Comics Corner: The Incredible Hulk 1



Title: The Incredible Hulk
Issue Number: 1
Release Date: May 1962

Highlights
  • First appearance of Bruce Banner / The Incredible Hulk, Betty Ross, Thunderbolt Ross, Gargoyle, Igor Drenkov, Dave Anderson and Rick Jones
  • Banner's assistant, Igor, intentionally doesn't relay the "hold fire" request as Banner rushes out into the field to save a young teenager from the blast area
  • Gargoyle discovers Bruce Banner is the Hulk
  • Bruce Banner changes Gargoyle into a man
  • Death of Gargoyle
Low Points
  • Nothing but a cliche USA vs. Russia story
  • Bruce Banner changes into the Hulk when the evening comes - What, is he a werewolf?
  • Original Hulk is a grey dry dog poo color
  • Incredibly boring story
Oddities
  • Thunderbolt Ross yells at his daughter in front of all the men in the room, "You keep out of this Betty! This is MAN TALK!"
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  1. GIJigsawJune 4, 2020 at 9:57 AM

    I guess this first issue didn't age well.

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    1. The Toy BoxJune 4, 2020 at 12:53 PM

      No. Out of all the "classics" I've been reading, it's probably the worst.

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