(January 1972)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1971-10-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1972 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:

If America is to Live--The Hulk Must Die! (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
John Severin
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; Morrie Kuramoto (bottom copy)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Glenn Talbot; Leader
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #147 Cover Thumbnail for The Incredible Hulk (1968 series) #147 [British]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Wayne School Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The End of Doc Samson! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hulk / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
John Severin (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)
Job Number
748-Z
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Doc Samson; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Glenn Talbot; Richard Nixon; Spiro Agnew; Leader (villain)
Synopsis
Hulk and Samson tear into the Leader's gamma powered construct in front of the president. Samson takes a gamma blast that turns him back into his normal human form.
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Adventures of the Lee Family (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Lee Jeans [Lee Leens] / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Be Taller!] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

New Height / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Heaven Is a Very Small Place! (Table of Contents: 7)

Hulk / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
John Severin (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Synopsis
The Hulk is fooled by an elaborate mirage in the desert.
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Keywords
desert; mirage

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Centre Coin's Album or Catalog / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

American Circle Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Green Skin's Grab-Bag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Green Skin's Grab-Bag

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Sizzlers Fat Track / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. If America is to Live--The Hulk Must Die!
    Hulk
  2. 1. ["Never finished high school?"]
    Wayne School Courses
  3. 2. The End of Doc Samson!
    Hulk
  4. 3. Adventures of the Lee Family
    Lee Jeans [Lee Leens]
  5. 4. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  6. 5. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  7. 6. [Be Taller!]
    New Height
  8. 7. Heaven Is a Very Small Place!
    Hulk
  9. 8. ["Scary, Life size monster ghost obeys your commands!"]
  10. 9. ["Market Place"]
  11. 10. ["Hey! Ever flown a rocket?"]
  12. 11. ["Collect coins.. the hobby road to riches"]
    Centre Coin's Album or Catalog
  13. 12. ["Magic world of surprises & mystery"]
    American Circle Products
  14. 13. ["Apologia pro vita Bullpen!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Green Skin's Grab-Bag
  16. 15. ["The going thing in a high-rise is a Raleigh Chopper."]
  17. 16. ["Secret muscle-building 'Tools'"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  18. 17. ["Fat track"]
    Sizzlers Fat Track
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