The Incredible Hulk #152

(June 1972)

But Who Will Judge the Hulk? (Table of Contents)

Hulk / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gary Friedrich; Steve Englehart (uncredited)

Pencils:

Herb Trimpe (see note); Dick Ayers

Inks:

Frank Giacoia

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

938 Z

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hulk; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Matt Murdock [Daredevil]; Nick Fury; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; The Thing; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Thunderbolt Ross; Black Widow [Natasha Romanov](cameo); J. Jonah Jameson (cameo); Peter Parker [Spider-Man](cameo); Hulkbusters; Richard Nixon; Spiro Agnew

Synopsis:

After his recent rampage in Washington D.C., the president sends Nick Fury and Cap to help Ross capture the Hulk; They are successful and prepare to transport Bruce to New York to stand trial; During the plane ride, Bruce's lawyer, Matt Murdock, finds him so heavily sedated that he is only able to wallow in guilt and prepare for death; Matt invokes Bruce's civil rights and demands that Ross give him a stimulant so he can talk to his client coherently; Ross reluctantly complies and Bruce quickly turns into the Hulk; Hulk bursts from the plane to find the FF waiting for him on the tarmac of JFK.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #12 ([Juin 1972])
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #100 (August 1981)
• in Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #100 (January 2007)

Indexer Notes

Credits on page one also note: "Aided by Herb Trimpe and practically the whole bullpen." Trimpe redrew many of the Hulk faces throughout the issue, as the caricatures of Nixon and Agnew and page 12 featuring DD and the Black Widow. Other artists who likely assisted included John Verpoorten, John Romita and Mike Esposito. Art credits note from Error Report #1881, by Nick Caputo. Englehart's credit is from http://www.steveenglehart.com/Comics/First%20Marvel%20Scripts%20I.html. The letters page has an interesting answer to a letter concerning coloring discrepancies and states that the colorist is not usually included in the comic credits because it is the last stage in the creation process before engraving and the Marvel editor's schedule is so hectic that it is simply easier not to try and include it. It also states that Marie Severin colors "most of our covers" and that Mimi Gold is the regular colorist on the interior of the Hulk.