CREATOR - STORY

Name: Born as Stanley Martin Lieber. Later adapted Stan Lee as his legal name.
Personal dates: Born 1922 in New York, USA.
Other creations: Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, X-Men.
Successors*: John Byrne, Peter David, Paul Jenkins, Roy Thomas.
Comments: Lee also worked as an editor for Marvel Comics.
 

CREATOR - GRAPHICS

Name: Jacob Kurtzberg (Jack Kirby).
Personal dates: Born 1917 in New York, USA. Died 1994 in California, USA.
Other creations: Captain America, Fantastic Four, X-Men.
Successors*: Sal Buschema, Bill Everett, Todd McFarlane, Keith Williams
Comments: Being one of the most influencial artists in the comic book history Kirby was often nicknamed The King.
* The series has had numerous successors, and the mentioned ones are just a few of the most well-known.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1962.

The title character is the alter ego of physicist Bruce Banner, who was accidentally exposed to the detonation of a gamma bomb. This caused Banner to involuntarily transform into a green, super-strong, oversized, raging monster leading to complications in Banner's life. Although the Hulk primarily helps by fighting badmen, his overwhelming strength and temperament also causes destruction, which often leads him on a collision course with the armed forces.

Prior to 1962 Marvel Comics had launched other characters by the name of Hulk. In 1960 The Hulk premiered in Strange Tales, and in the same year Xemnu The Living Hulk was introduced in Journey Into Mystery. In 1961 a monster called The Hulk saw daylight in Tales To Astonish.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER

The Incredible Hulk
(Bruce Banner)

 

 

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