Welcome to Make Ours Marvel, the weekly show where Michael Kaiser and Jon M. Wilson read chronologically through Marvel Comics’ spandex adventures and discuss their thoughts with little to no authority.
In this episode…
- The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962)
- The Fantastic Four #5 (Jul 1962)
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Here I am again with a few more thoughts on this episode’s issues!
Incredible Hulk #1-
*I’m just wondering, what American General in the late 50’s and early 60’s would have given someone named IGOR a high security clearance? I don’t think Ross did a proper background check.
*Speaking of Igor, he will be back. I think most of his other appearances are flashbacks to this issue but he does play a big part in issue #393 (you should be there soon, right?)
*When the MPD story was brought up by Peter David in the ’80’s and ’90’s I’m pretty sure it was said that the Hulk’s personalities were in a state of flux in the early days, which is why he doesn’t have a stable personality in many of these early issues. I know it was said that the “Joe Fixit/Gray Hulk” personality was influencing Banner in a few issues when he forces himself to become the Hulk.
*That “hours of unending screaming” line creeps me out too. Maybe it’s the combined birth cries of all the different Hulks?
*Rick is an orphan and definitely a professional sidekick.
Hulk
Captain America
Avengers
Captain Mar-Vell
Rom
Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell)
Fantastic Four #5- I don’t have as many thoughts about this issue, but it’s a solid issue. I do wonder if Ben had stayed in the past as Blackbeard how he would have done once he realized that he would have to kill innocents as a pirate.