The Incredible Hulk (comic strip)

Comic strip running 1978–1982

This article is about the comic strip. For other uses, see The Incredible Hulk (disambiguation).

The Incredible Hulk

Current status/schedule| Concluded
Launch date| October 30, 1978
End date| September 5, 1982
Syndicate(s)| King Features Syndicate
Genre(s)| Superhero

The Incredible Hulk is a syndicated newspaper strip, which debuted on October 30, 1978 and ran until September 5, 1982 by King Features Syndicate.[1]

## The strip

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Initially written by Stan Lee and drawn by Larry Lieber,[2][3] this strip modeled its version of the character after the television series airing at the time, with Banner's first name being given as "David", the McGee character, and a "wandering man" format. Although the depiction of the Hulk matched the comic books in terms of visual design, he did not speak dialog which is akin to the television version of the character.[4] Lieber took over both writing and artwork soon after the strip launched. He later turned over art chores to first Rich Buckler (starting in Spring 1979) and then Alan Kupperberg (starting in November 1979), who also wrote the strip in its final months. The newspaper credits were slow to reflect changes in the creative team; Stan Lee, for instance, continued to appear in the byline for months after he gave up working on the strip.[4]

## Chapter guide

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Chapter  | Fan title  | Start date  | End date

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1 | To Clone a Hulk | 1978-10-30 | 1978-12-18
2 | Rage and Revenge | 1978-12-19 | 1979-02-25
3 | The Mechanical Hulk | 1979-02-26 | 1979-05-13
4 | Jailbreak! | 1979-05-14 | 1979-06-24
5 | The Union Election | 1979-06-25 | 1979-09-30
6 | The Secret of the Hulk | 1979-10-01 | 1979-12-09
7 | The Big Top | 1979-12-10 | 1980-02-25
8 | Blind Compassion | 1980-02-26 | 1980-05-18
9 | Murdock Mountain | 1980-05-19 | 1980-08-03
10 | The Champ | 1980-08-04 | 1980-11-09
11 | Amnesia | 1980-11-10 | 1981-02-15
12 | Controlling the Beast | 1981-02-16 | 1981-05-31
13 | The Gangsters | 1981-06-01 | 1981-09-14
14 | The Alien | 1981-09-15 | 1981-11-30
15 | The Werewolf | 1981-12-01 | 1982-02-22
16 | Mona, Charity & Liz | 1982-02-23 | 1982-05-16
17 | Eric Kane the Conqueror | 1982-05-17 | 1982-08-22
18 | Kitty and Pop Huston | 1982-08-23 | 1982-09-05
19 | The Human Cobra & Mr. Hyde | unpublished | unpublished

## See also

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* The Amazing Spider-Man (comic strip)

## References

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1. ^ "See You in the Funnies: 15 Comic Books That Became Newspaper Strips". CBR. 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
2. ^ Thomas, Roy (Fall 1999). "A Conversation with Artist-Writer Larry Lieber". Alter Ego. 3 (2). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 24 of print version. Archived from the original on March 24, 2010. Retrieved January 31, 2008. "I remember doing The Hulk, with Frank Giacoia inking."
3. ^ Best, Daniel (August 6, 2007). "Looking Back With Larry Lieber". 20th Century Danny Boy. Archived from the original on January 31, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2012. "The Hulk was kind of popular on television; and so I drew The Hulk. Stan was writing it."
4. ^ a b Cassell, Dewey (February 2014). "Smashing into Syndication: The Incredible Hulk Newspaper Strip". Back Issue! (70). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 37–40.

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