The Incredible Hulk #173

(March 1974)

Don't Be Half a Man! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Anybody Out There Remember...the Cobalt Man? (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Herb Trimpe (credited)

Inks

Herb Trimpe (credited)

Colors

Petra Goldberg (credited)

Letters

Jean Simek (credited as Jean Izzo)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Ted Roberts; Cobalt Man [Ralph Roberts](villain); X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman; Beast] (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

Ralph Roberts stands in close proximity to a nuclear blast so he can once again have the power to become Cobalt Man. The Hulk battles Cobalt Man on board a ship but their fracas sinks the boat, just as Hulk begins to turn into puny Banner.

Reprints

• in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #32 ([Mars 1974])
• in Gamma la bombe qui a créé Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #8 (1er trimestre 1980)
• in Hulk (Atlantic Forlag, 1980 series) #6/1980 ([september] 1980) [minus 3 pages]
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #5 (2008)

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

American Bicycle Moto-X Association / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

I'll Make you a Master of Karate (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Precise Publications Book & Dummy / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

International Correspondence Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Colombia House / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

The Mellinger Co. Free Report / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Green Skin's Grab-Bag / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Steve Gerber ?

Pencils

Herb Trimpe

Inks

Herb Trimpe

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Green Skin's Grab-Bag

Indexer Notes

On top portion of page between 12th & 13th story pages (pages numbered 18 and 22.)

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Christmas Chronicles and Yuletide Yucks - And a Partridge in a Pear Tree! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

I'm Sick and Tired of My Job! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Cleveland Institute of Electronics [lessons] / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Blockbustin' Bullpen Bonus Page (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

These 3 Big Drafting Kits* Given to You! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

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advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Never Finished High School? (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Wayne School / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Have You Seen This Coupon Before? (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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