The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #3 [Regular Edition]

Volume: 1

Price: 0.12 USD

Pages: 36

On-sale Date: 1962-07-03

Editing: Stan Lee (editor)

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[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	Jack Kirby
Inks:	Dick Ayers
Colors:	Stan Goldberg
Letters:	Artie Simek

Genre:superhero

First Line of Dialogue or Text:I can't control him anymore! The Hulk has gone berserk!

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

Hulk [Bruce Banner]
(featured)
Rick Jones
(supporting)

Reprints (28)

in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)

This issue has 1 variant

#3 [British]

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: MC
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Zenith Publishing Corp.
Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Printer: Printed in the U.S.A. by The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury 20, Conn.

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.

Draw the First Day Even If You Can't Draw a Straight Line

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page

Banished to Outer Space

(Table of Contents: 2)

Hulk / comic story / 11 pages

Script:	Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])
Pencils:	Jack Kirby (signed as J. KIRBY)
Inks:	Dick Ayers
Colors:	Stan Goldberg
Letters:	Artie Simek

Genre:superhero
Job Number:V-869

First Line of Dialogue or Text:In a cement-walled chamber beneath the sea, the most incredible creature on earth pounds vainly against the walls of his prison...
Keywords:U.S. Army; underground cavern

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

Hulk [Bruce Banner]
(featured) (also flashback)
Rick Jones
(supporting) (also flashback)
General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
(antagonist)

Synopsis:: The military captures Rick and Ross convinces him that they need the Hulk to test a new experimental rocket for national security. Rick tricks the jade giant into the capsule but once it is shot into space, he realizes that Ross deceived him to get rid of his foe. Rick overrides the programming and returns the rocket to Earth but not before Banner (he transformed back to his human form when the rocket came into view of the sun) is doused with further radiation. The Hulk is now unable to revert to his human form and is under Rick's control but only while Rick remains awake.; in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #1
in The Incredible Hulk (Lancer Books, 1966 series) #72-124 (1966)
in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #3 (June 1966)
in Koloss (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #3/1968 ([mars] 1968)
in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #5 (November 4, 1972) [First 6 panels of story page 2 omitted; the caption for story page 4, panel 2, is then used with the picture from panel 3, basically omitting a 7th panel; panels 4 & 5 of story page 4 are then deleted, which combines to reduce the reprint from an original count of 11 pages down to 10]
in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #3 ([März 1974])
in Giant-Size Defenders (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (July 1974)
which is reprinted
in The Defenders Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (2020 [June 2021])
in Defenders Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #2 - Enter - The Headmen (2024)
in Giant-Size Marvel Omnibus (Marvel, 2025 series) (2025)
in Hulk E I Difensori (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #2 (4 Aprile 1975)
in The Incredible Hulk (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #[1] (81446-X) (April 1978)
in The Incredible Hulk (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978)
in Gamma la bombe qui a créé Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #[1] - La naissance de Hulk (1er trimestre 1979)
in L'Incredibile Hulk (Editoriale Corno, 1980 series) #11 (Agosto 1981), #11 (Agosto 1981)
in O Incrível Hulk (Distri Editora, 1983 series) #3 (Abril 1983)
in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #184 (avril 1985)
in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #5 (April 1986)
which is reprinted
in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #5
in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #8 ([September] 1989)
which is reprinted
in Marvel Klassik (Panini Deutschland, 1998 series) #6 ([Juni] 1999)
in Orígenes Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #5 ([Agosto] 1992)
in Hulk: Transformations (Marvel, 1996 series) #[1996 edition] ([November] 1996)
in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([February] 1999) [black and white]
in Hulk: Transformations (Marvel, 1996 series) #[2001 edition] (April 2001)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)
in Biblioteca Marvel: Hulk (Planeta DeAgostini, 2004 series) #1 (Abril 2004)
in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)
in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
in Marvel Masterworks: El Increíble Hulk (Panini España, 2008 series) #1 ([Junio] 2008)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
in The Mighty World of Marvel (Panini UK, 2009 series) #3 (December 2009) [pages 1-6], #4 (January 2010) [pages 7-11 ?]
in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 [Regular Edition] (2010)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Third Edition] (2015)
in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #1 - Man or Monster? (2016)
in Super Eroi Classic (Rizzoli Libri, 2017 series) #4 - Hulk 1: L'uomo e il mostro! (Aprile 2017)
in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #5 - Hulk 1 (maio 2021)
in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Green Goliath ([November] 2021)
in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #2 - El Increíble Hulk 1 ([Diciembre] 2022)
in Marvel Origins (Hachette Polska, 2023 series) #4 - Hulk 1 (1962) ([marzec 2023])
in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #4 - Hulk 1 (1962) ([Oktober] 2023)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Amazing New Home Training Plan

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Commercial Trades Institute Courses / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page

The Origin of the Hulk!

(Table of Contents: 5)

Hulk / comic story / 3 pages

Script:	Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])
Pencils:	Jack Kirby (signed as J. KIRBY)
Inks:	Dick Ayers
Colors:	Stan Goldberg
Letters:	Artie Simek

Genre:superhero
Job Number:V-870

First Line of Dialogue or Text:.... as Rick Jones sits against the cold, dank wall, fighting desperately to keep from falling asleep, his thoughts go racing back...
Keywords:atomic testing range; gamma-ray bomb; nuclear explosion

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

Hulk [Bruce Banner]
(featured) (origin retold)
Rick Jones
(supporting)

Synopsis:: With the Hulk safely in the underground bunker, Rick dozes and thinks about his origins.; in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #1
in Koloss (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #3/1968 ([mars] 1968)
in Incredible Hulk [King Size Special] (Marvel, 1968 series) #2 (October 1969)
which is reprinted
in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #4 - Hulk fait échec au Caméléon (1er trimestre 1980)
in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #100 (August 31, 1974) [pages 1-3 (numbered 12-14 in the original publication)]
in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #5 (1975)
in Hulk E I Difensori (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #2 (4 Aprile 1975)
in The Incredible Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1978 series) (1978)
in Incredible Hulk Annual (World Distributors, 1978 series) #1978 (1978)
in The Incredible Hulk (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #[1] (81446-X) (April 1978)
in The Incredible Hulk (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978)
in Gamma la bombe qui a créé Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #[1] - La naissance de Hulk (1er trimestre 1979)
in L'Incredibile Hulk (Editoriale Corno, 1980 series) #11 (Agosto 1981)
in O Incrível Hulk (Distri Editora, 1983 series) #1 (Fevereiro 1983)
in The Incredible Hulk (Federal, 1984 series) #1 ([1984])
in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #8 ([September] 1989)
which is reprinted
in Marvel Klassik (Panini Deutschland, 1998 series) #6 ([Juni] 1999)
in The Incredible Hulk Megazine (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (November 1996)
in Hulk: Transformations (Marvel, 1996 series) #[1996 edition] ([November] 1996)
in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([February] 1999) [black and white]
in Hulk: Transformations (Marvel, 1996 series) #[2001 edition] (April 2001)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)
in Biblioteca Marvel: Hulk (Planeta DeAgostini, 2004 series) #1 (Abril 2004)
in Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 ([October] 2004)
in Marvel Milestones: Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer, Sub-Mariner & Hulk (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
in Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2000 series) #100 (January 2007)
which is reprinted
in Marvel Must-Have (Panini Deutschland, 2020 series) #[12] - Planet Hulk (2020)
in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
in Marvel Masterworks: El Increíble Hulk (Panini España, 2008 series) #1 ([Junio] 2008)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Third Edition] (2015)
in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #1 - Man or Monster? (2016)
in Super Eroi Classic (Rizzoli Libri, 2017 series) #4 - Hulk 1: L'uomo e il mostro! (Aprile 2017)
in Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #5 - Hulk 1 (maio 2021)
in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Green Goliath ([November] 2021)
in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #2 - El Increíble Hulk 1 ([Diciembre] 2022)
in Marvel Origins (Hachette Polska, 2023 series) #4 - Hulk 1 (1962) ([marzec 2023])
in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #4 - Hulk 1 (1962) ([Oktober] 2023)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Giant Inflatable 10-Foot Boa-Constrictor

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Inflatable Boa Constrictor / advertisement / 0.5 page

Save Hundreds of Dollars… This New, Magic Way!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

Chest-O-Bank / advertisement / 0.5 page

The Ringmaster

(Table of Contents: 8)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages

Script:	Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])
Pencils:	Jack Kirby (signed as J. KIRBY)
Inks:	Dick Ayers
Colors:	Stan Goldberg
Letters:	Artie Simek

Genre:superhero
Job Number:V-871

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Nothing that lives can defy me!
Keywords:Plainville

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

Circus of Crime

Bruto the Strongman [Bruce Olafsen]
(villain) (introduction)
Human Cannonball [Jack Pulver]
(villain) (introduction)
Ringmaster [Maynard Tiboldt]
(villain) (introduction)
Teena the Fat Lady [Mary Stenson]
(villain) (introduction)

Hulk [Bruce Banner]
(featured)
Polly Jones
(cameo) (introduction)
Rick Jones
(supporting)
General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
(antagonist)

Synopsis:: Rick takes a break from his Hulk-sitting duties and goes to the circus. Unfortunately, he picks one run by a hypnotic criminal who mesmerizes his audience and then robs them. When the Hulk arrives to bail out his buddy, he is captured and made part of the act thanks to the fact that Rick is in thrall and cannot give him any commands. Rick returns with the FBI and the Hulk finds himself free to kick some circus tail.; in Spindelmannen superseriepocket (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1979 series) #1
in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #2
in Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #2 (1965)
in The Incredible Hulk (Lancer Books, 1966 series) #72-124 (1966)
in Smash! (IPC, 1966 series) #19 (11 June 1966) [Pages & panels altered to fit 10 pages into 5.5 UK pages.]
in Koloss (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #3/1968 ([mars] 1968)
in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #6 (November 11, 1972)
in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #3 ([März 1974])
in The Incredible Hulk (Pocket Books, 1978 series) #[1] (81446-X) (April 1978)
in The Incredible Hulk (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978)
in Edderkoppen pocket [Edderkoppen superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
in De spectaculaire Spider-Man (Oberon, 1979 series) #2 (1979)
in L'Incredibile Hulk (Editoriale Corno, 1980 series) #12 (Settembre 1981)
in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #2 (septembre 1982)
in O Incrível Hulk (Distri Editora, 1983 series) #3 (Abril 1983)
in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #5 (April 1986)
which is reprinted
in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #5
in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #8 ([September] 1989)
which is reprinted
in Marvel Klassik (Panini Deutschland, 1998 series) #6 ([Juni] 1999)
in Orígenes Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #5 ([Agosto] 1992)
in Hulk: Transformations (Marvel, 1996 series) #[1996 edition] ([November] 1996)
in Essential Hulk (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 ([February] 1999) [black and white]
in Hulk: Transformations (Marvel, 1996 series) #[2001 edition] (April 2001)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)
in Biblioteca Marvel: Hulk (Planeta DeAgostini, 2004 series) #1 (Abril 2004)
in The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
in Marvel Masterworks: El Increíble Hulk (Panini España, 2008 series) #1 ([Junio] 2008)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
in Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Third Edition] (2015)
in Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #1 - Man or Monster? (2016)
in Super Eroi Classic (Rizzoli Libri, 2017 series) #4 - Hulk 1: L'uomo e il mostro! (Aprile 2017)
in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #5 - Hulk 1 (maio 2021)
in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Green Goliath ([November] 2021)
in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #2 - El Increíble Hulk 1 ([Diciembre] 2022)
in Marvel Origins (Hachette Polska, 2023 series) #4 - Hulk 1 (1962) ([marzec 2023])
in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #4 - Hulk 1 (1962) ([Oktober] 2023)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

In Just 30 Days Be a Powerhouse of Muscles!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Hip Pocket Gym / advertisement / 0.5 page

Look! Boys Wanted to Sell Grit

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 11)

Let's Talk about the Hulk / letters page / 1 page

Script:	Stan Lee
Colors:	? (title logo and panel backgrounds only)
Letters:	typeset

Job Number:V-919

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Editor: The Hulk is just as great or even greater than the Fantastic Four!

Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bob Barron, Melvin Herbers, John Wheler, Roger Mann, Bruce Carrothers, Willis Regier, Lee Whittlesey, and Fred Richardson.

Between pages 5 and 6 of previous story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hulk / cover / 1 page

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Draw the First Day Even If You Can't Draw a Straight Line (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page

Banished to Outer Space (Table of Contents: 2)

Hulk / comic story / 11 pages

Indexer Notes

Amazing New Home Training Plan (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Commercial Trades Institute Courses / advertisement / 1 page

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

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page

The Origin of the Hulk! (Table of Contents: 5)

Hulk / comic story / 3 pages

Indexer Notes

Giant Inflatable 10-Foot Boa-Constrictor (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Inflatable Boa Constrictor / advertisement / 0.5 page

Save Hundreds of Dollars… This New, Magic Way! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

Chest-O-Bank / advertisement / 0.5 page

The Ringmaster (Table of Contents: 8)

Hulk / comic story / 10 pages

Indexer Notes

In Just 30 Days Be a Powerhouse of Muscles! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Hip Pocket Gym / advertisement / 0.5 page

Look! Boys Wanted to Sell Grit (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Let's Talk about the Hulk / letters page / 1 page

Indexer Notes

Stamps; Shop by Mail (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

Now! Everything You Need to Start Your Valuable Stamp Collection! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Scott Stamp Kit / advertisement / 0.5 page

Learn Any Dance Fast! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Famous Dance Course / advertisement / 0.25 page

Live Sea Horses! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Live Sea Horses [Live Seahorses] / advertisement / 0.25 page

Treasure Chest of Fun (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

Honor House Products Novelties / advertisement / 1 page

All-Male He-Man (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page

Boys, Girls, Men, Women (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents)

Draw the First Day Even If You Can't Draw a Straight Line

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Banished to Outer Space

(Table of Contents: 2)

Amazing New Home Training Plan

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

The Origin of the Hulk!

(Table of Contents: 5)

Giant Inflatable 10-Foot Boa-Constrictor

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Save Hundreds of Dollars… This New, Magic Way!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

The Ringmaster

(Table of Contents: 8)

In Just 30 Days Be a Powerhouse of Muscles!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Look! Boys Wanted to Sell Grit

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 11)

Stamps; Shop by Mail

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

Now! Everything You Need to Start Your Valuable Stamp Collection!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Learn Any Dance Fast!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Live Sea Horses!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Treasure Chest of Fun

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

All-Male He-Man

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Boys, Girls, Men, Women

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)