Kirby, Jack - Incredible Hulk, issue 4, page 1 title splash (Nov 1962)
Artists: Jack Kirby (Penciller) , Dick Ayers (Inker)
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DescriptionThe Hulk first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 (cover dated May 1962), written by Stan Lee, penciled and co-plotted by Jack Kirby and inked by Paul Reinman. Interestingly, Lee chose gray for the Hulk’s color in the debut issue because he wanted a color that did not suggest any particular ethnic group. Colorist Stan Goldberg, however, had problems with the gray coloring, resulting in different shades of gray, and even green, used in the issue. After seeing the first published issue, Lee changed the skin color to green.The original series was canceled with issue #6 (March 1963). Lee had written each story, with Kirby penciling the first five issues and Steve Ditko penciling and inking the sixth. The character immediately guest-starred in The Fantastic Four #12 (March 1963), and months later became a founding member of the superhero team the Avengers, appearing in the first two issues of the series (September & November 1963), then appearing as an antagonist in issue #3 and again as an ally in issue #5 (January – May 1964). He then guest-starred in Fantastic Four #25–26 (April – May 1964), which revealed Banner's full name as "Robert Bruce Banner," and The Amazing Spider-Man #14 (July 1964). A year and a half after the original series was canceled, the Hulk became one of two features in Tales to Astonish beginning in issue #60 (October 1964). In the previous issue, he had appeared as an antagonist for Giant-Man, who had been featured under various superhero guises in the title since issue #35. This period introduced the concept of the Hulk's transformations being caused by extreme emotional stress. It was also during this time that the Hulk developed a more savage and childlike personality, shifting from the brutish figure that at one time spoke in complete sentences. This new Hulk feature was initially scripted by Lee and illustrated by the team of penciller Steve Ditko and inker George Roussos. Other artists later in this run included Jack Kirby from issues #68–87 (June 1965 – Oct. 1966), doing full pencils or, more often, layouts for other artists; Gil Kane, credited as "Scott Edwards", in issue #76 (February 1966), his first Marvel Comics work; Bill Everett inking Kirby in issues #78–84 (April – October 1966); and John Buscema penciling Kirby's layouts in issues #85-87. Marie Severin finished out the Hulk's run in Tales to Astonish. Beginning with issue #102 (April 1968) the book was re-titled The Incredible Hulk vol. 2, and ran until March 1999, when Marvel canceled the series and restarted the title with a new issue #1. As a final note, this piece hung in the Ronna & Eric Hoffman Gallery at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon as part of their 'Fighting Men: Leon Golub, Peter Voulkos & Jack Kirby' exhibition from October 25, 2012 - March 3, 2013 and was featured in the exhibition catalog. The piece then traveled with the rest of the 'Fighting Men' exhibition to the Schneider Museum of Art at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. It hung there from April 4th, 2013 - June 8, 2013. Social/Sharing |
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Matt S
Member Since 2006
Posted on 5/9/2012
it doesn't get better than this... what a perfect page from not only the era.. but the King himself.
Alex Johnson 
Member Since 2006
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Posted on 5/9/2012
Lots of Kirby goodness. Thanks for sharing this!
Mike W
Member Since 2007
Posted on 5/9/2012
OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ron S
Member Since 2007
Posted on 5/9/2012
Kirby/Ayers? The 4th issue of the Hulk? The splash? Just incredible!!
Will Tervay
Member Since 2005
Posted on 5/10/2012
Pretty sure this image is also listed somewhere in the dictionary under the word "epic". Thanks for sharing!
Michael Mikulovsky
Member Since 2009
Posted on 5/11/2012
The Hulk gets a MRI by Doogie Howser!! Who woulda thunk it? What a gem of a page! OMG!! A huge congrads is in order! Thank you for sharing it with the rest of us! EPIC!! LONG LIVE the KING!
J L
Member Since 2005
Posted on 5/13/2012
I go on vacation for awhile and return to see you add two stellar silver age examples. Ayers inks on this Hulk issue always worked for me. Congrats!!!!
Marvelman Excelsior
Member Since 2011
Posted on 2/5/2013
Gahhhh! Beautiful! I'm so jealous I want to die!!!! Thank you for sharing :)
Dino Mauricio
Member Since 2009
Posted on 5/7/2014
This is a significant and historic Kirby masterpiece from 1962, Hulk's "Banner" year--excuse the pun!
John Espinoza
Member Since 2014
Posted on 11/20/2018
This is such a beautiful page. The layout, the inking, the Kirby tech... I’m sure it’s not accidental that this reminds me a lot of the “Modern Prometheus,” Frankenstein.
West Stephan
Member Since 2007
1 - Posted on 5/30/2023
Any page from Hulk#1-6 would be amazing, this 2/3 splash is beautiful!
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