The Incredible Hulk #296 [Direct]
(June 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
1984-02-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Carl Potts (editor); Jim Massara (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #42, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-03-13.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rom
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The upper left corner box is a sequential "flip book" art from Al Milgrom from Incredible Hulk #292-300.

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To Kill or Cure! (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Gerry Talaoc
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Joe Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rom the Spaceknight; Max Hammer; Dr. Katherine Waynesboro; Starshine [Brandy Clark] (cameo flashback); Dire Wraiths (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Max Hammer has been turned into a monster by Bruce Banner's gamma cure and he lashes out at the Hulk. During the battle, the Hulk begins to revert to his mindless, brutish state as he tries his best to kill Hammer. Rom shows up looking for Dire Wraiths and finds only victims of the gamma cure quickly dying. Rom uses his neutralizer to heal the victims and remove the gamma radiation from their cells. He tries the same trick on the Hulk but finds even his powerful alien weapon is not strong enough to cure the jade giant.
Reprints

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

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

Script
Virginia Romita (signed); Jim Shooter (signed); ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[Green Skin's Grab-Bag] (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 Chance Bartels, Paul Zielinski, Benjamin Stebor, Mark J. Brown, Bob Lackey, Craig Christensen, and Derrick Kent with an advertisement for the Power Pack series.

Special 1984 Low Price Offer (Table of Contents: 4)

Marvel Subscriptions / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Marie Severin (signed as Sev)
Inks
Marie Severin (signed as Sev)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Hulk
  2. 1. To Kill or Cure!
    Hulk
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [Green Skin's Grab-Bag]
    Green Skin's Grab-Bag
  5. 4. Special 1984 Low Price Offer
    Marvel Subscriptions
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  • Peter Croome
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  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
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  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
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