#3

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.

Notes

Reprinted in

• Marvel Tales Annual #2
• Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #3
• Incredible Hulk [King Size Special] #2
• Giant-Size Defenders #1
• Marvel Treasury Edition #5
• Hulk E I Difensori #2
• L'Incredibile Hulk #11
• L'Incredibile Hulk #12
• Marvel Masterworks #8
• The Incredible Hulk Megazine #1
• Essential Hulk #1— black and white
• The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #5
• Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #1
• Incredible Hulk #100
• Essential Defenders #2
• Koloss #3/1968
• Smash! #19— Pages & panels altered to fit 10 pages into 5.5 UK pages.
• Marvel Milestones: Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer, Sub-Mariner & Hulk #[nn]— cover
• The Incredible Hulk #72-124
• The Incredible Hulk #[1] (81446-X)
• The Incredible Hulk #[nn]
• Marvel Masterworks: El Increíble Hulk #1
• Orígenes Marvel #5
• The Mighty World of Marvel #3— pages 1-6
• The Mighty World of Marvel #4— pages 7-11 ?
• The Incredible Hulk #1
• The Incredible Hulk #[nn]
• The Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1
• Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #1 [Third Edition]
• Incredible Hulk Epic Collection #1

Credits

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colours

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editor

Stan Lee

Characters

• Hulk
• Rick Jones
• Bruce Banner
• Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
• Jack Pulver
• Bruto the Strongman
• Polly Jones
• Teena the Fat Lady
• Mary Stenson
• Bruce Olafsen
• Maynard Tiboldt
• Human Cannonball
• Ringmaster

Other printings & variants

• British