The Incredible Hulk #341
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIncredible Hulk #341 stands as one of the most celebrated standalone issues of Peter David's landmark twelve-year run on the title, landing at #24 on Wizard Magazine's '100 Best Single Issue Comics Since You Were Born' list — a rare honor for a chapter embedded within a larger arc. David uses the re-imagined Man-Bull, stripped down to near-animalistic desperation, as a dark mirror for the gray Hulk himself: both creatures are feared, hunted outsiders whose monstrous exteriors mask a suffering inner life, and the Hulk's decision to spare Man-Bull and let him live as punishment is one of the most quietly devastating moral beats of the Copper Age. The issue also marks the first appearances of Alan Quartermain and his family — a civilian anchor for the 'Ground Zero' arc — while simultaneously advancing the Leader's scheme to mind-control S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, threading serialized plot momentum through a self-contained character study. Todd McFarlane, self-inking his own pencils here, produced some of the most kinetically charged action pages of his pre-Spider-Man Marvel career.
In "The Savage Bull Doth Bear the Yoke!", the Hulk races to protect a town under siege by the newly enhanced Man-Bull, while his friend Clay faces a terrifying threat from the Leader's manipulation of Craig, John, and Trump. Written by Peter David and brought to life with dynamic, gritty art by Todd McFarlane—both on interior and cover—this 1988 issue delivers a pulse-pounding clash of strength and mind control, all in a single, unforgettable 75-cent comic.
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The issue arrived in the midst of Peter David and Todd McFarlane's celebrated collaborative stretch on the book, covering roughly issues #331–345, during which David reportedly shaped his scripts to suit McFarlane's gift for explosive action and dynamic figure work. McFarlane served as his own inker on this issue — part of a self-inking stretch running from approximately #340 to #343 — giving the linework an unusually unified, dense quality. Editorial oversight came from Bob Harras and Bobbie Chase under Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco, with Petra Scotese (Goldberg) on colors and Rick Parker on letters. The issue was released the same month as Amazing Spider-Man #298, McFarlane's debut on that title, marking a pivotal moment in the artist's ascent.
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- Story title: 'The Savage Bull Doth Bear the Yoke!' — written by Peter David, with full pencil and ink art and cover by Todd McFarlane (one of his self-inked issues in the run).
- Published March 1988 (cover date) by Marvel Comics; edited by Bob Harras and Bobbie Chase, under Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco; colored by Petra Scotese (Goldberg), lettered by Rick Parker.
- First appearances of Alan Quartermain (Clay Quartermain's estranged brother, a Kansas farmer and former computer expert), his wife June Quartermain, and their daughters Henrietta and Jinete ('Jenny') Quartermain — all in cameo or full introduction.
- Peter David embedded a deliberate literary in-joke: Clay's brother Alan is named after Allan Quatermain, the hero of H. Rider Haggard's classic Victorian adventure novels.
- Man-Bull (William 'Bull' Taurus), who first transformed into his monstrous form in Daredevil #78, reappears here as 'Savage' — so devolved he can barely speak — and the Hulk's compassionate resolution (sparing Man-Bull rather than letting a mob kill him) is the emotional centerpiece of the story.
- The Leader appears in disguise and uses his telepathic power to take mental control of three S.H.I.E.L.D. agents — Agent Trump, Sam LaRoquette, and Craig Saunders Jr. — advancing his larger 'Ground Zero' conspiracy subplot.
- Ranked #24 on Wizard Magazine's '100 Best Single Issue Comics Since You Were Born' list, one of the most prominent critical acknowledgments the issue has received.
- Reprinted multiple times: in The Incredible Hulk: Ground Zero TPB (Marvel, 1991), Hulk Visionaries: Peter David Vol. 2 (Marvel, 2005), Incredible Hulk by Peter David Omnibus Vol. 1 (Marvel, 2019), and Incredible Hulk Epic Collection #15: Ground Zero (Marvel, 2024), as well as several international editions in Italian, French, Spanish, and Swedish.
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Reprinted in Der unglaubliche Hulk #23 (1988), Hulk #2/1991 (1991), The Incredible Hulk: Ground Zero #[nn] (1991), Marvel Two-In-One Alpha Flight & La Masa #55 (1991), Marvels universum #7/1991 (1991), Fantastici Quattro #58 (1991), Hulk - Point Zéro #[nn] (1992), Obras Maestras #7 (1993), Hulk Visionaries: Peter David #2 (2005), Incredible Hulk by Peter David Omnibus #1 (2019), Marvel Héroes #106 (2021), Incredible Hulk Epic Collection #15 (2024), De verbijsterende Hulk Special #25
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