The Incredible Hulk #159

(January 1973)

Two Years Before the Abomination! (Table of Contents)

Hulk / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Steve Englehart

Pencils:

Herb Trimpe

Inks:

Sal Trapani

Colors:

George Roussos

Letters:

John Costanza

Job Number:

1162 Z

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Hulkbusters; Abomination (villain); Leader (villain); Omnivac (villain); Rhino (villain; cameo)

Synopsis:

Bruce returns home from Counter-Earth only to have his shuttle blasted to atoms by Thunderbolt Ross; Ross sends the Hulkbusters out to capture the Hulk but they come home with the Abomination instead; In order to ensure that Betty continues to think the Hulk is dead, Ross makes a deal with Abomination, ensuring him a cure for his gamma irradiated condition and his freedom if he captures the jade giant; Abomination battles the Hulk but, realizing that Ross has deceived him, tells Hulk that Betty has married Glenn and they are honeymooning in Niagara Falls.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #18 ([Janvier 1973])