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Post by Hoosier X on May 22, 2014 15:23:32 GMT -5
I'm reading Hulk #128. The military calls in the Avengers to intercept the Hulk before he clobbers the San Andreas Fault! Trimpe gets to draw the Vision, the Black Panther, Goliath (Clint Barton), Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch!
I am really digging these early-1970s Hulks.
Weird moment: Goliath (Clint Barton) is a male chauvinist dick when he says "When I need a FEMALE'S advice, I'll send up a SMOKE SIGNAL!" to Wanda. (Which, I admit, is much better than the way John Byrne treated her.)
I'd almost forgotten how Roy Thomas characterized Clint as a raging sexist over in The Avengers. You can see why the Lady Liberators probably seemed like a good idea at the time.
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Post by paulie on May 22, 2014 15:24:41 GMT -5
I believe the Ayers-Severin team did a couple of issues as well. I think one was during the classic .25 cent everything is giant-sized month. That rings a bit of a bell. I'll have to go digging into my Essentials when I get home. The giant size issue was drawn by Trimpe (#145). He might have taken 144 off to get ahead.
144 has a boffo cover though and Ayers pencils. Damn I love this era of Hulk. Attachment Deleted![]()
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Post by Action Ace on May 22, 2014 16:38:02 GMT -5
He is one of my favorite Marvel characters, top ten or twenty for sure. I had a color digest I got back in the late 1970s that had a stretch I liked. (Astonishing #85-99 as best as I can recall) I watched the tv show and I like him here and there in team ups. My younger brother was the Marvel reader,so he bought a few Hulks over the years that I read. The only issue I ever bought of Incredible Hulk was #201. I think the only Hulk starring books currently in my collection are the two issue Hulk: Future Imperfect series by Peter David and George Perez and the first two Essential volumes that include the run I mentioned above.
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Post by Hoosier X on May 22, 2014 16:48:00 GMT -5
He is one of my favorite Marvel characters, top ten or twenty for sure. I had a color digest I got back in the late 1970s that had a stretch I liked. (Astonishing #85-99 as best as I can recall) I watched the tv show and I like him here and there in team ups. My younger brother was the Marvel reader,so he bought a few Hulks over the years that I read. The only issue I ever bought of Incredible Hulk was #201. I think the only Hulk starring books currently in my collection are the two issue Hulk: Future Imperfect series by Peter David and George Perez and the first two Essential volumes that include the run I mentioned above. I'm going to guess you're talking about The Incredible Hulk trade paperback from 1978.
It's from the late 1970s and has a long run of Tales to Astonish, but it's from #60 to #74 (as well as #88 and some other stories as well).
I had that and I always found it frustrating that the long series starts out so strong and stays pretty good but it kinda falls apart in the last few issues. That's probably why I traded it for God-knows-what with one of my friends.
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Post by Action Ace on May 22, 2014 17:36:15 GMT -5
I think it would have been 1979 0r 1980 actually. It was in full color, smaller than a regular sized comic and I never recalled the comics from before #85 until I read the Essentials volume. I also got one for Spider-Man at the same time that had early Ditko Era Spidey.
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Post by berkley on May 22, 2014 20:08:25 GMT -5
I remember reading that Hulk vs the Inhumans special in a reprint with a different cover (by Gil Kane? can't find an image right now) as a kid. Great artwork by Marie Severin. I liked some of the new Inhumans she and the writer came up with - like Stallior, the centaur, and Leonus, who should have been Wolverine before there was Wolverine.
I also have a soft spot for issue 3 of that series, which reprinted Tales of Suspense 70-74, great story about the Leader sending the Hulk off into outer space to get some advanced piece of technology he wanted or something.
Like a few others here, I'm not really a big fan of the Hulk, especially when they make him too powerful and unbeatable - in some versions he can do just about anything you can think of, almost as bad as Superman - but I loved the artwork from the classic era from the Severins and Herb Trimpe.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on May 22, 2014 20:46:54 GMT -5
I have a smattering of Hulk issues between 170-190. I have yet to read all of them but the few I have have not wowed me. I guess I find he finds a lot of weird aliens and such and that just doesn't appeal to me a whole lot. But I would love to own that Steranko cover....fantasic!
To me, the Hulk is the perfect supporting character and I love him when he pops into other books I have in my collection, like ASM #119-120, MTU 53, 54, his battles with Iron Man in the late 70's early 80's.
Also, this title had me chuckle. The combo of the words Green, Skin, Grab and Bag are well....I dont know that they would ever exist anywhere else lol.
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Post by berkley on May 22, 2014 22:35:53 GMT -5
I have a smattering of Hulk issues between 170-190. I have yet to read all of them but the few I have have not wowed me. I guess I find he finds a lot of weird aliens and such and that just doesn't appeal to me a whole lot. But I would love to own that Steranko cover....fantasic! To me, the Hulk is the perfect supporting character and I love him when he pops into other books I have in my collection, like ASM #119-120, MTU 53, 54, his battles with Iron Man in the late 70's early 80's. Also, this title had me chuckle. The combo of the words Green, Skin, Grab and Bag are well....I dont know that they would ever exist anywhere else lol. That was the title they gave to the letters page in the Incredible Hulk, wasn't it? Though where they came up with it heaven only knows. I managed to find a back-issue of that Hulk Special with the Steranko cover a few years ago at a pretty reasonable price, IIRC. |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 22, 2014 22:42:37 GMT -5
I have a smattering of Hulk issues between 170-190. Hulk #170 is one of my favorite CRA-ZEEE comics. It don't make no sense! Betty is wearing a burlap bag that appeared out of nowhere, they are menaced by a bunch of weird, random monsters, Hulk is upset because Betty is upset so he gathers some multi-colored liquids and mud and stuff for her to use as make-up because he knows that girls are always happier when they are putting shit on their faces. So sweet. Also, this title had me chuckle. The combo of the words Green, Skin, Grab and Bag are well....I dont know that they would ever exist anywhere else lol. Greenskin's Grab-Bag was the name of Hulk's letter column for years and years. Eventually it changed to Gamma-Grams. Which isn't bad, I guess. |
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on May 22, 2014 23:13:52 GMT -5
See, shows you how little I have read. As of now, 136, 175, 176 are only issues I have read. I own another 7-8 that are in my to read pile.
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Post by Hoosier X on May 22, 2014 23:39:29 GMT -5
I'm just about to write a few paragraphs about the Incredible Hulk #127, so I thought I would make a few comments about the other comics that were available early in 1970, with a cover date of May:
Adventure #393 - With the famous cover where Supergirl is at Stanhope stadium and everybody is throwing stuff at her and telling her to leave and never come back!
The Amazing Spider-Man #84 - Spidey fights the Kingpin!
Detective Comics #399 - Neal Adams cover! (But Bob Brown and Joe Giella on the inside ... which is fine with me!) Man-Bat is just around the corner.
Lois Lane #101 - The story is titled "The Super-Reckless Lois Lane!" Which sounds like it could be the title to every Lois Lane story.
Silver Surfer #16 - Only two more issues to go!
Thor #176 - Thor fights Surtur. Kirby is still the artist.
Where Monsters Dwell #3 - With a classic story from the early 1960s about a giant ant! And it's EVIL!
World's Finest #193 - Batman is defecting to the Russians! Will a powerless Superman give in and go over to the other side as well?
With a cover date of May/June 1970: Wonder Woman #188 - Mod Wonder Woman! Bondage cover! (Not so rare.) I have this issue and I don't remember what happens. I think Wonder Woman opens a boutique and is kidnapped by chic skiers!
With a cover date of April/May 1970: The Brave and the Bold #89 - Batman teams up with the Phantom Stranger! And Bob Haney is there! (Art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.) |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 22, 2014 23:55:18 GMT -5
Incredible Hulk #127 - I know I keep saying "This is such a great run for the Hulk!" but it's true! Every issue is great, for one reason or another. Roy Thomas is doing a great job of varying the ways the stories start up, mixing up the kinds of conflicts the Hulk is getting involved in, and doing a bang-up job of keeping things from getting stale.
#127 starts with Bruce Banner, dressed in clothes, walking jauntily down the street. And he gets hit by a truck!
He's OK. Except for looking a little green around the gills! He starts to go on a rampage, but people start disappearing! I don't mean they run and hide. They just disappear!
A lovely full-page panel reveals that the underground megalomaniac known as Tyrannus is behind the disappearances. He's trying to get the Hulk with a transporter ray, but he's having a little trouble getting used to it.
Soon, the Hulk is sucked into a war at the center of the Earth between Tyrannus and the Mole Man. But he makes friends with Tyrannus gigantic, superstrong champion, Mogol. And it's rather touching.
And, of course, heart-breaking at the same time.
I'm not going to say anything more about this story. I've been reading Hulk since 1975 and I've never had this one ruined for me. So I think I'll let it stay a secret for all the Hulk fans who haven't read it.
This is my favorite story in this volume so far, though the Night-Crawler issue is mighty close.
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Post by Hoosier X on May 23, 2014 16:29:43 GMT -5
See, shows you how little I have read. As of now, 136, 175, 176 are only issues I have read. I own another 7-8 that are in my to read pile. #136 is pretty good. It's an early Abomination appearance. Also, it's Roy Thomas adapting the novel Moby Dick into a Hulk comic set in space. But it's only the first part! The Abomination is only on the last page, IIRC.
#175 has the Inhumans. I used to have this, but I can't remember it. I don't think I ever read #176.
I don't recall that the Hulk from 171 to 179 is that great, but then I haven't read all of them. #171 has the Rhino and the Abomination, so that's probably pretty good. (I've never read that one.)
The #160s correspond to the Steve Englehart issues, and they are pretty much uniformly great issues. The return of the Abomination in #159 was Englehart's first issue. And then there was the Wendigo, some bizarre "underwater kingdom" issues that I think are amazing, then those issues with M.O.D.O.K. turning Betty into the Harpy, then the Bi-Beast.
It's too bad your Hulk issues aren't in the #160s! Those are great!
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Post by the4thpip on May 24, 2014 2:02:23 GMT -5
One of my favorite Hulk panels is from that "Moby Dick in Space" story:  |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 24, 2014 11:12:29 GMT -5
One of my favorite Hulk panels is from that "Moby Dick in Space" story: OUCH. Hulk get angriest and strongest ever after that |
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