The Incredible Hulk #145

(November 1971)

Godspawn (Table of Contents)

Hulk / comic story / 33 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas (plot); Len Wein (script)

Pencils:

Herb Trimpe

Inks:

John Severin

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jean Izzo; Morrie Kuramoto

Job Number:

724 Z

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; GUESTS: Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Glenn Talbot; VILLAINS: The Colossus; The Sphinx; Horusians [Duamutef; Imset; Qebehsenuf; ]; CAMEOS: Dr. Igor Drenkov; Rick Jones

Synopsis:

Hulk is trying to make his way home from Latveria but ends up in the Sahara desert where he stumbles upon a movie set; The director gets the wild idea to put the Hulk in his film but is thwarted in his efforts when his new star transforms into puny Banner; Bruce gets abducted by aliens who have arrived to witness a gladiatorial contest thousands of years in the making; When Bruce accidentally nullifies one of the stone combatants, the Hulk is left to fight the Colossus on his own; Meanwhile, back at Gamma Base, Ross unveils his plans for a military instillation designed to take down the Hulk.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #94 (January 1981) [pp. 1-11; pages 1-20]
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #95 (March 1981) [pages 21-33, edited; pp. 21-33]

Indexer Notes

In the opening pages of the story, Hulk drags a Russian war ship to the ocean floor, pretty clearly killing everyone on board. Also, as of last issue, General Ross and his crew thought the Hulk was dead but in this issue, Ross has made elaborate plans for nullifying or killing him.