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104June 1968
$0.12

The Incredible Hulk #104

Marvel · June 1968 · on sale 1968-03-07

First appearance: Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
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Identification plate

Series
The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue
#104
Publication date
June 1968
Key date
1968-06-00
On-sale date
1968-03-07
Indicia publisher
Olympia Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Look Out, Strong Man! Here Comes the Rhino!cover1pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Herb CooperBruce Banner, Hulk, Rhino, Aleksei Sytsevich
2Ring Around the Rhino!comic story20script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan LeeBruce Banner, Hulk, Rick Jones, Rhino, Betty Ross, Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross First, Aleksei Sytsevich, Glenn Talbot
11-in-house column1script: SmileyBruce Banner, Hulk
13-letters page2script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam RosenBruce Banner, Hulk
14-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jim Steranko, Dan Adkins; inks: Jim Steranko, Dan AdkinsDoctor Strange, Nick Fury, Stephen Strange

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Super-Heroes #581976On eBay ›
Essential Hulk #2
ISBN 0-7851-0795-9		2001On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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