THE INCREDIBLE HULK Omnibus Volume 1

From the first appearance of The Hulk in his ill-fated first series, to his return sharing a book with Ant-Man/GiantMan; the first six years of Marvel’s most famous creation. From the earliest Stan Lee/Jack Kirby issues that put an irradiated angle on the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde complex, to Steve Ditko’s psychological masterworks in Tales to Astonish and the Jade Giant’s return to his own solo series, after the name change from TTA, Marvel presents everyone’s favorite man-monster from the very beginning! Featuring General Thunderbolt Ross; Betty Ross, the tortured woman who loves Bruce Banner; vile villains from the Leader to the Abomination; and earth-shaking battles against the Silver Surfer, Thor, Giant-Man, Namor, Hercules and more! Two Introductions by Stan Lee, one from 1974 and one from 1989. "There Shall Come a Jolly Green Giant" from 1974 is a long one, 4 pages! Three complete Afterwords, by Peter David (long-time Marvel writer), Jon B. Cooke (editor Comic Book Creator and five-time Eisner Award Winner) and by Bruce Canwell (the associate editor for The Library of American Comics). All are extensive three pagers from 2008. Plus a house ad for Hulk #1 from Fantastic Four #5, July 1962; Hulk t-shirt art by Kirby and Sol Brodsky from1965; Hulk sweatshirt one-page strip from 1967, featuring Doctor Doom and the Hulk...Doc dons a Hulk sweatshirt! That's by Bob Powell and Kirby. Front and back 1967 t-shirt art by Kirby and Joe Sinnott. Original art from Hulk #3, 5 and 6. Unused pin-up pencil art by Steve Ditko. Bill Everett original art from Tales to Astonish #78, Marie Severin from #100 and 102, unused cover art from #101. Also, an amazing 44 covers (four per page) of all the Marvel reprint titles collecting this original Hulk material, beginning with the Marvel Tales Annual#1, 1964, then lots of Marvel Collector's Item Classics, Marvels first twenty-five cent annual-sized reprints of early comic, beginning in 1965. Finally, five front cover paintings by Bruce Timm (2), Alex Ross and two collaborations with Kirby, by Dean White, John Romita and Richard Isanove. Collects Incredible Hulk #1-6, 1962-63; the Hulk stories from Tales to Astonish #59-101, 1964-68; Incredible Hulk #102, 1968; material from Not Brand Echh #3 and #9, 1967-68.