Hulk Comic
#4
(March 28th 1979)
Marvel UK,
1979 Series
- Price
- 0.10 GBP
- Pages
- 24
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Ltd.
- Editing
- Dez Skinn (editor); Richard Burton (editor)
[no title indexed]
Hulk / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson; ? (alterations)
- Inks
- Walter Simonson; ? (alterations)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk [Bruce Banner]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
from Hulk (Marvel, 1978 series) #11 (October 1978) [Hulk's left arm and background changed] - in Hulk: From the Marvel UK Vaults (Marvel, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Captain Britain Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021) [1/4 page size]
-
[no title indexed]
Hulk / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Jimmy Cobb; Hiram J. Cobb; Mr. Queeg; Captain
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Bruce Banner has taken a job on a cruise liner and stumbles on a kidnap plot.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Super Action (Marvel, 1977 series) #28 (February 1981) which is reprinted
- in Hulk: From the Marvel UK Vaults (Marvel, 2013 series) (2013)
-
in A Mysterious Stranger Attacks Merlyn's Champion!
Black Knight / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He's a madman, he must be!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Merlyn (Otherworld) (cameo); Mordred; The Stranger [Brian Braddock] (shown to be Captain Britain)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Black Knight's attacker regains his senses and is revealed to be a familiar face.
- Reprints
-
in Captain Britain (Marvel UK, 1985 series) #14 (February 1986) - in Captain Britain: Legacy of a Legend (Marvel, 2016 series) (2016)
- in Captain Britain Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
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Indexer Notes
Continued from the previous issue, continued in the following issue.
Ant-Man in Action Against "The Protector"!
Ant-Man / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited as Lee) (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited as Kirby)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Letters
- Artie Simek; Jon D'Agostino
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Each day a thousand tales are etched in the city!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; The Protector
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Ant-Man is on the trail of The Protector
- Reprints
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #37 (November 1962) [Extensively edited to bring the story length down to 3 pages. Reprints page 1, panels 2-3; p.2, panels 1-3, 5-6 & 8-9; p.3, panels 1-3 & 5-7; p.4, panels 1-3 & 5-7; p.5; plus some panels from part 2 of this story.], #37 (November 1962) [Extensively edited to bring the story length down to 3 pages. Prints panels from Part 1 of the original story plus, from this segment, page 6, panels 1 & 6-8; page 7.]
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[no title indexed]
Nick Fury / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- adventure; spy; superhero
- Characters
- Countess Valentina Allegra de Fontaine; Nick Fury; President Gomez; Gabe Jones; Garcia Juanilla
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- S.H.I.E.L.D. is in place when a coup takes place in San Miguele.
Earth's Distant Past Portrayed as Never Before -- in ... The Eternals!
The Eternals / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- John Verpoorten
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Editing
- Jack Kirby (original editor); Marv Wolfman (original consulting editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Beneath the high plains of The Andes, this secret place, like its builders, has been lost to history...
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Reprints
- from The Eternals (Marvel, 1976 series) #1 (July 1976) [Extensively edited to bring the story length down to 4 pages. Reprints pages 2-3; page 5, panels 1-2 & 4; pages 6-9; page 10, panels 1-2]
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Indexer Notes
The panels have been re-jigged and modified to fit the British comic size.
[no title indexed]
Night Raven / Night-Raven / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- crime; superhero
- Characters
- Night-Raven; Police Officer; Albert Feldstein; The Taxman
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Night-Raven deals with a protection racket.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Continued from the previous issue.
Chaos in Canada Episode Three
Hulk / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Steve Englehart (credited as Englehart)
- Pencils
- Herb Trimpe (credited as Trimpe)
- Inks
- Sal Trapani
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Beast [Hank McCoy]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Mimic [Calvin Rankin]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Hulk crashes onto the cottage where Hank McCoy is treating the Mimic.
- Reprints
- from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #161 (March 1973) [Extensively edited to bring the story length down to 3 pages. Reprints page 15; page 16, panels 2, 1 & 3-6; page 17, panels 3, 1 & 4-5; page 18, panels 1 3-4 & 6; page 19, panels 1-2 & 5-6; page 20, panels 1-2 & 6]
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Indexer Notes
The panels have been re-jigged and modified to fit the British comic size. The final story page is on the back cover.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Hulk -
1.
[no title indexed]
Hulk -
2.
A Mysterious Stranger Attacks Merlyn's Champion!
Black Knight -
3.
Ant-Man in Action Against "The Protector"!
Ant-Man -
4.
[no title indexed]
Nick Fury -
5.
Earth's Distant Past Portrayed as Never Before -- in ... The Eternals!
The Eternals -
6.
[no title indexed]
Night Raven / Night-Raven -
7.
Chaos in Canada Episode Three
Hulk
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- David Bruce
- Peter Croome
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Frank Plowright
- Mark Q
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