CATALOG RECORD
The Incredible Hulk #364
first appearance of Madman
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Madman (Philip Sterns) — introduction, villain
Dates
- Cover date
- Mid December 1989
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #364 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 07148602456914 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Mark Jewelers insert edition
Mark Jewelers
Barcode 07148602456914 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Countdown Abomination [Part 1] · 22 pages
Scientist Phil Stearns tags janitor Bruce Banner with a deadly poison that is going to kill him in sixteen hours. Unfortunately, Bruce has no idea that this has happened. When Abomination arrives at the nuclear testing facility and has only puny Banner to fight, he zaps Bruce with gamma radiation making him change into the Hulk during the day. This turns out to be a really bad move as the Hulk pours toxic chemicals on Blonsky, severely disfiguring him. The Hulk apparently suffers a heart attack thanks to Stearns' poison.
Characters
Reprinted in
Hulk Visionaries: Peter David (2005), Incredible Hulk by Peter David Omnibus (2019)