Hulk Comic #1

(March 7th 1979)

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Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Characters

Hulk; Black Knight; Ant-Man; Night-Raven; Nick Fury

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Hulk / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Moore

Pencils

Dave Gibbons

Inks

Dave Gibbons

Letters

Dave Gibbons

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Lightning slashes the night...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Ed Edkins; Mrs. Edkins; Leroy Jones; Tommy Henry; Victim

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The Hulk is struck by lightning, and deals with two muggers.

Reprints

• in Marvel Super Action (Marvel, 1977 series) #25 (November 1980)
• in Hulk: From the Marvel UK Vaults (Marvel, 2013 series) (2013)

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Black Knight / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Parkhouse

Pencils

Steve Parkhouse

Inks

John Stokes

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Eagle Three One Five to Redfield

Genre

detective-mystery; superhero

Characters

The Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Greymalkin; Mordred; Old Sarah Mumford; The Stranger [Brian Braddock] (identity not revealed); Valinor; Redfield

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Modred attacks the Black Knight.

Reprints

• in Captain Britain (Marvel UK, 1985 series) #12 (December 1985)
• in Captain Britain: Legacy of a Legend (Marvel, 2016 series) (2016)
• in Captain Britain Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)

Indexer Notes

The story is listed to be continued in the next issue. However, it does not appear in the following issue. It actually continues in issue #3.

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Nick Fury / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Moore

Pencils

Steve Dillon

Inks

Steve Dillon

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gotta hand it to the Gaffer

Genre

adventure; spy; superhero

Characters

Dum Dum Dugan; Nick Fury; Sydney "Gaff" Levine; Tony Stark; Carlyle Pallis

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Nick Fury recalls how he came to head S.H.I.E.L.D. while dealing with a new threat.

Indexer Notes

Continued in the following issue.

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The Man In The Ant Hill! (Table of Contents: 7)

Ant-Man / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited as Lee) (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited as Kirby)

Inks

Dick Ayers

Letters

Artie Simek (main sequence); Joe Letterese (framing sequence)

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Henry Pym

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Scientist Henry Pym recalls how he perfected his shrinking formula and entered an ant hill.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #27 (January 1962) [Heavily edited to bring the story length down to 2.75 pages. The first 3 panels, and final 6 panels taken from the Ant-Man story in Tales To Astonish #35. Reprinted panel sequence: page 1; page 3, panels 1-3; page 2, panel 5; page 3, panels 4-7; page 4; page 5, panels 1-4; page 6, panels 4-8; page 7, panel 3; page 6, panel 9; page 7, panels 4-5. Black & white], #35 (September 1962) [Page 2, panels 7, 8 & 6 (in that order); page 3, panels 1-6, used as a framing sequence.]

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Night-Raven (Table of Contents: 10)

Night Raven / Night-Raven / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Parkhouse

Pencils

David Lloyd

Inks

David Lloyd

Letters

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Genre

crime; superhero

Characters

Night-Raven (first appearance); Granacci

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Night-Raven gatecrashes a meeting of mob officials.

Reprints

• in Captain Britain (Marvel UK, 1985 series) #1 (January 1985)
• in Night Raven: The Collected Stories (Marvel UK, 1990 series) (1990)
• in Night Raven: From the Marvel UK Vaults (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)

Indexer Notes

This is the first appearance of Night-Raven.

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