WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
first Hulk
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) — introduction · origin
- Rick Jones (from Hulk, Bucky / A-Bomb) — introduction
- Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (Marvel) — introduction
- Betty Ross (Harpy, Red She-Hulk) — introduction
- Igor Drenkov (Marvel, scientist) — introduction, only as Igor
- Gargoyle (Yuri Topolov, Marvel) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- May 1962
- On sale
- March 1, 1962
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
This edition’s page
Incredible Hulk No. 1 Facsimile Edition (2019), Incredible Hulk No. 1 Facsimile Edition (2022). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.
Creators
Stories
- The Coming of the Hulk, Part 1 · 6 pages
Scientist Bruce Banner saves a teenage 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.
- [The Coming of the Hulk] Part 2: The Hulk Strikes! · 5 pages
The Hulk and Rick Jones go to Banner's cabin to retrieve the gamma ray formula.
- [The Coming of the Hulk] Part 3: The Search for the Hulk · 3 pages
The military continues their search for the Hulk.
- [The Coming of the Hulk] Part 4: Enter...the Gargoyle! · 5 pages
Igor sends a message via short wave to his communist allies. The message is relayed to the Gargoyle who decides to capture the Hulk.
- [The Coming of the Hulk] Part 5: The Hulk Triumphant! · 5 pages
The Gargoyle captures the Hulk and Rick Jones and transports them behind the Iron Curtain. The Hulk transforms back into Banner who offers to help cure the Gargoyle of his affliction. The Gargoyle, who wants nothing more than to be a normal man, agrees to be cured; once cured, the Gargoyle helps Banner and Jones escape back to America.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (2003), Origins of Marvel Comics (1974), The Incredible Hulk (1978), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (1994), Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (1997), Hulk: Beauty and the Behemoth (1998), Essential Hulk (1999), The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time (2001), Fantastic Firsts (2002), Hulk Vol. 1, No. 1 (Upper Deck Collector’s Edition) (2003), Wizard Ace Edition: The Incredible Hulk #1 (2003), Hulk Vol. 1, No. 1 (Wal-Mart Edition) (2003), Hulk Vol. 1 No. 1 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (2004), Komikai Micro Comics Ultimate Marvel (2005), The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (2008), Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (2009), The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (2014), Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus (2014), Marvel Knights: Hulk - Transformé (2014)