| Issue | #2 |
| Published | July 1962 |
| Cover Price | 0.12 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Characters | Hulk; Toad Men; Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #8 [partially obscured]; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #8; in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1; in Incredible Hulk, The (Pocket Books, 1978 Series) #81446-X [1] (April 1978) |
| Characters | FEATURE: Hulk (Brief Origin); GUESTS: Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross; Rick Jones; VILLAINS: Toad Men (1st) |
| Synopsis | The Toad Men arrive on earth and capture its brightest scientist to find out what they would be up against if they tried to conquer the planet; Unfortunately, they pick Bruce Banner who tears into them aboard their spacecraft when the sun is blocked and he transforms into the Hulk; Shooting the ship down, Ross thinks that Bruce is a traitor as he is the only person they find aboard; The Hulk fights the Toad Men once again but it is the brain of Bruce Banner that repels the alien invasion and clears his name with the military. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Art Simek |
| Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group; Story introduces the underground bunker that is used to hold the Hulk during his transformation. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #8 [6 pp.]; in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #9 [8 pp.]; in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #10 [10 pp.]; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #8; in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1; in Incredibile Hulk, L' (Editoriale Corno, 1980 series) #11; in Incredible Hulk, The (Pocket Books, 1978 Series) #81446-X [1] (April 1978) |