mail / letters page / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
Comicraft; typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Travis Atwell, Jed Finlay, Chris Heyman, Jason Spier, Michael Kidoo, Jason Reid, and Mike McCullough.

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Total Number Copies Printed (net press run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 169,858. Single issue nearest to filing date: 155,800.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Who Shall Fear the Green Goliath?
    Hulk
  2. 1. Last Legs
    Hulk
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Green Mail
  4. 3. Statement of Ownership
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