(April 1986)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel 25th Anniversary
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Dennis O'Neil; Don Daley (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; was ongoing series
Doc Samson Has Just Beaten the Hulk... ...And Somebody's Not Happy About It!
Hulk / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- John Byrne (signed)
- Inks:
- John Byrne (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Hulk Robot; Doc Samson
- Reprints:
- in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #178 (Juin 1986)
Baptism of Fire
Hulk / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Byrne
- Pencils:
- John Byrne
- Inks:
- John Byrne; Keith Williams (Backgrounds)
- Colors:
- Andy Yanchus
- Letters:
- Rick Parker
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- GUESTS: Doc Samson; Betty Banner; Bruce Banner; Hulk (hologram); New Hulkbusters [Craig Saunders; Carolyn Parmenter (Death); Samuel John LaRoquette; Dr. Armand Martel; Prof. Hideko Takata]; VILLAIN: Hulk Robot; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Thunderbolt Ross
- Synopsis:
- Bruce continues to study the Hulk to try and figure out a way to bring him down; Doc Samson accidentally destroys the Hulk Robot the Hulkbusters are using for training so they attack him instead; One of the Busters is killed in the conflict and, rather than take responsibility, Samson warns them to stay out of his way; Betty agrees to marry Bruce.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration (migrated reprint links need inspection)
- in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #178 (Juin 1986)
- in Marvel Super-Heroes Megazine (Marvel, 1994 series) #5 (February 1995)
Indexer Notes
Hulk does not actually appear in this story.
[no title indexed]
Green Mail / letters page / 0.75 page
Credits
- Script:
- Denny O'Neil
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Danny DeAngelo; Todd Erickson; David Anderson; Jeff Volpe
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
Credits
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of October 1, 1985
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 172,033
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 232,928
Owners: Cadence Industries Corporation, Sheldon Feinberg, Joseph Walsh, Joseph Calamari, Paul Hindin, James E. Galton, Jim Foy, all at 21 Henderson Drive, West Caldwell, New Jersey
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Derek Reinhard
- Dwayne Best
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
- Rick Sauceda
- Branden Boetticher
- Mike Nielsen
- Gregory Fischer
- Max Capp
- Lou Mazzella
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Derek Reinhard
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