Dates
- Cover date
- June 1984
- On sale
- February 21, 1984
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #296 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition60¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition60¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860245606 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0714860245606 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- To Kill or Cure! · 22 pages
Max Hammer has been turned into a monster by Bruce Banner's gamma cure and he lashes out at the Hulk. During the battle, the Hulk begins to revert to his mindless, brutish state as he tries his best to kill Hammer. Rom shows up looking for Dire Wraiths and finds only victims of the gamma cure quickly dying. Rom uses his neutralizer to heal the victims and remove the gamma radiation from their cells. He tries the same trick on the Hulk but finds even his powerful alien weapon is not strong enough to cure the jade giant.
Reprinted in
Incredible Hulk: Regression (2012), Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2023), Rom Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years (2025)