The Incredible Hulk #291 [Direct]
(January 1984)

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
1983-09-20
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ann Nocenti (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #32, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-10-11.
This issue has variants:

[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]; Thunderbolt Ross
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Old Soldiers Never Die! (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Gerry Talaoc
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Jim Novak
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Ann Nocenti; Thunderbolt Ross (origin); Betty Ross; Karen Lee Ross (introduction, Betty's mother, death in flashback); Rick Jones (cameo flashback); Glenn Talbot (cameo flashback); Leader (cameo flashback); Abomination (cameo flashback); Humanoid (cameo flashback); Gremlin (cameo flashback); Sasquatch (cameo flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo flashback); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo flashback); Vision (cameo flashback); Thor (cameo flashback); Mr. Fantastic (cameo flashback); Invisible Girl (cameo flashback); Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo flashback); The Thing (cameo flashback); Bereet (cameo flashback); Matt Murdock [Daredevil] (cameo flashback); Cyclops (cameo flashback); Storm (cameo flashback); Colossus (cameo flashback); Nightcrawler (cameo flashback); M.O.D.O.K. (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Hulk visits the Marvel offices and has a chat with Ann Nocenti. Thunderbolt Ross reflects on his long and tumultuous life and his obsession with the Hulk that caused him to turn traitor to his country.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Lynn E. Cohen Koehler; ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

The Mighty Marvel Checklist; house ad for The Amazing Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk NBC cartoon series.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from David M. Somerfleck, Tosten Schulz, James Womack and Kenneth Ward; note from the editor; house ad for The Alien Legion Epic Comics series.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Hulk
  2. 1. Old Soldiers Never Die!
    Hulk
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Green Skin's Grab-Bag
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