The Incredible Hulk #278 [Direct]
(December 1982)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-09-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [various positions]
Editing
Al Milgrom (credited) (editor); Ann Nocenti (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #14.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema (signed as S. B.)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed as A. M.)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Give me amnesty... or give me death!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Vision
Defenders: Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Brunnhilde]
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Wolverine [Logan]
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Amnesty! (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bruce Banner! Hulk! You have nothing to fear from me!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Alpha Flight: Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]; Shaman [Michael Twoyoungmen] (cameo); Snowbird [Narya] (cameo); Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson]
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Vision; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
Defenders: Beast [Hank McCoy]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Valkyrie [Brunnhilde]
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Heroes for Hire: Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; Power Man [Luke Cage]
U-Foes: Ironclad [Michael Steel] (cameo); Vapor [Ann Darnell] (cameo); Vector [Simon Utrecht] (cameo); X-Ray [Jimmy Darnell] (cameo)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Professor X [Charles Xavier] (cameo); Sprite [Kitty Pryde] (cameo); Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Bereet; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Firebird [Bonita Juárez] (cameo); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (also in flashback); Jack of Hearts [Jack Hart] (cameo); Jackdaw [Heather O'Gara] (villain); Rick Jones; Leader [Samuel Sterns] (villain); Machine Man [Aaron Stack]; Matt Murdock; President Ronald Reagan; Franklin Richards; Betty Ross (also in flashback); General "Thunderbolt" Ross; Doc Samson [Leonard Samson]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Stingray [Walter Newell] (cameo); Sturky
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Hulk pardoned by President Reagan.
Reprints

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed); Jim Shooter (signed); ?
Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

The Hype Box; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

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

Green Skin's Grab-Bag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Moon Knight

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Greg Fuhr, Bret Hart, Richard J. Crexton, Bryan Good, Terry Lee Wright, Mark Baronner, A.K. Spybert, and Richard D. Smith; promotional advertisement for the Moon Knight series.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Give me amnesty... or give me death!"]
    Hulk
  2. 1. Amnesty!
    Hulk
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Green Skin's Grab-Bag
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