Marvel Collectors' Item Classics#3
Cover: Jack Kirby & Sol Brodsky & Don Heck & Dick Ayers
Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #3
“The Coming of... Sub-Mariner! Chapter 1: On the Trail of the Torch!”
writer Stan Lee · artist Jack Kirby · inker Dick Ayers · colorist Stan Goldberg · letterer Art Simek · cover Jack Kirby, Sol Brodsky, Don Heck, Dick Ayers
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Full credits
writer Stan Lee
artist Jack Kirby
inker Dick Ayers
colorist Stan Goldberg
letterer Art Simek
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover inks Sol Brodsky
cover inks Don Heck
cover inks Dick Ayers
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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.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).