King-Size Hulk #1 [Art Adams Cover]
(July 2008)

Marvel, 2008 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
4.99 USD; 5.05 CAD
Pages
104
Indicia Frequency
one-shot
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
759606064229 00111
Editing
Mark Paniccia (editor); Nathan Cosby (assistant editor)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock
glossy
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
one-shot

Issue Notes

The Art Adams variant cover also contains the Frank Cho cover underneath it making the total page count for this variant 104 pages; The Frank Cho cover variant does not have a double cover and is only 100 pages in length.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Arthur Adams (signed)
Inks
Arthur Adams
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Red Hulk
Reprints

Previously (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ed McGuinness
Inks
Dexter Vines
Colors
Jason Keith
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero

Where Monsters Dwell (Table of Contents: 2)

Hulk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jeph Loeb
Pencils
Arthur Adams
Inks
Walden Wong
Colors
Jason Keith
Letters
Comicraft

Genre
superhero
Characters
Red Hulk; Wendigo (villain); Bruce Banner (cameo); Thunderbolt Ross (cameo)
Synopsis
The Red Hulk battles and kills a Wendigo.
Reprints

Wait Until Dark (Table of Contents: 3)

Hulk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jeph Loeb
Pencils
Frank Cho
Inks
Frank Cho
Colors
Jason Keith; Guru eFX
Letters
Comicraft

Genre
superhero
Characters
Red Hulk; She-Hulk; Maria Hill
Synopsis
She-Hulk is beaten by the Red Hulk and makes plans to go after him again.
Reprints

The Death and Life of the Abomination (Table of Contents: 4)

Abomination / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jeph Loeb
Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Herb Trimpe
Colors
Edgar Delgado of Studio F (as Studio F's Edgar Delgado)
Letters
Comicraft

Genre
superhero
Characters
Abomination (origin); Bruce Banner (also as Hulk in flashback); Nadia Blonsky (flashback); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo flashback); Thunderbolt Ross (cameo flashback); Maria Hill (cameo flashback); Doc Samson (cameo flashback); She-Hulk (cameo flashback); Rhino (cameo flashback); Betty Banner (cameo flashback); Red Hulk (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
After the Red Hulk kills the Abomination, Bruce Banner thinks about his long history with one of his greatest foes.
Reprints

[Cover Previews] (Table of Contents: 5)

Hulk / illustration / 7 pages (report information)

Pencils
Ed McGuinness; Olivier Coipel
Inks
Dexter Vines; Mark Morales
Colors
Jason Keith
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk; Red Hulk; Iron Man; Abomination; Thor

Indexer Notes

Previews full page art for the upcoming covers for Hulk #4-6 (two covers per issue).

Arthur Adams Pencils (Table of Contents: 6)

Hulk / illustration / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jeph Loeb
Pencils
Arthur Adams
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Bruce Banner; Red Hulk; Wendigo

Indexer Notes

Presents four pages of pencilled art from the Art Adams story in this issue.

[Cover to Incredible Hulk #180] (Table of Contents: 7)

Hulk / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Herb Trimpe; John Romita (alterations)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk; Wendigo [Paul Cartier]; Marie Cartier; Georges Baptiste
Reprints

And the Wind Howls...Wendigo! (Table of Contents: 8)

Hulk / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Roy Thomas (original story)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk; Marie Cartier; Georges Baptiste; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Glen Talbot; Wendigo [Paul Cartier] (villain); Wolverine (cameo in last panel)
Synopsis
Hulk is in Canada looking for some peace and quiet when he is mysteriously drawn to a cave inhabited by the sister of the man who became the Wendigo. Marie and Georges plan on transferring the power of the Wendigo to the Hulk, thus restoring Paul Cartier to his normal life. Marie's magic isn't strong enough, however, and just as Wendigo shows up, the Hulk wakes up from his magical slumber and the two battle. The Canadian government gets involved and sends in their own agent to take care of a recent Hulk sighting, the mutant known as Wolverine.
Reprints

[Cover to Incredible Hulk #181] (Table of Contents: 9)

Hulk / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Herb Trimpe; John Romita (alterations)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk; Wolverine; Wendigo
Reprints

And Now...The Wolverine! (Table of Contents: 10)

Hulk / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Roy Thomas (original story)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk; Wolverine; Marie Cartier; Georges Baptiste [becomes Wendigo]; Wendigo [becomes Paul Cartier] (villain)
Synopsis
Canadian super-agent Wolverine teams up with the Hulk to battle Wendigo. Once the monster is felled, however, Wolverine turns on the Hulk and the two battle. Marie goes ahead with her plans of trying to transfer the power of the Wendigo into the Hulk but when the guilt becomes too much for best friend Georges who feels responsible for Paul's monstrous condition, he works the change on himself. Paul Cartier is returned to human form and Georges becomes the Wendigo.
Reprints

[Cover to Avengers #83] (Table of Contents: 11)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Tom Palmer
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

Genre
superhero
Characters
Goliath [Hank Pym]; Vision; Quicksilver; Black Panther; Wasp; Scarlet Witch; Medusa; Black Widow; Valkyrie
Reprints

Come on in, the Revolution's Fine (Table of Contents: 12)

The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Tom Palmer
Colors
?
Letters
Herb Cooper
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Goliath [Hank Pym]; Black Panther; Quicksilver; Vision; Wasp; Scarlet Witch]; Black Widow; Medusa; Tom Fagan (in a Nighthawk costume); Enchantress [also as Valkyrie] (villain); Masters of Evil [Klaw; The Melter; The Radioactive Man; Whirlwind] (villains); Roy Thomas (cameo); Jeanie Thomas (cameo); (All of the following are regular people in Halloween costumes) Captain America (cameo); Spider-Man (cameo); Thor (cameo); Dr. Doom (cameo); Red Skull (cameo); Namor, the Sub-Mariner (cameo); Daredevil (cameo); Golden Age Vision (cameo); Deadman (cameo); Batman (cameo); Crypt Keeper (cameo); Odin (cameo flashback); Executioner (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Valkyrie shows up at Avengers HQ and convinces Wasp and the Scarlet Witch to join her team of Lady Liberators. With the male members of the Avengers attending Tom Fagan's Halloween parade, the Masters of Evil attack and pummel our heroes. The Lady Liberators show up to save the day and do what their male chauvinist pig counterparts failed to do as they make quick work of the villains. Valkyrie is revealed to be the Enchantress, however, and the lady heroes are forced to defeat their former leader. The gender war rages on.
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Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Hulk
  2. 1. Previously
    Hulk
  3. 2. Where Monsters Dwell
    Hulk
  4. 3. Wait Until Dark
    Hulk
  5. 4. The Death and Life of the Abomination
    Abomination
  6. 5. [Cover Previews]
    Hulk
  7. 6. Arthur Adams Pencils
    Hulk
  8. 7. [Cover to Incredible Hulk #180]
    Hulk
  9. 8. And the Wind Howls...Wendigo!
    Hulk
  10. 9. [Cover to Incredible Hulk #181]
    Hulk
  11. 10. And Now...The Wolverine!
    Hulk
  12. 11. [Cover to Avengers #83]
    The Avengers
  13. 12. Come on in, the Revolution's Fine
    The Avengers
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