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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published May 1962
Frequency bimonthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "Is He Man or Monster or...Is He Both!"

Characters Hulk; Bruce Banner; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks George Roussos; Jack Kirby ? (see note)
Notes Per Error Report #1892, Nick Caputo believes the cover inks may be by Jack Kirby.
Reprinted in Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1974 series) #nn; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #8; in Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #nn; in Incredible Hulk, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #417; in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1; in Incredible Hulk No. 1, The [Marvel Legends Reprint] (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn] [with the Marvel Legends Grey Hulk action figure]; in Incredible Hulk, The (Pocket Books, 1978 Series) #81446-X [1] (April 1978); in Master Lock Presents: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #1

24 page Hulk story "The Hulk"

Characters FEATURE: Hulk [1st; Bruce Banner; Origin]; GUESTS: Rick Jones (1st); Thunderbolt Ross (1st); Betty Ross (1st); VILLIANS: Igor (1st and Death); Gargoyle (1st)
Synopsis Scientist Bruce Banner saves a young boy from being killed by a nuclear blast but absorbs deadly amounts of gamma radiation which transforms him into a monster dubbed the Hulk; Bruce Banner is scientist by day, but transforms into the Hulk once the sun goes down.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Paul Reinman
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group; Story is told in 5 chapters: Part 1: The Coming of the Hulk (pgs. 1-6), Part 2: The Hulk Strikes! (pgs. 7-11), Part 3: The Search For the Hulk (pgs. 12-14), Part 4: Enter...The Gargoyle! (pgs. 15-19), Part 5: The Hulk Triumphant! (pgs. 20-24)
Reprinted in Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 [pp. 1-6]; in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #14 [pp. 7-11]; in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #15 [pp. 12-18]; in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #16 [pp. 20-24]; from Incredible Hulk Special, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 [5 pp.]; in Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1974 series) #nn; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #8; in Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #nn; in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1; in Hulk E I Difensori (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #1 [6 pp.]; in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #5 [pp. 1-6]; in Incredibile Hulk, L' (Editoriale Corno, 1980 series) #11; in Incredible Hulk, The (Pocket Books, 1978 Series) #81446-X [1] (April 1978)