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Tales to Astonish#73
Cover: Jack Kirby & Gene Colan & Mike Esposito & Vince Colletta
Tales to Astonish #73
“By Force of Arms!”
writer Stan Lee · artist Jack Kirby · artist Bob Powell · inker Mike Esposito · letterer Artie Simek · cover Jack Kirby, Gene Colan, Mike Esposito, Vince Colletta
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Cast · 12 characters
Full credits
writer Stan Lee
artist Jack Kirby
artist Bob Powell
inker Mike Esposito
letterer Artie Simek
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover pencils Gene Colan
cover inks Mike Esposito
cover inks Vince Colletta
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Discovering the bullet that is lodged in the Hulk's brain, the Leader dissolves it with a laser and bathes our hero with gamma rays to give him strength. The Hulk still has Banner's mind but can no longer transform into human form thanks to the extra blast of radiation. Indebted to the Leader for saving his life, the Hulk agrees to be teleported to the Watcher's planet where he has been commanded to steal the "ultimate machine" but finds that said machine is also sought by the most powerful creature in the galaxy.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).