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Appearing in "Mano A Mano"
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Appearing in "Return of the Defenders (Part I) - Four on the Floor"
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- Lucian Aster (First appearance)
- The Wild One
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- Jerry
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Appearing in "Things to Come"
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- Dracchiss
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- The Mount
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Appearing in "Nobody Loves the Hulk"
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- Abomination (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Doc Samson (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Leader (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Rhino (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Ringmaster (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Thing (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Tyrannus (Appears in flashback and main story)
- Wolverine (Appears in flashback and main story)
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Synopsis for "Nobody Loves the Hulk"
Rick Jones puts together a rock-n-roll song called "Nobody Loves The Hulk". The song details several of the Hulk's exploits as well as a showcase of his various villains. As the song closes, the Hulk politely voices his disapproval.
Appearing in "The Running Man"
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A psychiatrist named Doctor Palmer walks into Doc Samson's empty office and listens to a personal recording that was made of Bruce Banner. Banner is confessing his guilt over the many people who had died during the Hulk's most recent savage attacks.
Samson steps into the office and chastises Palmer for this breach of conduct. He kicks him out of the office. It is then revealed that the voice on the tape is not Banner's but Samson's himself. He is expressing his own guilt because he feels that his work with Banner is what perpetuated the Hulk's evolution into a savage, animalistic state.
Notes
- In Four on the Floor inks (story pages): Rubinstein pages 1, 10, Vancata pages 2-9, 11-29.
- This is the first part of the Return of the Defenders crossover, which continues in Namor the Sub-Mariner Annual #2.
- The Hulk, the Sub-Mariner, Doctor Strange and the Silver Surfer have not been teamed up together as the Defenders since Defenders (Volume 1) #124.
- Namor's appearance here takes place prior to events detailed in Namor (Volume 1) #25.
- The mysterious figure working behind the scenes is Shanzar. Shanzar was last seen in Incredible Hulk #371.
- Behind the scenes appearance of the Wild One.
- The savage attacks that are referred to on the audio tape in "The Running Man" took place during one of the Hulk's darkest periods from Incredible Hulk #295-300.
- This issue is reprinted in the trade paperback Incredible Hulk Visionaries: Peter David Volume 8.
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Recommended Reading
The Return of the Defenders | |||||
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Part I: Incredible Hulk Annual #18 | Part II: Namor Annual #2 | Part III: Silver Surfer Annual #5 | Part IV: Doctor Strange Annual #2 |
- Incredible Hulk (Volume 1)
- Incredible Hulk (Volume 2)
- Defenders (Volume 1)
- Defenders (Volume 2)
- Rampaging Hulk (Volume 1)
- Rampaging Hulk (Volume 2)
- Tales to Astonish (Volume 1)
Links and References
- Incredible Hulk profile at Wikipedia
- Incredible Hulk profile at Marvel Universe
- Incredible Hulk profile at Toonopedia
- Incredible Hulk series index at the Grand Comics Database
- Incredible Hulk series index at CBDB
- Incredible Hulk series index at Comicbookdb.com
- Hulk Library
Footnotes
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