The Incredible Hulk #198 [25¢]

(April 1976)

The Shangri-La Syndrome! (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein (credited)

Pencils

Sal Buscema (credited) (layouts)

Inks

Joe Staton (credited) (finished art)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

JV174

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It isn't exactly the sort of parade you'd expect...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Collector; Glob [Joseph Timms]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Man-Thing [Ted Sallis]; Clay Quartermain; General "Thunderbolt" Ross; Doc Samson [Leonard Samson] (cameo); Betty Talbot (cameo); Captain Horatio Cutlass; Akbar; Tiberius; Brachus; Fielding

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #4
• in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #57 ([avril 1976]) [N&B [B&W]]
• in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #226 (27 Dicembre 1978)
• in Hulk Pocket [Hulk Superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #4 (1981)
• in Hulk (Atlantic Forlag, 1980 series) #4/1981 ([april] 1981)
• in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #17 (septembre 1981) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Hulk (Panini España, 2005 series) #24 ([Abril] 2005)
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #5 (2008) [black and white]
• in Man-Thing Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) (2012)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #12 (2018)
• in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #7 - And Now… The Wolverine (2022)

Indexer Notes

Man Thing next appears in Rampaging Hulk (Marvel, 1977 series) #7.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Green Skin's Grab-Bag / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Len Wein ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby (illustration)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Green Skin's Grab-Bag

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 11 and 12. Letters from: Randy Peters, Bob Steel, Jack Frost, and Cary Bradlogue; includes Marvel Value Stamp Series B #74 (Captain America).

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Ed Shukin

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Total copies printed (average in last 12 months): 367199. Total copies printed (issue nearest to filing date): 371450. Total paid circulation (average in last 12 months): 196499. Total paid circulation (issue nearest to filing date): 188263. Total distribution (average in last 12 months): 196499. Total distribution (issue nearest to filing date): 188263. Copies not distributed (average in last 12 months): 426. Copies not distributed (issue nearest to filing date): 380. Returns from News Agents (average in last 12 months): 170274. Returns from News Agents (issue nearest to filing date): 182815. Filing Date: September 22, 1975.

A Labyrinthian List of Lambent Labors, Laudable Lagniappes, and Learned Legends Long-Lapsed Into Looniness! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Spider-Man and the Cupcake Caper (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)