Dates
- Cover date
- June 1980
- On sale
- 1980
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #248 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860245606
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Creators
Stories
- How Green My Garden Grows! · 17 pages
Hulk brings Jarella's body back to her sub-atomic home world of K'ai to be buried. With most of the planet barren, he takes her to the only fertile valley left but finds it is tended by the cosmic being known as the Gardener who tells him to leave. After a lot of talking and a few fights, Hulk hits the Gardener so hard it knocks the Soul Gem off of his head. Hulk throws the gem into the center of the planet, miraculously restoring the entire world back to vibrant health. After Jarella is buried and Hulk has been returned to Earth, a beautiful green flower grows upon her grave.
Characters
Reprinted in
Spider-Man and Hulk Weekly (1980), Essential Hulk (1999), Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (2003), Hulk: Heart of the Atom (2008), Hulk: Heart of the Atom (2012), The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (2014), Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (2015)