| Hulk Comic | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel UK |
| Schedule | Weekly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
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| Publication date | March 1979 – May 1980 |
| No. of issues | 63 |
| Main character(s) | Hulk Nick Fury Black Knight Captain Britain Night Raven |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Dez Skinn |
| Editor | Dez Skinn |
| Collected editions | |
| Night Raven: The Collected Stories | ISBN 1-85400-227-9 |
Hulk Comic (laterThe Incredible Hulk Weekly[1]) was a black-and-whiteMarvel UKcomics anthology published under the editorship ofDez Skinn starting in 1979.
After starring for many years in theMarvel UK flagship title,The Mighty World of Marvel,the Hulk was given his own weekly publication. Explaining the thinking behind the comic Dez Skinn said: "I was wanting an adventure anthology title more than a super-hero one. Super-heroes had never been big sellers in the UK, we had plenty of legends of the past to spin fantasies about. So I went that route, picking existing Marvel characters who weren't really cut from the super-hero cloth."[2]
Like many titles published by the company under Dez Skinn,Hulk Comic featured new material produced by British creators such asSteve Dillon,David Lloyd andSteve Parkhouse—along with a smattering of American reprints drawn from theLee/Kirby Marvel back-catalogue. Once Skinn was replaced byPaul Neary, however, the title's original output dwindled, being supplanted by an increasing number of reprints, in part because creative resources were being redirected towardsDoctor Who Weekly.
The title included new Hulk material drawn byDave Gibbons andSteve Dillon. This material portrayed the inarticulate, wandering Hulk ofthe 1970s television series. Once the title began featuring American reprints, it featured theMarvel Universe Hulk as depicted bySal Buscema.
Other original work includedNick Fury also drawn by Steve Dillon and a newBlack Knight strip which also featuredCaptain Britain. These original stories were mostly restricted to the first 20 issues of the title, after which they were replaced by U.S. reprints due to low sales, with only the popularBlack Knight strip running through most further issues until the title's cancellation.[3]Hulk Comic launched the characterNight Raven bySteve Parkhouse andDavid Lloyd. Night Raven is one of several Marvel UK characters who eventually made the jump to American comics.
The title lasted 63 issues before merging with Marvel UK'sSpider-Man weekly title.
The following is a list of all the UK-originated strips in the title together with their respective issue numbers.
Some of the original material has been collected intotrade paperbacks:
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