Hulk #11

History

The series had been published in black-and-white as The Rampaging Hulk through issue #9; with issue #10 (August 1978) it converted to full color using Marvel's 'Marvelcolor' process and was retitled simply The Hulk!, positioning it to capitalize on the then-popular Incredible Hulk TV series starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno. Issue #11 — the second issue under the new banner — was published cover-dated October 1978, with Jim Shooter serving as editor-in-chief and Ralph Macchio and Rick Marschall as editors. The Hulk lead story ('The Boy Who Cried Hulk!') was scripted by Doug Moench with pencils by Ron Wilson and inks by Fran Matera; the Moon Knight backup 'Graven Image of Death' was scripted by Moench and drawn by the celebrated Gene Colan with inks by Tony DeZuniga, with coloring by Andy Yanchus — a notably different artistic voice from the Bill Sienkiewicz who would take over the strip beginning with issue #13.

Trivia · 8 facts

• First issue to feature a Moon Knight solo backup serial; the strip, titled 'Graven Image of Death,' launched a run across Hulk! Magazine #11–15, #17–18, and #20 — all written by Doug Moench.
• Marks the in-continuity introduction of Marlene Alraune and Frenchie (Jean-Paul DuChamp) as active members of Moon Knight's support network, and features Jake Lockley operating as Moon Knight's street-level information-gathering alter ego.
• The Moon Knight backup story is written by Doug Moench and drawn by Gene Colan (pencils) with Tony DeZuniga on inks — Colan's only penciling credit on the backup strip; Bill Sienkiewicz took over as artist starting with issue #13.
• The lead Hulk story, 'The Boy Who Cried Hulk!', is written by Doug Moench with pencils by Ron Wilson and inks by Fran Matera; the issue also contains a one-page Hulk pin-up by Walt Simonson.
• Cover art is by Bob Larkin; the issue is 68 pages and was edited by Ralph Macchio and Rick Marschall under editor-in-chief Jim Shooter.
• This is only the second issue published under the retitled, full-color 'The Hulk!' banner — the magazine had been black-and-white and titled The Rampaging Hulk through issue #9, converting to color with issue #10 (August 1978).
• The Moon Knight stories from this run (issues #11–15, #17–18, #20) were later reprinted in color in the companion mini-series Moon Knight: Special Edition, adapting the stories from their original magazine format to standard comic-book format.
• The entire Hulk! Magazine Moon Knight backup run — beginning with this issue — was subsequently collected in the Moon Knight Epic Collection Vol. 1: Bad Moon Rising and in the Moon Knight Omnibus Vol. 1 (2022).

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