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Issue Details

Issue #318
Published April 1986
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 36
Editing Dennis O'Neil (Editor); Don Daley (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Notes Statement of Ownership average # of copies in preceding 12 months: 327,017.

Cover Details

Characters Hulk Robot; Doc Samson
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Notes Statement of Ownership average # of copies in preceding 12 months: 327,017.

22 page Hulk story "Baptism of Fire"

Characters GUESTS: Doc Samson; Betty Banner; Bruce Banner; Hulk (hologram); New Hulkbusters--Craig Saunders; Carolyn Parmenter (Death); Samuel John LaRoquette; Dr. Armand Martel; Prof. Hideko Takata; VILLAIN: Hulk Robot; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Thunderbolt Ross
Synopsis Bruce continues to study the Hulk to try and figure out a way to bring him down; Doc Samson accidentally destroys the Hulk Robot the Hulkbusters are using for training so they attack him instead; One of the Busters is killed in the conflict and, rather than take responsibility, Samson warns them to stay out of his way; Betty agrees to marry Bruce.
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne; Keith Williams (Backgrounds)
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Rick Parker
Notes Hulk does not actually appear in this story.
Reprinted In Marvel Super-Heroes Megazine #5 (February 1995)