The Mighty World of Marvel #1
October 7, 1972 · 0.05 GBP · 40 pages
Synopsis
Scientist Bruce Banner saves a young boy, Rick Jones, from being killed by a nuclear blast but absorbs deadly amounts of gamma radiation which transforms him into a monster dubbed the Hulk. Bruce Banner is scientist by day, but transforms into the Hulk once the sun goes down.
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- John Buscema, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia, Paul Reinman, George Klein, Steve Ditko
- Letters
- Joe Rosen, Artie Simek
- Editor
- Pippa M. Melling
Notes
Most pages in this issue are tinted green (the colour chosen to match the Hulk, as Spider-Man Comics Weekly, for its first several issues, was tinted red, to go with parts of Spidey's costume); untinted pages are pages 7/8, 13/14, 27/28, 33/34.
Reprinted from
- Fantastic Four #1
- The Incredible Hulk #1
- Amazing Fantasy #15— page 7 omitted
- Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #14— minus Title Splash Page