The Incredible Hulk #271 [Newsstand]

(May 1982)

Now Somewhere in the Black Holes of Sirius Major There Lived a Young Boy Name of... Rocket Raccoon! (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Mantlo (credited)

Pencils

Sal Buscema (credited)

Inks

Sal Buscema (credited)

Colors

Bob Sharen (credited)

Letters

Jim Novak (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Uh, Wal -- What's big, green and snores like thunder?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rocket Raccoon [Rocky]; Judson Jakes (villain); Wal Russ; Black Bunny Brigade; Killer Clowns; Lylla; Uncle Pyko; Betty Ross; Rick Jones; Bereet; Sturky; Blackjack O'Hare (leader of Black Bunny Brigade); Stinker

Synopsis

The Hulk finds himself on Rocket Raccoon's world, where he helps Rocket and his friends against various menaces before he is sent home to Earth. Meanwhile, Betty pleads with Bereet to save the dying Rick Jones (who claims never to have met her before).

Reprints

• in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #12
• in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #130/131 (juin 1982) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Hulk (Atlantic Forlag, 1980 series) #2/1983 ([februar] 1983)
• in La Masa (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #11 (Junio 1983)
• in O Incrível Hulk (Editora Abril, 1983 series) #24
• in Rocket Raccoon: Guardian of the Keystone Quadrant (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in Incredible Hulk: Pardoned (Marvel, 2012 series) (April 2012)
• in Rocket Raccoon & Groot: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) (2013)
• in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #46 - El Increíble Hulk: Perdonado (Mayo 2013)
• in Marvel Universe Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Team-Up (Marvel, 2014 series) (2014)
• in Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
• in Rocket Raccoon and Groot (Marvel, 2016 series) #2 - Civil War II (2016)

Indexer Notes

Lylla's name is a reference to Lil, Rocky Raccoon's girlfriend from the Beatles' song "Rocky Raccoon" (Noted by Fred Snyder).

Rocket Raccoon previously appeared in Marvel Preview (Marvel, 1975 series) #7 (Summer 1976).

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

Green Skin's Grab-Bag / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Al Milgrom ?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Jeffrey Lowndes, Mick Masnado, Anthony Cardino, Marty Packard, David Hamilton, Rick Jones, Scott Peterson, K. Harris.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1981
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 201,497
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 187,123
Owners: Marvel Comics Group, 575 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022; Cadence Industries Corporation, 21 Henderson Drive, West Caldwell, N.J. 07006