The Incredible Hulk #5 [Regular Edition]

(January 1963)

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Hulk / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-48

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Our tale begins with the showing of top-secret army films in the home of General "Thunderbolt" Ross...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner] (featured); Rick Jones (supporting); Betty Ross (supporting); General "Thunderbolt" Ross (supporting); Tyrannus [Romulus Augustulus] (antagonist)

Synopsis

Underground overlord Tyrannus kidnaps Betty and lures the Hulk into his subterranean kingdom, forcing the Hulk to do his bidding to keep Betty safe. The jade giant is powerless until Rick frees Betty, thus leaving the Hulk free to bring the house down on Tyrannus.

Reprints

• in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #2
• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #6 (December 1966)
• in Koloss (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #5/1968 ([mai] 1968)
• in Marvel Annual (IPC, 1972 series) #1973 (1972)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #9 (December 2, 1972)
• in The Incredible Hulk (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #[1] (81446-X) (April 1978)
• in Edderkoppen pocket [Edderkoppen superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
• in De spectaculaire Spider-Man (Oberon, 1979 series) #2 (1979)
• in L'Incredibile Hulk (Editoriale Corno, 1980 series) #12 (Settembre 1981)
• in Les Vengeurs Color (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #3 (février 1983)
• in O Espectacular Homem-Aranha (Distri Editora, 1983 series) #7 (Setembro de 1983)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #8 ([September] 1989)
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Klassik (Panini Deutschland, 1998 series) #6 ([Juni] 1999)
• in Orígenes Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #5 ([Agosto] 1992)
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([February] 1999) [black and white]
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Hulk (Planeta DeAgostini, 2004 series) #1 (Abril 2004)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 ([May] 2003)
• in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks: El Increíble Hulk (Panini España, 2008 series) #1 ([Junio] 2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Third Edition 2015] ([January] 2015)
• in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #1 - Man or Monster? (2016)
• in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #5 - Hulk 1 (maio 2021)
• in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #2 - El Increíble Hulk 1 ([Diciembre] 2022)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script credit provided by Stéphane Petit via the GCD errors list in an email dated November 28, 2007.

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The Hordes of General Fang! (Table of Contents: 6)

Hulk / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited as D. Ayers)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (pages 1-7); Jon D'Agostino (pages 8-13)

Job Number

X-47

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Half-man, half-monster, the incredible Hulk noiselessly springs over unsuspecting towns as his unbelievably powerful legs propel his awesome form vast distances thru a series of powerful leaps!

Genre

superhero

Characters

General Fang (antagonist) (first appearance); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (featured) (also as Abominable Snowman); Rick Jones (supporting); General "Thunderbolt" Ross (supporting); Sentinel Four; High Lama; General Fang's Army; U.S. Army

Synopsis

The Hulk thwarts a would-be Genghis Khan conqueror named General Fang from taking over the Asian province of Llhasa, and he only has to dress up as the Abominable Snowman once to do it.

Reprints

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #7 (February 1967)
• in Koloss (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #5/1968 ([mai] 1968)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #10 (December 9, 1972)
• in The Incredible Hulk (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #[1] (81446-X) (April 1978)
• in L'Incredibile Hulk (Editoriale Corno, 1980 series) #12 (Settembre 1981)
• in O Espectacular Homem-Aranha (Distri Editora, 1983 series) #9 (Novembro 1983)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #8 ([September] 1989)
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Klassik (Panini Deutschland, 1998 series) #6 ([Juni] 1999)
• in Orígenes Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #5 ([Agosto] 1992)
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([February] 1999) [black and white]
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Hulk (Planeta DeAgostini, 2004 series) #1 (Abril 2004)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 ([May] 2003)
• in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks: El Increíble Hulk (Panini España, 2008 series) #1 ([Junio] 2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Third Edition 2015] ([January] 2015)
• in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #1 - Man or Monster? (2016)
• in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #5 - Hulk 1 (maio 2021)
• in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #2 - El Increíble Hulk 1 ([Diciembre] 2022)

Keywords

Formosa; Llhasa

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script credit provided by Stéphane Petit via the GCD errors list in an email dated November 28, 2007.

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Script

Stan Lee

Colors

? (title font and panel background only)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #2 - El Increíble Hulk 1 ([Diciembre] 2022)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Edgar Poone, John Jones, Larry Tucker, Bill Fife, Jane Atteberry, Lee Cohen, and Douglas Brady.

Printed between pages 8 and 9 of previous story sequence.

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