(December 1972)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
26
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1972-08-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co., Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #88 August 1972.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Frenzy on Counter-Earth! (Table of Contents)

The Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Herb Trimpe (signed as Herb Trimpe)
Inks
Herb Trimpe (signed as Herb Trimpe)
Colors
?
Letters
Dave Hunt ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rhino; Thunderbolt Ross of Counter-Earth; New Men
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Trimpe’ s signature can be seen on the side of a building.

Cover Thumbnail for The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #158
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Joe Weider / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Frenzy On a Far-Away World! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Hulk / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber (credited); Roy Thomas (credited) (plot)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
Sal Trapani (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Job Number
1073 Z
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Glenn Talbot; Leader (villain); Rhino (villain); Omnivac (villain); Robert Bruce Banner of Counter-Earth (introduction); Betty Ross Banner of Counter-Earth (introduction); Robert Bruce Banner Jr. of Counter-Earth (introduction); Rick Jones of Counter-Earth (introduction); High Evolutionary; New Men [Porcunius; Kohbra; Phrogg]; Adam Warlock (cameo)
Synopsis
While Hulk takes a trip to Counter-Earth where he battles the Rhino, gets involved in a New Men civil war and meets his counter alter ego (Bruce, his wife Betty and their son Bobby), back on his own Earth, Betty Ross and Glenn Talbot are busy getting married.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Columbia Record Club / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Grit / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

North American School of Conservation / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Centre Coin Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Green Skin's Grab-Bag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber ?
Pencils
Marie Severin (illustration)
Inks
Marie Severin (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset
Feature Logo
Green Skin's Grab-Bag
Characters
Spider-Man

How I Got the Tip of My Life (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Universal Schools / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

La Salle Extension University / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Frenzy on Counter-Earth!
    The Hulk
  2. 1. ["Free! Muscle course that can add 3 inches to your arms fast!"]
    Joe Weider
  3. 2. Frenzy On a Far-Away World!
    The Hulk
  4. 3. ["Charles Atlas, world’s no. 1 body builder, says: Don’t be half a man!"]
    Charles Atlas
  5. 4. ["Any 14 of these hit records for only $2.86"]
    Columbia Record Club
  6. 5. ["These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  7. 6. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit
  8. 7. [Shop by Mail]
  9. 8. [Shop by Mail]
  10. 9. ["Wear the badge of the future in... conservation"]
    North American School of Conservation
  11. 10. ["We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"]
    Centre Coin Co.
  12. 11. ["Dramatic data, dynamic dispatches, and earth-defying declarations of decidedly dubious distinction!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Green Skin's Grab-Bag
  14. 13. How I Got the Tip of My Life
    Universal Schools
  15. 14. ["Look Mom! We’re winners! Choose great prizes or cash!"]
    Junior Sales Club of America
  16. 15. ["Look who’s smiling now!"]
    La Salle Extension University
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