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Synopsis

Scientist Bruce Banner saves a teenage boy from being killed by a nuclear blast but absorbs deadly amounts of gamma radiation which transforms him into a monster dubbed the Hulk. Bruce Banner is scientist by day, but transforms into the Hulk once the sun goes down.

Reprinted in

• Marvel Tales Annual #1
• Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #14
• Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #15
• Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #16
• Il Mitico Thor #5
• Origins of Marvel Comics #[nn]
• Hulk E I Difensori #1
• L'Incredibile Hulk #11— part 3
• Marvel Masterworks #8— cover
• The Incredible Hulk #417
• Essential Hulk #1— black and white
• The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #2
• Fantastic Four Omnibus #1
• The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #4— part 1
• Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #1— part 1
• Master Lock Presents: The Incredible Hulk #1
• The Mighty World of Marvel #100
• Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition #[nn]— part 1
• Koloss #1/1968
• Smash! #17
• Hulk vs. Fin Fang Foom #1
• The Incredible Hulk #[1] (81446-X)
• Hulk Vol. 1 No. 1 [Marvel Legends Reprint] #1
• Amazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn]
• Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four #1
• Roy Thomas Presents The Heap #1
• The Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1— new trade dress
• Hulk Vol. 1, No. 1 (Wal-Mart Edition) #1— Cover adjusted to have the 2003 Marvel logo and logos for Kraft and Wal-Mart, along with promotion for Hulk 2003 movie on DVD.
• Wizard Ace Edition: The Incredible Hulk #1 #[nn]
• Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus #[nn]

Credits

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko

Inks

Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman, Steve Ditko, Sol Brodsky

Colours

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek, Ray Holloway

Editor

Stan Lee

See notes

Artie Simek

Characters

• Bruce Banner
• Hulk
• Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
• Betty Ross
• Igor Drenkov
• Rick Jones
• Gargoyle
• Yuri Topolov

Other printings & variants

• Regular Edition
• Facsimile Edition
• Facsimile Edition
• Facsimile Edition (Unknown Comics Rock-He Kim Variant)