Issue Details

Issue	#290
Published	April 19, 1978
Cover Price	0.10 GBP
Pages	36
Editing	Nick Laing

Cover Details - "The Green Goliath Versus The Pirates Of The Savage Sea!"

Characters	The Hulk
Genre	Super-hero
Pencils	Ernie Chan (signed)
Inks	Ernie Chan (signed)
Reprinted	from Incredible Hulk, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #219 (November 1977) [with new dialogue and lettering]

8 page Incredible Hulk story "No Man is an Island!"

Characters	The Hulk; Nick Fury; Captain Barracuda
Synopsis	Bruce Banner joins the crew of a ship that is taken over by pirates.
Genre	Super-hero
Script	Len Wein (credited); Roger Stern (credited)
Pencils	Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks	Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua] (credited)
Colors	Mark Espo (grey tones, credited)
Letters	Rick Parker (credited); Gaspar Saladino (page one)
Editing	Len Wein (credited)
Reprinted	from Incredible Hulk, The (Marvel, 1968 series) #219

1 page advertisement "Star Wars Fighter Kite Offer"

Synopsis

Ad for Star Wars Fighter Kites.

7 page Daredevil story "Don't Drink The Water"

Characters	Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Black Widow; Man-Bull
Genre	Super-hero
Script	? (first page); Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils	? (first page); Gene Colan (credited)
Inks	? (first page); Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua] (credited)
Colors	Brian Moore (grey tones, credited)
Letters	? (first page); John Costanza (credited)
Editing	Roy Thomas (original editor, credited)
Notes	First page is partly new drawings, partly cut up from previous pages of comic.
Reprinted	from Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #96 [partial, original title: "The Widow Will Make You Pay"]

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Pandemonious Ponderings on Pulse-Pounding Publications"

Synopsis

Hype about Star Wars 11, Super Spider-Man 271, Rampage 27, and Fantastic Four 30. (all weekly comics published by Marvel UK).

8 page Captain Marvel story "Captain Marvel -- Wanted!"

Characters	Captain Marvel; Rick Jones; Dr. Minerva
Synopsis	Captain Marvel returns to Earth to find Rick Jones as a captive of Dr. Minerva.
Genre	Super-Hero
Script	Scott Edelman (credited)
Pencils	Al Milgrom (credited)
Inks	Terry Austin (credited)
Colors	Sandy Klinger (grey tones, credited)
Letters	John Costanza (credited) [as J. Costanza]
Editing	Archie Goodwin (credited, original editor) [as A. Goodwin]
Reprinted	from Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #52

Half page letters page "Hi there, gang!"

Synopsis

Letter from Sgt. Nick Fury stating that they can't accept any more members into the Fury Club because it is all full up. "Also it helps for security reasons if we keep numbers down..."

Half page filler "Weapons of War No. 4"

Synopsis

Photo of Rommel's Half-Track.

8 page Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos! story "The Triumph of Baron Strucker!"

Characters	Sgt. Fury; Baron Strucker
Synopsis	A tower gets destroyed while the Howlers battle Baron Strucker.
Genre	War
Script	Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils	? (first page); Dick Ayers (credited)
Inks	? (first page); John Tartaglione (credited)
Letters	? (first page); Sam Rosen (credited)
Editing	Stan Lee (original editor, credited)
Notes	New art on first page of story.
Reprinted	from Sgt. Fury (Marvel series) #? [partial reprint]

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "We Are Not Alone!"

Synopsis

Ad for Close Encounters of the Third Kind comic (special edition).