The Incredible Hulk #174

(April 1974)

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

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Doomsday -- Down Under! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hulk / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Gerry Conway (credited as G. Conway); Roy Thomas (credited as R. Thomas) (plot)

Pencils

Herb Trimpe (credited as H. Trimpe)

Inks

Jack Abel (credited as J. Abel)

Colors

George Roussos (credited as G. Roussos)

Letters

Dave Hunt (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Ted Roberts; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross Talbot; General John Armbruster; Cobalt Man [Ralph Roberts](villain); President Richard Nixon (cameo)

Synopsis

Feeling a kinship with his irradiated foe, Cobalt Man saves Bruce from drowning in the hull of a sinking ship. As Bruce begins to recover from his ordeal, Cobalt Man decides to destroy the city of Sydney in an effort to show mankind the danger of nuclear power. Betty tries to coax Bruce into turning into the Hulk to face the villain but he has been doped up in the hospital and she has to push him off of the roof to get him frantic enough to exact the change. Cobalt Man tries to defeat the Hulk by flying him to the upper atmosphere but his ploy takes too long and he explodes.

Reprints

• in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #33 ([avril 1974]) [N&B [B&W]]
• 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 4 pages]
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #5 (2008)
• in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #6 - Crisis on Counter-Earth (2021)

Indexer Notes

Armbruster's military rank in this story is given as general.

[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 Newspaper / 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

Gil Kane

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Colors

?

Letters

?; typeset

Feature Logo

Green Skin's Grab-Bag

Characters

Green Goblin (Marvel Value Stamo)

Indexer Notes

On top portion of page between 12th & 13th story pages (pages numbered 18 and 22.) Contains Marvel Value Stamp #47 (The Green Goblin)

Simon Garth - - The Zombie vs. The Voodoo Legions of Mr. Six!! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

Homilies, Hijinx, and Happy New Year -- From the Hallowed Halls of Marvel! (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)

Value, Value - Who's Got the Value? (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)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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)