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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).