(September 1969)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.15 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly except October, semi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Magazine Management Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; was ongoing series
Issue Notes
Possible Romita cover credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #9 ([Juin 1971]) [original title: At the Mercy of Maximus the Mad]
- in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #3 (April 2005)
At the Mercy of... Maximus the Mad!
Hulk / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Herb Trimpe (signed)
- Inks:
- Herb Trimpe (signed); John Romita? (cover alterations)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Hulk; Maximus the Mad
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #72 (July 1978)
- in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #3 (April 2005)
Indexer Notes
Possible Romita cover credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo. Unaltered cover published in Marvel Super-Heroes #72, per Nick Caputo, 2011.
At the Mercy of -- Maximus the Mad!
Hulk / comic story / 20 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Herb Trimpe
- Inks:
- Herb Trimpe
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Hulk; GUESTS: Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Glenn Talbot; VILLAINS: Maximus the Mad; Inhumans [Falcona; Leonus; Timberius; Aireo; Nebulo; Stallior]; CAMEO: Richard Nixon
- Synopsis:
- Bruce Banner is in the country of Costa Salvador when he runs across a town in the shadow of a giant robot whose inhabitants seem to be mind controlled; As he finds his own mind being assaulted, Bruce turns into the Hulk and then attacks a hilltop fortress that seems to be the source of the mental manipulation; Breaking into the fortress, Hulk finds that his foes are Maximus the Mad and his evil band of Inhumans and a battle ensues; The army also attacks the fortress and Maximus talks the Hulk into helping him repel the jade giant's oldest enemies.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #72 (July 1978) [comic erroneously says #118]
- in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #3 (April 2005)
["Dear Stan and Herb, The Hulk is one of your most interesting characters..."]
Green-Skin's Grab-Bag / letters page / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Herb Trimpe
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Mary Elizabeth Doran; David Hench; Crombie Sproule; Garrett Everett; and Shirley Gorman, as well as two panel reproductions from previous issues.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
At the Mercy of -- Maximus the Mad!
Hulk -
2.
["Dear Stan and Herb, The Hulk is one of your most interesting characters..."]
Green-Skin's Grab-Bag
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Per Sandell
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Nick Caputo
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
- Rick Sauceda
- Branden Boetticher
- Mike Nielsen
- Gregory Fischer
- Max Capp
- Lou Mazzella
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Derek Reinhard
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