Issue Description

The Hulk, still without his Bruce counterpart since Onslaught’s demise is confronted by what appears to be Stan Lee in a graveyard. Stan has an acting troupe with him and begins to narrate a play about the Bruce Banner’s life before the Hulk:

Bruce’s mother was killed by his father, Brian Banner, and Bruce was a witness. His father is found guilty in a court and hauled off to prison. The play jumps forward to a young Bruce explaining the Gamma Bomb, still in its theoretical stage, to Gen. Ross. Ross doesn’t think Bruce is so bad at this point, but knows who his father is and what he did.

Brian is up for parole and is released from prison, Bruce reluctantly allows his father to live with him. Tension builds in the house until Bruce storms out.

Bruce is his mother’s grave. Brian appears behind him, and is sad that he killed his wife, wishing he had instead killed his son, because his son is “obviously” a mutant. Brian attacks Bruce, and Bruce kicks Brian who hits his head/neck on a gravestone and dies.

The issue ends with the Hulk in the graveyard crying, and Stan Lee saying “now more than ever he just needs to be left alone” while him and his acting troupe disappear like ghosts.

The Incredible Hulk (1968)

Publisher

Marvel

Volume Description

Continued from Tales to Astonish Vol.1 which was originally one of several anthology comics published by Marvel in the 1960's featuring one-shot monsters in their own tales. Over the years the series began to focus more upon some of the anti-heroes still famous to this day such as the Sub-Mariner and The Incredible Hulk. That is why, after 101 issues, that series changed its name to The Incredible Hulk with issue #102. Under this new name the series lasted thirty more years until it finally concluded with issue #474. The series was then revamped with a new number one and a new title, simply called Hulk (1998).

Although it started out as Tales to Astonish, this is actually the second volume to be entitled "The Incredible Hulk", the first, The Incredible Hulk (1962), having begun publication six years earlier, although it only lasted six issues.

Collected EditionsMarvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude (#271)Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Team-Up (#271)Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus (#271)The Incredible Hulk: Crossroads (#301-313)Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (#314-319)Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus (#383-385)The Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: Ghosts of the Past (#397-406)

Marvel Masterworks: Incredible Hulk

Vol. 3: #102Vol. 4: #103-110, Annual #1Vol. 5: #111-121Vol. 6: #122-134

Hulk by Bill Mantlo

Pardoned (#269-285) Regression (#286-300, Annual #12)

Visionaries John Byrne

Vol. 1 (#314-319)

Visionaries Peter David:

Vol. 1 (#331-339)Vol. 2 (#340-348)Vol. 3 (#349-354)Vol. 4 (#355-363)Vol. 5 (#364-372, Annual #16)Vol. 6 (#373-382)Vol. 7 (#383-389)Vol. 8 (#390-396, Annual #18)

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