The Incredible Hulk #209

(March 1977)

The Absorbing Man Is Out for Blood! (Table of Contents)

Hulk / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Joe Staton (finished art)

Inks:

Joe Staton

Colors:

Glynis Wein

Letters:

Joe Rosen

Editing:

Len Wein

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hulk [also appears as Bruce Banner]; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]; They Who Wield Power; Doc Samson; Sam Stearns [the Leader] (not named in this issue); General "Thunderbolt" Ross; Clay Quartermain; April Sommers; Betty Ross Talbot; Glenn Talbot; Jim Wilson (cameo); Spider-Man (cameo flashback); Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze] (cameo flashback); the Orb (cameo flashback); Thor (cameo flashback); Human Torch (cameo flashback); Black Panther (cameo flashback)

Synopsis:

They Who Wield Power send the Absorbing Man to destroy the Hulk. Bruce Banner's new friend April Sommers helps him get a job at a construction site. Meanwhile, at Gamma Base, Doc Samson is mystified by his amnesiac patient.

Reprints:

• in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #67 ([Février 1977])
• in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #7
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #6 [black and white]

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #67
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #6 (August 2010) [black and white]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Green Skin's Grab-Bag / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Murray R. Ward; Fred Hembeck

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of September 20, 1976
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 182,460
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 206,462
Owner: Marvel Comics Group, 575 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022; Cadence Industries Corp., 21 Henderson Drive, West Caldwell, New Jersey 07006

The Champ (Table of Contents)

Spider-Man; Hostess Cup Cakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

Mike Esposito ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Irving Watanabe

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Spider-Man; Aldo Moomjay (The Champ); The Foe

Synopsis:

Spider-Man saves the Champ from being killed by throwing a Hostess Cup Cake in the phony referee's mouth before he can count to two.

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Hostess Cup Cakes. Hostess is a registered trademark of ITT Continental Baking Co.