The Incredible Hulk #279 [Direct]

(January 1983)

Acceptance (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Mantlo (credited)

Pencils

Mark Gruenwald (credited) (layouts); Greg LaRocque (credited) (finished art)

Inks

Greg LaRocque (credited)

Colors

Bob Sharen (credited)

Letters

Janice Chiang (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Step forward, Hulk... and take your rightful place among the ranks of the world's heroes!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight: Aurora [Jeanne-Marie Beaubier]; Northstar [Jean-Paul Beaubier]; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]; Shaman [Michael Twoyoungmen] (cameo); Snowbird [Narya]; Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson]
The Avengers: Ant-Man [Hank Pym] (flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark] (also in flashback); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Thor [Doctor Donald Blake] (also in flashback); Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (also in flashback); Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
Defenders: Beast [Hank McCoy]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Gargoyle; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Valkyrie [Brunnhilde] (cameo)
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Heroes for Hire: Iron Fist [Danny Rand] (cameo); Power Man [Luke Cage] (cameo)
The Inhumans: Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon]; Crystal [Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff]; Gorgon (cameo); Karnak; Lockjaw; Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Triton
Rangers: Firebird [Bonita Juárez]; Shooting Star [Victoria Star] (cameo); Texas Twister [Drew Daniels]
S.H.I.E.L.D.: Dum Dum Dugan; Nick Fury
Soviet Super-Soldiers: Darkstar [Laynia Petrovna]; Ursa Major [Mikhail Ursus]; Vanguard
U-Foes: Ironclad [Michael Steel] (cameo); Vapor [Ann Darnell] (cameo); Vector [Simon Utrecht] (cameo); X-Ray [Jimmy Darnell] (cameo)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Arabian Knight [Abdul Qamar]; Balder (cameo); Bereet; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Blitzkrieg; Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell] (a memory); The Collective Man (cameo); Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Defensor; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Fandral (cameo); Hogun (cameo); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (also in flashback); Jack of Hearts [Jack Hart]; Jackdaw [Heather O'Gara]; J. Jonah Jameson; Rick Jones; Mayor Ed Koch; Leader [Samuel Sterns]; Willie Lumpkin; Luna; Machine Man [Aaron Stack]; Alicia Masters; Foggy Nelson; Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; President Ronald Reagan; Betty Ross; General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross; Sabra [Ruth Bat-Seraph]; Doc Samson [Leonard Samson]; Shamrock [Molly Fitzgerald]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Stingray [Walter Newell]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Sunfire [Shiro Yoshida]; Tigra [Greer Nelson]; Torpedo [Edward W. Leialoha]; The Watcher [Uatu]; Jim Wilson; Dan Rather; Barbara Walters

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in De verbijsterende Hulk Special (Juniorpress, 1983 series) #2 [1 page omitted]
• in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #138/139 (mars 1983) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Hulk (Atlantic Forlag, 1980 series) #12/1983 ([desember] 1983)
• in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #14 ([1985])
• in Hulk (Semic, 1984 series) #3/1986 (uke 41 1986) [3 pages]
• in Incredible Hulk: Pardoned (Marvel, 2012 series) (April 2012)
• in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #46 - El Increíble Hulk: Perdonado (Mayo 2013)

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Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Glenn Campbell, Garvis Reed II, Dan Carnes, Stan Johnston, and Darrel Mayette.