Volume: 1
Price: 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1983-03-15
Editing: Al Milgrom (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief); Ann Nocenti (credited) (assistant editor)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Ron Wilson (signed as Wilson)
Inks:
Joe Sinnott (signed as Sinnott)
Colors:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Zzzax
Reprints (9)
This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #22, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-04-05.

Today Is the First Day of the Rest of My Life
(Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils:
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks:
Chic Stone (credited)
Colors:
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters:
Jim Novak (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Hulk [also appears as Bruce Banner] (origin retold); Zzzax (villain); Scott Lang; Rick Jones; Bereet; General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (flashback); Betty Ross (flashback); Avengers [Thor; Iron Man; Giant-Man; Wasp; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; She-Hulk] (cameo flashback); Namor the Sub-Mariner (cameo flashback); Leader (cameo flashback); Defenders [Doctor Strange; Valkyrie; Son of Satan; Gargoyle; Hellcat; Beast] (cameo flashback); Doc Samson (cameo flashback); Abomination (cameo flashback); Glenn Talbot (cameo flashback)
Synopsis:
Bruce Banner dictates his memoirs as Scott Lang supervises the building of Banner's new science lab for Stark Industries. When Zzzax appears at the construction site Banner must become the Hulk to defeat him.
Reprints (8)

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Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Green Skin's Grab-Bag / letters page / 0.67 page

Script:
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Fred Rugar; Anthony Cardno; Jef Peckham

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page

Script:
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 11, 1982
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 187,173
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 165,774
Owners: Marvel Comics Group, 387 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10016; Cadence Industries Corporation, 21 Henderson Drive, West Caldwell, N.J. 07006

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    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Hulk
  2. Today Is the First Day of the Rest of My Life
    Hulk
  3. ["Greetings! Things are really popping around here, and as Editor in Chief, it's my job to keep you informed!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. [no title indexed]
    Green Skin's Grab-Bag
  5. [no title indexed]
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