(May 1962)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bimonthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Zenith Publishing Corp.
- Brand:
- MC
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Silver Age US
- Paper Stock:
- Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was ongoing
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #15 (April 1968) [pp. 15-18] - in The Incredible Hulk Special (Marvel, 1968 series) #2 (October 1969)
-
in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #5 (8 Giugno 1971) - in Hulk E I Difensori (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #1 (20 Marzo 1975)
- in The Incredible Hulk (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #81446-X [1] (April 1978), #81446-X [1] (April 1978), #81446-X [1] (April 1978), #81446-X [1] (April 1978), #81446-X [1] (April 1978)
- in L' Incredibile Hulk (Editoriale Corno, 1980 series) #11 (Agosto 1981), #11 (Agosto 1981)
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
- in X-Men: First Class (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 (December 2007) [Page 1 of this story is from an interior story page of the original]
- in Hulk vs. Fin Fang Foom (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (February 2008) [cover]
-
Is He Man or Monster or... Is He Both!
Hulk / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Roussos; Jack Kirby ? (see note)
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Hulk; Bruce Banner; General Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in Smash! (IPC, 1966 series) #17 (28 May 1966) - in Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1974 series) #[nn] (1974)
- in The Incredible Hulk (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #81446-X [1] (April 1978)
- in The Marvel Saga (Marvel, 1985 series) #2 (January 1986)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #8 ([September] 1989), #8 ([September] 1989)
- in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #417 (May 1994)
- in Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn] (September 1997)
- in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (1999) [black and white]
- in The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 (December 2001) [Cover]
- in Master Lock Presents: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (August 2003)
- in Hulk Vol. 1 No. 1 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn] (November 2004) [cover]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([May] 2003)
- in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #100
- in Incredible Hulk, The (Pocket Books, 1978 Series) #81446-X [1] (April 1978)
- in Incredible Hulk No. 1, The [Marvel Legends Reprint] (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn] [with the Marvel Legends Grey Hulk action figure]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2009 series) #1
-
Indexer Notes
Per Error Report #1892, Nick Caputo believes the cover inks may be by Jack Kirby. The Hulk is colored gray here.
The Hulk
Hulk / comic story / 24 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-709
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Hulk [Bruce Banner] (introduction, origin]; Rick Jones (introduction); General Thunderbolt Ross (introduction); Betty Ross (introduction); Igor (introduction, death); the Gargoyle (introduction)
- Synopsis:
- Scientist Bruce Banner saves a young boy from being killed by a nuclear blast but absorbs deadly amounts of gamma radiation which transforms him into a monster dubbed the Hulk; Bruce Banner is scientist by day, but transforms into the Hulk once the sun goes down.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964) [pp. 1-6]
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #14 (April 1968) [pp. 7-11], #15 (April 1968) [pp. 12-18; pp. 12-14], #16 (August 1968) [pp. 20-24]
- in The Incredible Hulk Special (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (October 1968) [5 pp.]
- in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #5 (8 Giugno 1971) [pp. 1-6]
- in Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1974 series) #[nn] (1974), #[nn] (1974), #[nn] (1974), #[nn] (1974), #[nn] (1974)
- in Hulk E I Difensori (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #1 (20 Marzo 1975) [6 pp.]
- in L' Incredibile Hulk (Editoriale Corno, 1980 series) #11 (Agosto 1981)
- in The Marvel Saga (Marvel, 1985 series) #2 (January 1986)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #8 ([September] 1989)
- in Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn] (September 1997)
- in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (1999) [black and white]
- in The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 (December 2001)
- in Hulk Vol. 1 No. 1 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn] (November 2004)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([May] 2003)
- in Incredible Hulk, The (Pocket Books, 1978 Series) #81446-X [1] (April 1978)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2009 series) #1
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group;
Story is told in 5 chapters:
Part 1: The Coming of the Hulk (pgs. 1-6),
Part 2: The Hulk Strikes! (pgs. 7-11),
Part 3: The Search For the Hulk (pgs. 12-14),
Part 4: Enter...The Gargoyle! (pgs. 15-19),
Part 5: The Hulk Triumphant! (pgs. 20-24).
The Hulk is colored gray here.
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Tony R. Rose
- Nick Caputo
- Donald Dale Milne
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Pierre Freyssonnet
- Ralf Haring
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Tiefenbacher
- Tony R. Rose
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