The Incredible Hulk #245 [Direct]
(March 1980)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Al Milgrom (editor); Jo Duffy (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Fred Snyder points out that the face of the Hulk appears to be inked more heavily on the direct sales edition than the newsstand edition. It is unknown at this time if this is just a printing defect or if the cover was actually re-worked between the two print runs.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Reprints

When the Hulk Comes Raging! (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Joe Rosen

Job Number
LF663
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Elysius; Colonel Glenn Talbot [Super-Mandroid]; Rick Jones; Fred Sloan; Betty Ross Talbot (cameo flashback); General Thunderbolt Ross (cameo flashback); Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp; Captain America [Steve Rogers]] (cameo flashback); Machine Man (cameo flashback); Gremlin (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
The Hulk invades Gamma Base, believing that they have the corpse of Jarella. Glenn Talbot, in the Super-Mandroid armor, has fought him to a standstill when Captain Marvel arrives on the scene to prevent further destruction.
Reprints

ROM Has Come... Evil Is on the Run! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

ROM; Parker Brothers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Steve Sutterlin; Jim Jacuzzi; Scott Lemonter; Rick Jones; James Mchael Kimball

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1979
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 276,805
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 290,471
Owner: Marvel Comics Group, 575 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022; Cadence Industries Corp., 21 Henderson Drive, West Caldwell, NJ 07006

The Hungry Battleaxe! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Iron Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

How to Be a Wild and Crazy Guy! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Batroc the Leaper / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Hulk
  2. 1. When the Hulk Comes Raging!
    Hulk
  3. 2. ROM Has Come... Evil Is on the Run!
    ROM; Parker Brothers
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Green Skin's Grab-Bag
  5. 4. Statement of Ownership
  6. 5. The Hungry Battleaxe!
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Iron Man
  7. 6. How to Be a Wild and Crazy Guy!
    Batroc the Leaper
This issue was modified by, among others
  • ge.org.e
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Lionel English
  • Merlin Haas
  • Andrés Jiménez
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore