Essential Hulk #3
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis black-and-white Essential volume collects the Incredible Hulk stories from the late 1960s and early 1970s, featuring Bruce Banner's struggle with his gamma-powered alter ego. Highlights include the Hulk's battles against the Abomination, the Absorbing Man, and the Leader, as well as team-ups with the Avengers and the first appearance of the Sandman. The collection also delves into Hulk's time on the alien world of K'ai, where he meets his love Jarella, and his encounters with cosmic threats like Kang the Conqueror and the Phantom Eagle.
In "A Clash of Titans," Bruce Banner, desperate to control his transformations, follows a lead from a newspaper that promises help at the Baxter Building. As the Hulk, he battles the Fantastic Four, his mind still clinging to fragments of his humanity—notes scribbled on his waist now scattered in the chaos. Written by Roy Thomas and illustrated with raw energy by Herb Trimpe, this Essential Hulk issue captures a pivotal moment in the Hulk’s journey, with cover art by Trimpe that perfectly frames the intensity.
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Finding that the Hulk has destroyed a train, Bruce Banner finds a newspaper that asks him to come to New York as Reed thinks he can cure him. Bruce jots some notes and secures them to his waist as he finds himself transforming once again into the Hulk to fight hoboes. When he makes it to the Baxter Building, he is once again Bruce Banner but a security guard makes him change into Hulk. During Hulk's battle with the Fantastic Four, Bruce's notes fall from the Hulk's waist and the Thing keeps him occupied while Reed modifies his weapon design. Mr. Fantastic shoots the Hulk and knocks him out.
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