Hulk Comic #11
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeHulk Comic #11 (dated May 16, 1979) sits squarely within the creative peak of Marvel UK's most ambitious anthology, a title that editor Dez Skinn conceived as an adventure book for British readers rather than a conventional superhero comic. The issue carries simultaneous chapters of two all-new British strips — the Black Knight/Captain Britain 'Otherworld Saga' and the Night-Raven serial — both of which would prove to be among the most significant original material Marvel UK ever produced. The Otherworld Saga, written by Steve Parkhouse with art by Paul Neary and John Stokes, was in the process of introducing Arthurian mythology into Marvel's shared universe at a depth that American comics had not attempted with those characters, and the characters and concepts it originated (Moondog, Valinor, the Walker Vortigen, Modred as a servant of Necromon) shaped the lore that later writers, including Alan Moore and Alan Davis, would build the modern Captain Britain mythology upon. The Night-Raven strip running in this same issue, by Parkhouse and David Lloyd, was already demonstrating the noir craftsmanship that would earn the series multiple Eagle Award nominations and help establish David Lloyd's distinctive visual voice before he and Alan Moore began V for Vendetta.
In "Banner Is Trapped in the Grip of a Grizzly Bear!", the Hulk finds himself in a desperate struggle against a massive, relentless grizzly bear, testing his strength and wits in a remote wilderness. Written by Stan Lee and brought to life with dynamic energy by Jack Kirby, with inks by Sol Brodsky and letters by Artie Simek, this 1979 Marvel UK classic captures the raw power and primal tension of the Hulk’s most unpredictable encounters. The cover, by Paul Neary, perfectly captures the moment of peril with bold, striking visuals.
In this 1979 adventure from Hulk Comic #11, Ant-Man takes on a string of mysterious armored car hijackings, using a clever ruse to expose the true culprit—surprisingly, the very owner of the company whose vehicles were stolen. With his shrinking powers and quick thinking, he sets a trap that puts the criminal’s own plans against him.
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Hulk Comic was launched on March 7, 1979 under editor Dez Skinn, who explicitly set out to produce an anthology-style adventure book rather than a conventional superhero title, reasoning that superheroes had historically struggled to sell in the UK market. Skinn recruited a generation of British talent — Steve Parkhouse, David Lloyd, Steve Dillon, Dave Gibbons, Paul Neary, and John Stokes — to produce original strips running alongside a selective range of American reprints from the Lee/Kirby back-catalogue. The Black Knight Otherworld strip, initially billed as a solo feature, was written by Parkhouse and drawn primarily by Neary and Stokes; it quickly evolved into a co-starring book when Captain Britain appeared as an amnesiac hermit, a creative direction Parkhouse later admitted grew organically rather than from any master plan. The Night-Raven concept was originated by Skinn and editor Richard Burton, inspired by 1930s pulp vigilante archetypes like The Shadow and The Spider, with Steve Parkhouse scripting the early installments and David Lloyd providing the atmospheric artwork that defined the character's visual identity.
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- Published May 16, 1979 by Marvel UK; issue #11 of the weekly black-and-white anthology Hulk Comic, edited by Dez Skinn.
- The Black Knight/Captain Britain chapter in this issue is part of the 'Otherworld Saga,' written by Steve Parkhouse with art by Paul Neary and John Stokes — the ongoing original fantasy serial that introduced Arthurian mythology to modern Marvel continuity at unprecedented depth.
- This chapter features the first appearance of the diminutive elf Moondog, who is introduced when the Walker's wolf Lupe howls in the nearby wood and attracts his attention; Moondog would remain a key supporting character through the rest of the saga.
- Also in the Black Knight chapter: the Iron Ogre is encountered by the Walker (Vortigen), Captain Britain, and the Black Knight after Mordred's spell over the town of Stanleigh is broken — the Black Knight arrives astride his winged horse Valinor to rescue his allies from a burning barn.
- The Night-Raven serial chapter in this issue — part of the ongoing strip created by Dez Skinn, Richard Burton, Steve Parkhouse, and David Lloyd — features Mr. Big's demise, as the wheelchair-bound crime boss is fatally struck by a truck after attempting a gun battle with police outside his speakeasy, with Night-Raven having engineered the confrontation.
- The issue also reprints a classic Ant-Man (Hank Pym) story originally from Tales to Astonish #40 ('The Day That Ant-Man Failed!'), part of the regular run of Silver Age American reprints that accompanied the title's new British material.
- A reprint of a Jack Kirby Eternals story (originally from Eternals #4, 'The Night of the Demons!') also appears in this issue, consistent with the anthology's Lee/Kirby reprint strand.
- The entire Night-Raven run from Hulk Comic #1–20 (including the chapter in #11) was later collected in two trade paperbacks: Night Raven: The Collected Stories (Marvel UK, 1990) and the more comprehensive Night Raven: From the Marvel UK Vaults (Marvel, 2017); the Black Knight Otherworld Saga was reprinted in Panini UK's Captain Britain trade paperback series.
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↩ Reprints Tales to Astonish #40 (1963), The Eternals #4 (1976)
Reprinted in Captain Britain #12 (1985), Night Raven: The Collected Stories #[nn] (1990), Captain Britain #2 (2011), Hulk: From the Marvel UK Vaults #[nn] (2013), Night Raven: From the Marvel UK Vaults #[nn] (2017), Captain Britain Omnibus #[nn] (2021)
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