Wendigo

The Wendigo is a massive, savage beast born from a supernatural curse rooted in Native American legend — any person who commits cannibalism in the Canadian wilderness risks transformation into the hulking, white-furred monster, doomed to haunt the frozen north.

Few debut issues carry the weight of The Incredible Hulk #180 — a Bronze Age landmark that introduced Wendigo to Marvel readers in 1974, courtesy of the legendary creative team of Len Wein and Herb Trimpe. This fearsome creature carved out a place in Marvel mythology by sharing that historic debut with none other than Wolverine, making those early Incredible Hulk appearances among the most coveted key issues in any serious collector's longbox. Over a remarkable 45-year publishing span, Wendigo has kept ferocious company — crossing paths with Bruce Banner, the Hulk himself, and Logan across the pages of The Incredible Hulk and beyond. Three of those appearances carry key-issue status, a testament to just how much weight this wild, primal presence has carried in the Marvel universe since that unforgettable Bronze Age entrance.