Status Updates From The Incredible Hulk Omnibus...

I mean, i never knew much about 616 Hulk! My main exposure to this character was in the MCU! So, i was kinda surprised to see that Dr. Bruce Banner is a rather unpleasant person, and The Hulk is almost like a Werewolf

Why does no-one ever notice that Banner and the Hulk dress identically? 😆

Sometimes it’s the little things. Page 73 Panel 6. While this is a stand-alone story and there’s no guarantee that the person reading this issue read the previous, Rick Jones makes a reference to something that’s happened in the art of the previous issue. The next 3 pages are a flashback sequences retelling (as the words blazoned across the page read) “The Origin of the Incredible Hulk”.

Just a couple of notes on issue 2.
The Toad Men use a “grappler” to locate “the most brilliant scientific brain on Earth”. This means that Bruce Banner is a more brilliant scientific mind then Reed Richards or Tony Stark

In his introduction Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 “Misunderstood Monster”, Stan Lee points out that Kirby penciled the first five issues and Steve Ditko penciled the sixth. On page 41 of this volume in the third panel Rick Jones looks remarkably like he was drawn by Steve Ditko, and on closer inspection Ditko’s influence can be seen in several panels. It turns out he inked this issue.

It’s always a pleasure to re-read The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962). Stan Lee and Jack Kirby create a compelling character driven narrative. Outside of the new superhero fare Marvel was publishing it seems they were focused on the lives of fashion models and nurses or monster stories. Interestingly enough this issue has elements of both.