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Thundering out of the night in the cover-dated May 1962 issue of The INCREDIBLE HULK #1 (actually released in February), the 'half man, half-monster' that was MARVEL's newest creation only managed to last six issues before being cancelled due to disappointing sales.
However, the Gamma-ray spawned Hulk was kept alive in a guest-star appearance in The FANTASTIC FOUR #12 (dated March '63, but published in December '62), before becoming a founding member of The AVENGERS in the September '63 cover-dated first issue of their own mag. He quit the team in the second issue (but continued to appear in #s 3 & 5, before taking over half of TALES To ASTONISH with issue #60, dated October '64 (published in July). This followed a full-length encounter with GIANT-MAN the previous month, possibly to introduce ol' Hulkie to new readers and remind old-timers just who he was.
After that, there was just no stopping the green-skinned behemoth (grey in his debut number), and ROBERT BRUCE BANNER's alter-ego went from strength to strength. Presented here, for the historians amongst you, are the covers of all six issues of the Hulk's original, short-lived run. Wouldn't it be great if Marvel reprinted all six as individual issues, instead of just in collected editions? I'd certainly buy 'em.
