Incredible Hulk Comic Books & Graphic Novels

Incredible Hulk (1962 Marvel 1st Series) 118 VG/FN 5.0

First 15-cent cover price issue. Cover art by Herb Trimpe. A Clash of Titans, script by Stan Lee, art by Herb Trimpe; Dorma finds Bruce Banner floating in the ocean and brings him down to Atlantis where, inevitably, the Hulk and the Sub-Mariner battle. 36 pgs. $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 71 VG/FN 5.0

Cover by Gene Colan and Vince Colletta. Escape...to Nowhere!, script by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan (as Adam Austin) and Vince Colletta; Namor heads into the Forbidden Deeps as he continues his quest for Neptune's Trident; Krang sends Seaweed Man to stop him; Meanwhile, back in Atlantis, the natives are beginning to get restless under Krang's iron rule. Like a Beast at Bay!, script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby and Mike Esposito; The Hulk and Rick barely make it out of the blast radius as Ross fires the giant "Sunday Punch" missile at the Leader's giant Humanoid bringing the massive robot down; The pair decide to hide in their underground cave but are spotted by military planes as they enter; Ross and Talbot attack, threatening the underground complex and Bruce's gamma machine; The Hulk pushes Rick out to safety just as the Leader appears. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 74 VG/FN 5.0

Cover by Gene Colan, Bob Powell, Vince Colletta, and Mike Esposito. When Fails the Quest!, script by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan (as Adam Austin) and Vince Colletta; Sub-Mariner battles The Faceless Ones to try to save Dorma while Krang stops a rebellion in Atlantis. The Wisdom of the Watcher!, script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby, Bob Powell, and Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo); The Hulk fights the baddest alien in the galaxy over the Watcher's ultimate machine; After the battle, the Watcher allows Hulk to take it and he is teleported back to the Leader's lair; The Leader tries to use the machine which dispenses all of the Watcher's collected knowledge but even his big brain can't handle it and the strain kills him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 81 FN+ 6.5

Cover by Jack Kirby and Bill Everett. When a Monarch Goes Mad!, script by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and Dick Ayers; Namor is driven mad by the betrayal of Lady Dorma (she agreed to marry Krang last ish in order to protect the Sub-Mariner from the monstrous Behemoth); Dorma and Krang turn their skin to flesh color and head to the surface world to hide out. The Stage Is Set!, script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby and Bill Everett; The Secret Empire hires Boomerang to obtain the plans for the Orion missile and the new bad guy on the block heads for gamma base; As Rick, Betty and Glenn are returned to the surface from the underground subterranean kingdom, Boomerang captures Betty to use as a bargaining chip for the missile. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 89 CGC 9.2

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4664068005

Cover by Gil Kane. The Prince and the Power!, script by Stan Lee, art by Bill Everett; Attuma has sent a giant alien robot to destroy Atlantis and it takes all of the power of Namor, his subjects and his underwater animal friends to hold the creature at bay; The battle abruptly ends when the aliens show up to retrieve their missing mechanical servant. Then, There Shall Come a Stranger!, script by Stan Lee, art by Gil Kane; The Stranger arrives on Earth and programs the Hulk to be his agent to wipe out humanity. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 91 CGC 9.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4615917019

Cover by Gil Kane. Outside the Gates Waits..Death!, script by Stan Lee, art by Bill Everett and Dan Adkins; As the new ruler of Atlantis, Byrrah has Namor arrested and sent to the dreaded Inferno Isle; Namor battles the lava monster that lives there and returns to Atlantis to seek his vengeance; Meanwhile, back in the undersea kingdom, Dorma has found Byrrah's hypnosis machine that won him the throne and uses it to turn the Atlantean allegiance back to Namor. Whosoever Harms the Hulk..!, script by Stan Lee, art by Gil Kane; Ross and his men try to revive the Hulk after his beating by the Abomnation; Returning from the brink of death, Hulk is about to leave when the pleading Rick Jones causes him to transform back to Banner; Banner uses his knowledge to lure Abomination back to Gamma base with Betty in tow; Hulk and Abomination clash once again; Watching from a distant galaxy, the Stranger realizes that the Abomination is a much better ally than the Hulk and zaps him to his side, ending the battle. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 93 CGC 5.5

Paper: White

Label #4087308008

Cover by Marie Severin and Frank Giacoia. The Monarch and the Monster, script by Roy Thomas and Dan Adkins; As Namor battles It, torpedoes from the submarine cause an avalanche, trapping It; Namor turns on the submarine and begins to punch holes in it; It (the creature) returns and they battle, further damaging the submarine and (apparently) killing it;The submarine leaves (with the carcass of It) while Namor breaks off, feeling weakness overwhelm him. He Who Strikes the Silver Surfer, script by Stan Lee, art by Marie Severin; Having 'caught' the Silver Surfer (believing him to be an alien starship), Hulk starts a fight with perhaps the only being on Earth stronger than Hulk is; The Surfer, irritated, knocks him out, then probes Hulk to discover the reason for his belligerence and discovers the damage done by the gamma radiation; Just as the Surfer prepares to reverse the damage and return Dr. Banner's life, Hulk wakes up and, seeing the action as an attack, lashes out. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 93 VG- 3.5

Cover oxidation.

Cover by Marie Severin and Frank Giacoia. The Monarch and the Monster, script by Roy Thomas and Dan Adkins; As Namor battles It, torpedoes from the submarine cause an avalanche, trapping It; Namor turns on the submarine and begins to punch holes in it; It (the creature) returns and they battle, further damaging the submarine and (apparently) killing it;The submarine leaves (with the carcass of It) while Namor breaks off, feeling weakness overwhelm him. He Who Strikes the Silver Surfer, script by Stan Lee, art by Marie Severin; Having 'caught' the Silver Surfer (believing him to be an alien starship), Hulk starts a fight with perhaps the only being on Earth stronger than Hulk is; The Surfer, irritated, knocks him out, then probes Hulk to discover the reason for his belligerence and discovers the damage done by the gamma radiation; Just as the Surfer prepares to reverse the damage and return Dr. Banner's life, Hulk wakes up and, seeing the action as an attack, lashes out. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 95 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4666014011

Cover by Marie Severin. The Power of the Plunderer!, script by Roy Thomas and Raymond Marais, art by Bill Everett and Vince Colletta; As Namor and Dorma return to Atlantis from Dragorr's island, they come across an underwater city built by surface men; Namor bristles at the invaders and has words with the city's founder and creator, Dr. Walter Newell; As the two men parlay, the Plunderer shows up in a powerful sub and punches a hole in the dome that covers the city; Namor confronts the Plunderer but is forced to leave the villain as he sees that Dorma is in trouble. A World He Never Made!, script by Stan Lee, art by Marie Severin and Herb Trimpe; While being transported to the planet of Wundagore II, the Hulk finds himself transforming once again into puny Banner; Arriving at the base of the High Evolutionary who needs the power of the Hulk to battle his bestial New Men, the Evolutionary is disappointed to find a normal human instead of a gamma spawned powerhouse but decides he can still use Banner as an ally by evolving him a thousand years into humanity's future. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) 101 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Slab: Inner well not fully sealed (minor), book appears unaffected and secure.

Label #2097200001

Cover by Marie Severin, Jack Kirby, Frank Giacoia, and Syd Shores. Where Walk the Immortals!, script by Stan Lee, art by Marie Severin and Frank Giacoia; Loki pulls the Hulk to Asgard to fight his father's forces; The Hulk battles the Warriors Three but in a moment of rare clarity, they discover that the jade giant is not really their enemy and refuse Loki's invitation to finish him off; Angered by his failure, Loki casts the Hulk into a bottomless pit. And Evil Shall Beckon, script by Archie Goodwin, art by Gene Colan and Dan Adkins; The Atlanteans abandon the second Atlantis; Namor goes to the Antarctic and finds Destiny hidden below the ice. 36 pgs., full color. The Hulk's solo adventures continue in the pages of Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st Series) #102. - Odinson, mycomicshop Archivist. Cover price $0.12.