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Incredible Hulk Annual 13 - Page 21 - Alan Kupperberg and Gerry Talaoc

Artists: Alan Kupperberg (Penciller) , Gerry Talaoc (Inker)

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Incredible Hulk Annual 13 - Page 21 - Alan Kupperberg and Gerry Talaoc Comic Art

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Title:	Incredible Hulk Annual 13 - Page 21 - Alan Kupperberg and Gerry Talaoc
Artist:	Alan Kupperberg (Penciller)
Artist:	Gerry Talaoc (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	0
Views:	611
Likes on CAF:	8 9
Comments:	10
Added to Site:	11/15/2020
Comic Art Archive:	The Incredible Hulk Annual Issue: 13 Page: 21 View

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This page from Incredible Hulk Annual 13 is a bucket list piece. This comic - by Bill Mantlo, Alan Kupperberg, and Gerry Talaoc – means a lot to me. This is one of the very first comics I remember owning – has to be 1984-1985 based on when I moved houses, I would have been 8-9 years old. I was not a huge comic reader as a kid, certainly came across them and liked them but never really bought my own. But I did love Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends and the Incredible Hulk cartoons on Saturday mornings, with the Stan Lee narration and guest stars from all over the Marvel Universe. Anyway – as far as I can remember, I only owned 2 comics, both cover-less and at the time, I had no idea what an “indicia” was. One of them was an issue of Amazing Spider-Man – still not sure which one, but other than J Jonah Jameson being prominent on that first page, I don’t remember anything about it – I know it was somewhere in the 170s-190s issue wise. But the other one was the Hulk Annual 13. The Hulk was trapped in some weird dimension and ended up in a world where this weird ugly bone creature (Sym) bonds with him and becomes his friend, only to later sacrifice himself so that the Hulk could live. The sacrifice, the friendship, the giving of oneself to help another – I am pretty sure that’s where some of my views on life, on humanity, and my moral compass began. It had a huge impact on me as a kid. Obviously. It was pure joy to acquire one of the original pages for my collection.

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West Stephan
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 11/15/2020

Great Hulk image, so monsterous!

T Shen
Member Since 2009

Posted on 11/16/2020

Monstrous page, love it!

John C
Member Since 2014

Posted on 11/16/2020

We got no troubles... life is bubbles under the sea.

Dave W
Member Since 2006

Posted on 11/16/2020

Such a great page! Congrats!!

Michael Cross
Member Since 2018

Posted on 11/16/2020

It is a truly amazing piece. So happy to have gotten it. I updated the description to say why..

stephen yarish
Member Since 2004

Posted on 11/16/2020

such a great page from the issue, congrats!

Gil Dowling
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/17/2020

Very nice.

Keith Veronese
Member Since 2005

Posted on 3/16/2021

Great piece!

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

Posted on 1/5/2023

Talaoc really went nuts inking this page. Cheers on getting a page of great nostalgic value!

Ron B
Member Since 2024

1 - Posted on 7/30/2025

Beautiful page, and great backstory. Congrats!

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