The Incredible Hulk #3 (September 1962) PART TWO

While he may remind look a little of The Riddler, The Ringmaster is a HELL of a lot cooler than just another Commie villain. Also, he's surrounded by henchmen who look like they came out of the movie Freaks - pretty creepy.

The Incredible Hulk #3 (September 1962) PART ONE

Another trait that is becoming more and more apparent with each of these early character issues is that they continue to discover new powers. The cover of this issue hints at the fact that the Hulk can now fly! Instead of a lumbering land-based monster, the Hulk has now taken to the skies! It turns out that his "flying" is just jumping REALLY high because his leg muscles are so strong. This Incredible Hulk series is a mess though, and by issue 3 it's not difficult to notice that no matter what they try to do to try and make him interesting, he is nowhere near as cool as Thor and the Fantastic Four.

The Incredible Hulk #2 (July 1962)

The terror of...THE TOAD MEN! (Didn't we just have toad-like aliens in a recent Fantastic Four issue?)

The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962)

Question: Is he man or monster or...is he both?
Answer: HE'S BOTH! OH MY GOD!


This is yet another one of those origin comics that I'm familiar with, but have never read. I've always been able to picture the cover art, with the giant gray Hulk looming over Bruce Banner. I figured that it was just the cover though, and was shocked to see that the Hulk was still gray on the inside. I quickly thought back:

I have some comics from the 80's where the Hulk is gray...but I know that I've seen comics in the 60's where he's green, so what's the deal? After reading about it further, it turns out that there were printing problems, and I was happy to see the Hulk turn his normal green color in the second issue. As for the later gray Hulk - that will be intention, but I have yet to discover what the Hulk differences are (I know there are several versions, even including a really dumb Hulk, and a really smart one).