The Incredible Hulk #258 [Direct]
(April 1981)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 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)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Miller (signed)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Soviet Super-Soldiers [Darkstar; Crimson Dynamo [Dmitri Bukharin]; Ursa Major; Vanguard]
Reprints
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...To Hunt the Hulk! (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo; Steven Grant (plot assist)
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Jim Novak
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Soviet Super-Soldiers [Vanguard; Darkstar; Crimson Dynamo [Dmitri Bukharin]; Ursa Major]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Colonel Glenn Talbot; Congresswoman Messinger; Colonel Yuri Brevlov; Rick Jones; Edwin Jarvis; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky] (cameo); Presence (villain); Pieter Phobos (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
The Hulk finds himself in the Soviet Union, where he encounters the Super-Soldiers and a new menace. Meanwhile, Glenn Talbot slips further into madness and Rick Jones tries to recruit Captain America's help for the Hulk.
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Indexer Notes

First full appearance of the Soviet Super-Soldiers.

The Rescue (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script
Bill Mantlo
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by T. M. Maple, J. Alexander Hall, and Corey Cooley; includes house ads for Rom and The Savage She-Hulk series.

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1980
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 252,712
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 235,470
Owner: Marvel Comics Group, 575 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022; Cadence Industries Corp., 21 Henderson Drive, West Caldwell, NJ 07006

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Hulk
  2. 1. ...To Hunt the Hulk!
    Hulk
  3. 2. The Rescue
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Green Skin's Grab-Bag
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
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