The Incredible Hulk #314 [Direct]
(December 1985)

Marvel, 1968 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Denny O'Neil (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief); Don Daley (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Juggernaut [Cain Marko]; Abomination [Emil Blonsky]; Leader [Samuel Sterns]; M.O.D.O.K. [George Tarleton]; Rhino [Aleksei Sytsevich]
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Call of the Desert (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne (credited)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
Bob Wiacek (credited)
Colors
Andy Yanchus (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
High summer in the Colorado Rockies, and everywhere the air seems full of things green and growing.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner] (origin retold); Doc Samson [Leonard Samson]; Polly (first appearance); Betty Ross; Ramon Morales (first appearance); Rick Jones (flashback); Juggernaut [Cain Marko] (villain, illusion); M.O.D.O.K. [George Tarleton] (villain, illusion); Rhino [Aleksei Sytsevich] (villain, illusion); Abomination [Emil Blonsky] (villain, illusion); Leader [Samuel Sterns] (villain, illusion)
Synopsis
The Hulk is back on Earth after his inter-dimensional jaunt but doesn't seem too happy about it. Doc Samson tricks Hulk with illusions of his greatest foes which allows him to get close enough to knock the Hulk out.
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Indexer Notes

First issue of John Byrne's run on the series. The story is divided into three chapters and an interlude: Chapter One: "The Call of the Desert"; Interlude: "Life Among the Fallen"; Chapter Two: "Yesterday's Sorrows..." and Chapter Three: "Yesterday's Heroes!".

Continued from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #29. The Incredible Hulk Annual (Marvel, 1976 series) #14 takes place between pages 4 and 11.

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

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

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

Gamma-Grams [Gamma Grams] / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Byrne (signed); Denny O'Neil (signed); Don Daley (signed)
Pencils
Kevin Nowlan (illustration)
Inks
Kevin Nowlan (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

No letters; text from John Byrne, Denny O'Neil and Don Daley.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Hulk
  2. 1. Call of the Desert
    Hulk
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Gamma-Grams [Gamma Grams]
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