The Incredible Hulk #209 [Regular Edition]

(March 1977)

The Absorbing Man Is Out for Blood! (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein

Pencils

Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Joe Staton (finished art)

Inks

Joe Staton

Colors

Glynis Oliver

Letters

Joe Rosen

Editing

Len Wein

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [also appears as Bruce Banner]; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]; They Who Wield Power; Doc Samson; Sam Stearns [the Leader] (not named in this issue); General "Thunderbolt" Ross; Clay Quartermain; April Sommers; Betty Ross Talbot; Glenn Talbot; Jim Wilson (cameo); Spider-Man (cameo flashback); Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze] (cameo flashback); the Orb (cameo flashback); Thor (cameo flashback); Human Torch (cameo flashback); Black Panther (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

They Who Wield Power send the Absorbing Man to destroy the Hulk. Bruce Banner's new friend April Sommers helps him get a job at a construction site. Meanwhile, at Gamma Base, Doc Samson is mystified by his amnesiac patient.

Reprints

• in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #7
• in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #67 ([février 1977]) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Hulk (Atlantic Forlag, 1980 series) #7/1981 ([juli] 1981) [minus page 1]
• in Hulk Pocket [Hulk Superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #6 (1982) [minus 1 page]
• in Gamma la bombe qui a créé Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #17 - Un monde devenu fou (mai 1982) [-2 pages]
• in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #6 (2010) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #12 (2018)
• in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #8 - The Curing of Dr. Banner (2023)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Len Wein

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Murray R. Ward, Fred Hembeck.

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of September 20, 1976
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 182,460
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 206,462
Owner: Marvel Comics Group, 575 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022; Cadence Industries Corp., 21 Henderson Drive, West Caldwell, New Jersey 07006

The Champ (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)