This issue’s cover recreates the classic clash between the Hulk
and Wolverine on the front cover of the Incredible Hulk #181: the first full appearance
of Marvel’s Adamantium claws Canadian super-hero-Wolverine.
Articles and art in this issue include:
BACK SEAT DRIVER: Editorial by Michael
Eury
DC Comics’ Hulkmania during the summer
of ’66
FLASHBACK: Hulk Smash: The Incredible
Hulk in the 1970s
Creators galore recall the decade of Jim
Wilson, Jarella, Wolverine, Hulking out, and more
BACKSTAGE PASS: The Televised Hulk
Series creator Kenneth Johnson certainly
isn’t jaded when recalling this TV smash
EPISODE GUIDE: The Incredible Hulk TV Series
PRINCE STREET NEWS: TV Hulk
Richard Simmons as the Hulk? Karl
Heitmueller, Jr. is at it again!
FLASHBACK: All About the Green: Hulk
Merchandise in the BACK
ISSUE Era
Admit it—you’ve got a Hulk Mego on your
shelf…
FLASHBACK: Smashing into Syndication: The Incredible Hulk Newspaper Strip
Hulk smash
Peanuts!
When Ol’ Greenskin was read in black-and-white
WHAT THE--?!: Teen Hulk
Hulkmania (the incredible kind) spawned
this Crazy magazine
satire
BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: The
Abomination: Diary of a Mad Monster
Is Emil Blonsky playing with a full
deck?
FLASHBACK: Hulk Smash More: The
Incredible Hulk in the 1980s
The eras of two longtime Hulk scribes,
Bill Mantlo and Peter David
BACKSTAGE PASS: The Incredible Hulk 1982 Animated Series
The Saturday morning success of some
amazing friends led to this super-toon
FLASHBACK: Teaming Up with the Hulk
The Hulk as a “team player” in The Defenders and Marvel Team-Up
OFF MY CHEST: Three Men and a Little
Psyche
How Mantlo, David, and Freud redefined
the Incredible Hulk
BACK TALK
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