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Essential Incredible Hulk

    (Marvel, 1999-2013)
™ and © Marvel Characters, Inc.

Although the Hulk is one of Marvel Comics’ most well-known and beloved characters, the original series by the powerhouse team of co-creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby generally isn’t considered to be among their finest. Nevertheless, this is classic materia has proven to be nearly as influential as Lee and Kirby’s work on The Fantastic Four. The initial volume of Essential Hulk collects the first six issues of The Incredible Hulk, continuing into Tales to Astonish after the Hulk’s own title was cancelled. Lee and Kirby were clearly inspired by B-movies, with Kirby vividly illustrating Hulk’s monstrous visage and overwhelming rage while the well-read Lee found the heart within the beast.

— Michael Sutton
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  • 1
    #1
    Feb 1999
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Stan Lee  ·  A: Gil Kane, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Mike Esposito, Bob Powell, Scott Edward, John Romita Sr.
    Reprints Tales to Astonish #60-91 and Hulk #1-6
    No copies available
  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Stan Lee  ·  A: Gil Kane, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Mike Esposito, Bob Powell, Scott Edward, John Romita Sr., Bill Everett, John Buscema
    Reprints Tales to Astonish #60-91 and Hulk #1-6
    No copies available
  • 1-3
    #1 - 3rd printing
    3rd Printing
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Stan Lee  ·  A: Gil Kane, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Mike Esposito, Bob Powell, Scott Edward, John Romita Sr., Bill Everett, John Buscema
    Reprints Tales to Astonish #60-91 and Hulk #1-6; ca. 2003
    No copies available
  • 1-4
    #1 - 4th printing
    4th Printing
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Stan Lee  ·  A: Gil Kane, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Mike Esposito, Bob Powell, Scott Edward, John Romita Sr., Bill Everett, John Buscema
    Collects The Incredible Hulk #1-6 and Tales to Astonish #60-91; ca. 2012
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Sep 2001
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich, Bill Everett, Roy Thomas, Archie Goodwin  ·  A: Marie Severin, Herb Trimpe, Frank Giacoia
    Reprints Tales to Astonish #91-101, The Incredible Hulk #102-117 & Annual #1
    No copies available
  • 2-2
    #2 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing
    Cover: $14.95
    W: Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich, Bill Everett, Roy Thomas, Archie Goodwin  ·  A: Marie Severin, Herb Trimpe, Frank Giacoia
    Reprints Tales to Astonish #91-101, The Incredible Hulk #102-117 & Annual #1
    No copies available
  • 2-3
    #2 - 3rd printing
    3rd Printing
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich, Bill Everett, Roy Thomas, Archie Goodwin  ·  A: Marie Severin, Herb Trimpe, Frank Giacoia
    Collects Tales to Astonish #92-101 and Incredible Hulk #102-117, Anl 1; ca. 2012
    No copies available
  • 3
    #3
    May 2005
    Cover: $16.99
    W: Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Harlan Ellison  ·  A: Herb Trimpe, Gil Kane, Sal Buscema
    Reprints Incredible Hulk #118-142, Captain Marvel #20-21, and Avengers #88
    1 copy for $16.99
  • 3-2
    #3 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover
    Cover: $19.99
    Collects Incredible Hulk #118-142, Captain Marvel #20-21 and The Avengers #88; ca. 2012
    No copies available
  • 4
    #4
    Cover: $16.99
    W: Roy Thomas, Archie Goodwin, Gary Friedrich, Steve Englehart, Chris Claremont  ·  A: Dick Ayers, Herb Trimpe
    Reprints Incredible Hulk #143–170; ca. 2006
    1 copy for $13.50
  • 4-2
    #4 - 2nd printing
    2009 Printing
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Roy Thomas, Archie Goodwin, Gary Friedrich, Steve Englehart, Chris Claremont  ·  A: Dick Ayers, Herb Trimpe
    Reprints Incredible Hulk #143–170
    No copies available
  • 5
    #5
    Oct 2008
    Cover: $16.99
    W: Steve Englehart, Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas, Tony Isabella, Len Wein, Chris Claremont  ·  A: Herb Trimpe, Marie Severin, Sal Buscema, Joe Staton
    Reprints Incredible Hulk #171-200 and Anl 5
    No copies available
  • 6
    #6
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Len Wein, David Anthony Kraft, Roger Stern  ·  A: Sal Buscema, Herb Trimpe, George Tuska, Jim Starlin
    Collects The Incredible Hulk #201-225, Anl 6
    No copies available
  • 7
    #7
    Cover: $19.99
    Collecting Incredible Hulk (1968) #226-248 And Annual #7-9, And Captain America (1968) #230
    No copies available