Hulk Comic

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publisher=Marvel UK
date= March 1979 - May 1980
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"Hulk Comic" (later "The Incredible Hulk Weekly" [from issue #47, with the "Weekly" being dropped in issue #59] ) was a black-and-white Marvel UK comics anthology published under the editorship of Dez Skinn starting in 1979.

Overview

Like many titles published by the company under Dez Skinn, "Hulk Comic" featured new material produced by British creators such as Steve Dillon, David Lloyd and Steve Parkhouse—along with a smattering of American reprints drawn from the Lee/Kirby Marvel back-catalogue. Once Skinn was replaced by Paul Neary, however, the title's original output dwindled, being supplanted by an increasing number of reprints.

The title included new Hulk material drawn by Dave Gibbons and Steve Dillon. This material was significant in that it portrayed the illiterate, wandering Hulk of the 1970s television series. Once the title began featuring American reprints, it chose to display the Marvel Universe Hulk as depicted by Sal Buscema.

Other original work included "Nick Fury" also drawn by Steve Dillon and a new " Black Knight" strip which also featured "Captain Britain". These original stories were mostly restricted to the first 20 issues of the title, before tailing off to make way for U.S. reprints, with the " Black Knight" strip running through most further issues until the title's cancellation. Nevertheless, "Hulk Comic" is particularly significant for launching the character of Night Raven by Steve Parkhouse and David Lloyd. Night Raven is one of several Marvel UK characters to eventually made the jump to the mainstream (US) Marvel Universe.

The title lasted 63 issues before merging with Marvel UK's Spider-Man title.

Original material

The following is a list of all the UK-originated strips in the title together with their respective issue numbers.

* "The Incredible Hulk", #1-6, 9-20, 26-27
* "The Black Knight", #1, 3-30, 42-55, 57-63
* "Nick Fury", #1-19
* "Night-Raven", #1-20
* "Ant-Man", #48-49

Notes

References

*gcdb series|id=30582|title="Hulk Comic"
*comicbookdb|type=title|id=13402|title="Hulk Comic"

External links

* [http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/n/nitravn.htm Night Raven] at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe