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Offered for sale is a vintage set of Incredible Hulk collectibles from the Bronze Age Comics Era (circa 1974-1981), featuring a Hulk Mego Doll (1st Generation), Hulk T-Shirt, and Hulk Puzzle, and are scarce to find collector's items (bio info below). The items range Very-Good Plus or better, and are suitable for display in a permanent collection. The asking price is $124.95 + FREE Shipping / Handling ($19.95 Value; US Domestic only), and are the only set of its king offered for sale on eBay. Feel free to contact me with further questions. Bruce Banner Hulk Cover art for the comic book issue The Immortal Hulk #20 (July 2019) Art by Dale Keown and Peter Steigerwald Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962) Created by Stan Lee Jack Kirby In-story information Full name Robert Bruce Banner [ 1 ] Species Human mutate [ a ] Team affiliations Avengers Defenders Horsemen of Apocalypse Fantastic Four [ 2 ] Pantheon Warbound S.M.A.S.H. Secret Avengers Partnerships She-Hulk Notable aliases Joe Fixit, World-Breaker, Devil Hulk , Jade Giant, Jade Jaws, [ 3 ] Doc Green, Guilt Hulk/Guilt , War Abilities As Bruce Banner/Doc Green: Genius level intellect Proficient scientist and engineer As Hulk/Joe Fixit: Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and durability Anger empowerment Regeneration Shockwave generation Gamma ray emission and manipulation The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby , the character first appeared in the debut issue of The Incredible Hulk (May 1962). In his comic book appearances, the character, who has dissociative identity disorder (DID), is primarily represented by the alter ego Hulk, a green-skinned, hulking, and muscular humanoid possessing a limitless degree of physical strength, and the alter ego Dr. Robert Bruce Banner , a physically weak, socially withdrawn, and emotionally reserved physicist, both of whom typically resent each other. Following his accidental exposure to gamma rays while saving the life of Rick Jones during the detonation of an experimental bomb, Banner is physically transformed into the Hulk when subjected to emotional stress, at or against his will. This transformation often leads to destructive rampages and conflicts that complicate Banner's civilian life. The Hulk's level of strength is usually conveyed proportionate to his anger level. Commonly portrayed as a raging savage, the Hulk has been represented with other alter egos, from a mindless, destructive force ( War ) to a brilliant warrior ( World-Breaker ), a self-hating protector (the Devil Hulk ), a genius scientist in his own right ( Doc Green ), and a gangster ( Joe Fixit ). Despite Hulk and Banner's desire for solitude, the character has a large supporting cast. This includes Banner's love interest Betty Ross , his best friend, Rick Jones , his cousin She-Hulk , and therapist and ally Doc Samson . In addition, the Hulk alter ego has many key supporting characters, like his co-founders of the superhero team the Avengers , his queen Caiera , fellow warriors Korg and Miek , and sons Skaar and Hiro-Kala . However, his uncontrollable power has brought him into conflict with his fellow heroes and others. Despite this, he tries his best to do what's right while battling villains such as the Leader , the Abomination , the Absorbing Man , and more. Lee stated that the Hulk's creation was inspired by a combination of Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . [ 4 ] Although the Hulk's coloration has varied throughout the character's publication history, the usual color is green. One of the most iconic characters in popular culture, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] the character has appeared on a variety of merchandise, such as clothing and collectable items, inspired real-world structures (such as theme park attractions), and been referenced in several media. Banner and the Hulk have been adapted into live-action, animated, and video game incarnations. The character was first played in live-action by Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno in the 1978 television series The Incredible Hulk and its subsequent television films The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988), The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989), and The Death of the Incredible Hulk (1990). In the film, the character was played by Eric Bana in Hulk (2003). In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), the character was first portrayed by Edward Norton in the film The Incredible Hulk (2008) and then by Mark Ruffalo in later appearances in the franchise. HERB TRIMPE (Comic Artist) comics artist and occasional writer, best known as the seminal 1970s artist on The Incredible Hulk and as the first artist to draw for publication the character Wolverine , who later became a breakout star of the X-Men . Early life [ edit ] Herb Trimpe was born May 26, 1939, [ 2 ] in Peekskill, New York , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] the son of Anna (Jamison) and Herbert Trimpe. [ 5 ] He graduated from Lakeland High School . [ 3 ] His brother, Mike Trimpe, inked an Ant-Man story that Trimpe pencilled in Marvel Feature #6 (Nov. 1972). [ 6 ] Of his childhood art and comics influences, he said in 2002, "I really loved the Disney stuff, Donald Duck and characters like that. Funny-animal stuff, that was kind of my favorite, and I liked to draw that kind of thing. And I also liked ... Plastic Man . ... I loved comics since I was a little kid, but I was actually more interested in syndicating a comic strip than working in comics." [ 7 ] As well, "I was a really big fan of EC Comics and [artist] Jack Davis ." [ 7 ] Career [ edit ] Trimpe commuted to New York City for three years to attend the School of Visual Arts . [ 8 ] There, Trimpe recalled in 2002, instructor and longtime comics artist Tom Gill needed a student "to ink his backgrounds and stuff. So that's how I started, at Dell [Comics] , doing mostly Westerns and also licensed books, like the adaptation of the movie Journey to the Center of the Earth ." [ 9 ] Trimpe then enlisted in the United States Air Force "for four years," he recalled in 1997, "the standard enlistment time, from 1962 to 1966. I was a weatherman, and our unit was on loan, you might say, to the Army . We supplied aviation weather support to the First Air Cavalry Division based in the central highlands in Viet Nam . They used helicopters extensively to move troops around." [ 10 ] He achieved the rank of Senior Airman. [ citation needed ] Upon his discharge in October 1966, he learned that fellow SVA classmate John Verpoorten was working at Marvel Comics ' production department, and . . . said they were hiring freelance people, and I should come up to the office and show my work to Sol Brodsky , who was Stan [Lee]'s right-hand man at the time. . . . I was just preparing to put some material together and go to DC and Charlton when I got a call from Sol Brodsky, who was production chief. He said they needed somebody on staff in the production department to run the new photostat machine they had just bought, and to do some production work. I would primarily run the 'stat' machine and wouldn't be seated at a desk, but I would be able to pick up some freelance pencilling and inking . This kind of opened the door. The staff job didn't pay much by today's standards; I think it started at $135 dollars a week which wasn't as low as it sounds. Remember, it was 1966 and that was a fairly good entry-level salary. [ 4 ] His joining the Marvel production staff was announced in the " Bullpen Bulletins " of Marvel comics cover-dated June 1967, such as Fantastic Four #63. He remained associated with the company through 1996. While operating the Photostat camera in the Marvel offices, Trimpe did freelance inking for Marvel, and made his professional penciling debut with two Kid Colt stories in the Western series Kid Colt, Outlaw #134–135 (May and July 1967). [ 11 ] Shortly thereafter, Trimpe and writer Gary Friedrich created Marvel's World War I aviator hero the Phantom Eagle in Marvel Super-Heroes #16 (Sept. 1968). [ 12 ] Hulk and the Silver Age of Comics [ edit ] In the 1960s, during the period known as the Silver Age of Comics , Trimpe was assigned to pencil what became his signature character, the Hulk . Beginning with pencil-finishes over Marie Severin layouts in The Incredible Hulk vol. 2, #106 (Aug. 1968), he went on to draw the character for a virtually unbroken run of over seven years, through issue #142 (Aug. 1971), then again from #145–193 (Nov. 1971 – Nov. 1975). Additionally, Trimpe penciled the covers of five Hulk annuals (1969, 1971–72, 1976–77, titled King-Size Special! The Incredible Hulk except for #4, The Incredible Hulk Special ), and both penciled and inked the 39-page feature story of The Incredible Hulk Annual #12 (Aug. 1983). [ 11 ] Under the Marvel Method of writer-artist collaboration, Trimpe, like other Marvel artists of the time, was uncredited co-plotter of most of his stories, a working arrangement Trimpe said he enjoyed. [ 13 ] Among the characters co-created by Trimpe during his run on the title were Jim Wilson in issue #131 (Sept. 1970) [ 14 ] and Doc Samson in #141 (July 1971). [ 15 ] During his time on the comic, he became the first artist to draw for publication the character Wolverine , who would go on to become one of Marvel's most popular. The character was conceived by Roy Thomas , written by Len Wein and designed by Marvel de facto art director John Romita Sr. as an antagonist for the Hulk, introduced in the last panel of The Incredible Hulk vol. 2, #180 (Oct. 1974) and making his first full appearance the following issue. [ 16 ] Trimpe in 2009 said he "distinctly remembers" Romita's sketch, and that, "The way I see it, [Romita and writer Len Wein] sewed the monster together and I shocked it to life! ... It was just one of those secondary or tertiary characters, actually, that we were using in that particular book with no particular notion of it going anywhere. We did characters in The [Incredible] Hulk all the time that were in [particular] issues and that was the end of them." [ 17 ] Trimpe co-created nearly all of the characters introduced during his run on The Incredible Hulk , with Wolverine being a rare exception. [ 13 ] He said that he devised the military unit the Hulkbusters, which became a regular element of The Incredible Hulk : [The series' writers] came up with the major concepts. I was not involved much with the creation of the new characters or new ideas. I didn't want to be. The concept of the Hulkbusters, however, was my idea. I did [the schematic diagram of the base]. I also designed the unit emblem, which was an "H" being shattered by a lightning bolt. You remember, "Thunderbolt" was [antagonist] General Ross ' nickname. [The aerial-view design of the base as a peace symbol was used] purposefully as a design for the Hulkbuster base, but it really wasn't a joke. It was just meant as the ironic juxtaposition of a military base run by an aggressive, blustery general, and the military base design being a symbol of peace. It was like in the '60s and '70s when protesters stuck flowers down the barrels of National Guard rifles. It was a provocative gesture. [ 10 ] Trimpe also had a year's run on The Defenders (#68–81, February 1979 – March 1980), a superhero -team comic featuring the Hulk. [ 18 ] He also drew the cover, featuring the Hulk, of the 1971 issue of Rolling Stone containing a major profile of Marvel Comics. [ 19 ] The artist in 2002 recalled a less-than-smooth start to his Hulk tenure: "I did, like, three or four pages, and Stan [Lee] saw them and made Frank Giacoia do the layouts [for Trimpe's fourth issue, #109, Nov. 1968]. It wasn't my storytelling, there was a good flow there, but it was too [much like] EC [Comics] for Stan. I loved EC, the dark atmosphere and clean lines of it. . . . But it wasn't right for Marvel." [ 9 ]