Incredible Hulk (1962 Marvel 1st Series) 1

Auction Item: CGC 0.5 View scans Auction opens January 4 Paper: Off white Centerfold and page 12 missing. Label #4498310001	Add to cart CGC 4.0 $21,000 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4410815003	Add to cart CGC 3.0 $13,600 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #4351070002	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $16,500 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Color touch. Pieces of tape on interior cover and two page. Minor staple rust. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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The first appearance and origin of the Incredible Hulk in "The Coming of the Hulk." Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Paul Reinman. 1st app. Rick Jones, General Ross, and Betty Ross. It's the height of the Cold War and the government is about to test their new Gamma Bomb. Unfortunately, a carefree and oblivious teenager named Rick Jones wanders out onto the test area. Dr. Bruce Banner, the creator of the Gamma Bomb, rushes out to warn the young man away. However, the bomb explodes and as Banner pushes the teenager to safety he is caught in the heart of a Gamma maelstrom. The gamma-rays that bombard Banner's thin frame transform his physiology. Now, whenever Banner becomes angry he transforms into the man-brute known as the Incredible Hulk. Feared by the public and hunted by the army, the Hulk becomes one of the most tragic figures in Marvel's history. General "Thunderbolt" Ross will not rest until the Hulk is destroyed. The creature's only allies are Rick Jones and Betty Ross, Thunderbolt's daughter and Banner's one true love. Thus begins the epic saga of the world's mightiest mortal. NOTE: Notice that the Hulk was colored grey for the first few issues of his series. In an interview, Stan Lee (creator) said very simply that the reason for this was that grey was the easiest color for the copiers of the time to print. When the technology got better the Hulk became green, and according to Stan, for no better reason than they didn't have a green hero in their stable yet. Cover price $0.12.