Hulk Comic #23

(August 8, 1979)

Our Hero is Turned Into a Living Statue! (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont; Len Wein (plot)

Pencils

Sal Buscema

Inks

Jack Abel

Letters

Joe Rosen

Editing

Len Wein (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You are finished, Hulk!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Taboo; Groot; McGuire; John Paul "Hard-Butt" Harrison; Coltrane; Morrie; Joe

Synopsis

Hulk smash Taboo! Now Hulk must fight talking tree!

Reprints

• from The Incredible Hulk Annual (Marvel, 1976 series) #5 (October 1976) [Partial reprint, extensively edited to bring the story length down to 3 pages. Prints page 12, panel 6; pages 13-14; page 15, panels 1-5 & 7-8; page 16; page 15, panel 6; page 17; page 18, panels 1-4. B/W]

Indexer Notes

Reprints the first appearance of Groot in regular Marvel continuity, rather than in stand-alone monster stories.

A note at the end of this sequence informs readers that Hulk's next adversary will be Goom, the Flying Menace. However, the whole Goom sequence has been cut from this reprint and instead, Hulk fights Zzzax.

Merlyn and the Black Knight Face Mandrac's Demon Offspring! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Steve Parkhouse (credited as Parkhouse)

Pencils

Paul Neary (credited as Neary)

Inks

John Stokes (credited as Stokes)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Captain Britain is dead! Killed by a sword-stroke...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

The Black Knight [Dane Whitman] (mainstream); Mandrac; Merlyn the Mystic; Moondog; Valinor (mainstream)

Universe

Marvel : Otherworld

Reprints

• in Captain Britain Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)

Ant-Man and The Wasp Face a New Threat! (Table of Contents: 3)

Ant-Man and the Wasp / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Ernie Hart (script)

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You are beneath contempt!!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]; Ape; Twister

Synopsis

Egghead forms a new gang and sets a trap for the Wasp, hoping to use her against Ant-Man.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #45 (July 1963) [Partial reprint, extensively edited to bring the story length down to 4 pages. Prints page 2; page 3, panels 1 & 3-7; page 4, panels 1-5 & 7; pages 5-6; page 7, panels 1-5 & 7; page 8; page 9, panels 1-4 & 6. B/W]

Keywords

ant-eater; Middleton Diamond

In a Desperate Race Against Time for Survival, it’s… Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Archie Goodwin; Frank Springer

Pencils

Frank Springer

Inks

Frank Springer

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's Fury!

Genre

spy; superhero

Characters

Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Jimmy Woo; Gabe Jones; Centurius (hallucination); Yellow Claw (hallucination); Baron Strucker (hallucination); Sister Angela (All-Faith Mission); Dino (hallucination); Eric (hallucination)

Synopsis

Nick gets into a fight at an unnamed foreign embassy, and winds up being injected with a drug that will cause hallucinations, "hyper-intense paranoia", and death after 6 hours.

Reprints

• from Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (Marvel, 1968 series) #7 (December 1968) [Partial reprint, extensively edited to bring the story length down to 4 pages. Prints pages 14-17; page 18, panels 1-3 & 5; pages 19-20. B/W]

Indexer Notes

Archie Goodwin's only solo SHIELD story. Frank Springer illustrated a parody of NICK FURY #3 this month in NOT BRAND ECHH #11.

From the Prime Eternal, the Call Goes Out! (Table of Contents: 5)

The Eternals / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Mike Royer

Letters

Mike Royer

Editing

Archie Goodwin (original consulting editor); Jack Kirby (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I-it is done, Domo!

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Eternals [Domo; Zuras; Makkari; Ikaris; Sprite; Thena; others]; Celestials [Eson; Hargen; Nezzar; Oneg]; Margo Damian; Deviants [Kro; Reject; Karkas]

Reprints

• from The Eternals (Marvel, 1976 series) #10 (April 1977) [Partial reprint, extensively edited to bring the story length down to 4 pages. Prints page 9; page 10, panels 1 & 3-4; page 11; page 12, panels 1-2 & 4-5; page 13, panels 1 & 3-5; pages 14-15; page 16, panel 6; page 17. B/W]

Keywords

Australia outback; Lemuria; Siberia; Swiss Alps

What If Rick Jones Had Become the Hulk? (Table of Contents: 6)

Hulk / comic story / 2.5 pages (report information)

Script

Don Glut

Pencils

Sal Buscema

Inks

Bill Black

Letters

Bruce Patterson

Editing

Roy Thomas (original editor); Jim Shooter (original consulting editor); Mark Gruenwald (original assistant editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I am the Watcher... and I ponder the possibility...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Rick Jones]; Watcher; Bruce Banner; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Annihilus;bMr. Boggs; Lou Ann; egaton; Mr. Fantastic

Synopsis

Rick Jones pushed Banner in the trench, and became the Hulk.

Reprints

• from What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #12 (December 1978) [Partial reprint, extensively edited to bring the story length down to 2.5 pages. Prints pages 18-21; page 22, panels 1-3. B/W]