Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk#1
Cover: Michael Cho
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #1
“The Coming of the Hulk, Part 1”
writer Stan Lee · artist Jack Kirby · inker Dick Ayers · colorist Stan Goldberg · letterer Artie Simek · cover Michael Cho
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Cast · 36 characters
Betty RossBoris MonguskiBruce BannerCaptain AmericaCharlieGargoyleGeneral FangGeneral Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" RossGeneral "Thunderbolt" RossGiant-ManHank PymHulkHuman CannonballIgor DrenkovIron ManJack PulverJanet Van DyneMary StensonMaynard TiboldtMonguPeter ParkerPolly JonesRick JonesRingmasterRomulus AugustulusSpider-ManSteve RogersTeena the Fat LadyThorThor OdinsonToad MenTony StarkTyrannusWaspWillie BishopYuri Topolov
Full credits
writer Stan Lee
artist Jack Kirby
inker Dick Ayers
colorist Stan Goldberg
letterer Artie Simek
cover pencils, inks Michael Cho
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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).