WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Mongu (Boris Monguski, Marvel) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- November 1962
- On sale
- September 4, 1962
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #4 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].
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Creators
Stories
- The Monster and the Machine! · 14 pages
Rick uses some of Banner's machinery to transform the Hulk, who was stuck in his monster persona, back into Bruce. Bruce is incredibly weakened by the transformation and takes a chance in using the machinery on himself again which transforms him back into the Hulk's body but with Bruce Banner's mind. Now Bruce and the Hulk can switch at will using the gamma ray machine.
- The Gladiator from Outer Space! · 10 pages
An alien invades Earth and claims his people will conquer the planet unless he is met in battle by the strongest opponent the world has to offer. Hulk meets the challenge but finds out it is all a ploy by the Russians to capture him and create an army of hulks of their own.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (2003), Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (1965), The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), The Incredible Hulk (1978), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Essential Hulk (1999), The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (2008), Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (2009), Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (2015), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (2021), Smash! (1966), Marvel Comic Annual (1970), The Mighty World of Marvel (2003), Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (2014)