Collects Smash ! 38; material from Marvel Storybook Annual 1968; material from Hulk Comic 1-6, 9-20, 26-28; Incredible Hulk Annual: Authorised Edition 1980; Hulk Annual 1981-1985; The Super Heroes Annual 1991 Annual 6: Not collected, except in Essentials and Masterworks, above. Annual 6 is the first issue in this run Collects Incredible Hulk (1968) 407-419 & Annual 20; Hulk: Future Imperfect 1-2; Incredible Hulk Ashcan Edition; Material From Marvel Holiday Special 3 At that point in time, with Avengers Vol. 4 #7 (collected in Avengers, Vol. 2), Red Hulk has joined The Avengers. This omnibus-sized hardcover collects #92-105 as well as Amazing Fantasy (2004) #15, Giant-Size Hulk #1, and Planet Hulk: Gladiator Guidebook. Amazing Fantasy occurred prior to #88.

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The Essentials line has been discontinued and will not extend past #248. Jump to that spot in the chronology. There are three ways to read and collect the first years: The hardcover “Marvel Masterworks” edition, the omnibus editions or the softcover “Marvel Epic Collection”. There also was the Essential Collection, but it’s too hard to find nowadays. The Incredible Hulk Omnibus Collects Incredible Hulk (1968) #369-400 and Annual 16-18, X-Factor (1986) #76, and material from Marvel Holiday Special (1991) #2 Incredible Hulk (2000) #1/2, 12-33, & Annual 2000-2001; Sentry/Hulk #1; Hulk Smash #1-2; and Startling Stories: Banner #1-4Avengers vs. X-Men: Red Hulk plays a significant early role. See Marvel Universe Events: Avengers vs. X-Men. This is when the first major Marvel event crossover happened. Fascinated by the presence of superheroes on Earth, The Beyonder chooses a group of both heroes and supervillains and teleports characters against their will to “Battleworld,” a planet in a distant galaxy. It’s the original Secret Wars. Annual 1998 (AKA X-Man/Incredible Hulk ’98): Not collected. Writer Peter David leaves the title with #467. Annual 1998 falls between #467-468. Hulk next appears in Avengers #74-75, Captain America: Theatre of War – America the Beautiful, Captain America & Falcon #11-12, Marvel Holiday Special 2005, Marvel Team-Up, Vol. 3 #3-4, and Captain Universe/Hulk

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Fear Itself: Hulk is a key supporting player in this event, including in his own mini-series Hulk vs. Dracula. See Marvel Universe Events: Fear Itself for all of the collection information. Collects Tales To Astonish (1959) #97-101, Incredible Hulk (1968) #102-117 & Annual 1, and material from Not Brand Echh (1967) #9 Collects Incredible Hulk #397–406, Annual #18–19, and material from Namor the Sub-Mariner Annual #2, Silver Surfer Annual #5, Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual #2, and Marvel Holiday Special #2 Collects Thing (1983) #1-36; Fantastic Four (1961) #274, 277, 296; Secret Wars II (1985) #7; West Coast Avengers (1985) #10; Questprobe (1984) #3; Marvel Tales (1964) #198; Marvel Graphic Novel: Hulk & Thing – The Big Change (1987); and material from Marvel Fanfare (1982) #15 and Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) #5.

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Collects Avengers (1963) #3, Sub-Mariner (1968) #35, Defenders (1972) #10, Incredible Hulk (1968) #255 & 440, Thor (1966) #385 & 489, Hulk (2008) #5-6, What If? (1977) #45; and material from Journey Into Mystery (1952) #112, Incredible Hulk Annual 2001, & Hulk (2008) #26 Avengers vs. X-Men: Hulk appears briefly in the final two issues of this event, and not at all in the tie-ins. Red Hulk plays a significant early role, including the prologue in X-Sanction. See Marvel Universe Events: Avengers vs. X-Men. Includes nearly every chronological Hulk appearance prior to his taking over Tales to Astonish with issue #60. Collects Incredible Hulk (1962) #1-6; Fantastic Four (1961) #12, 25-26; Avengers (1963) #1-3, 5; Amazing Spider-man (1963) #14; Tales To Astonish (1959) #59; Journey Into Mystery (1952) #112

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Collects Tales to Astonish #97–101, Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #102–117, Annual #1 and material from Not Brand Echh #9 Annual 2001 is placed after issue #28 in this collection. Annual 2001 and material from #26 are also collected in Thor Vs. Hulk. After #291: Marvel Fanfare #47, Secret Wars #1-12, half of #295, Fantastic Four #266-268, 1985 #1-2 Collects Daredevil (1964) #163, Fantastic Four (1961) #25-26, Hulk vs. Fin Fang Foom (2008) #1, The Incredible Hulk (1968) #300 & 340, Journey Into Mystery (1952) #112, Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #14, Tales to Astonish (1959) #92-93

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A recton series by Peter David set during this original Joe Fixit period that co-stars Spider-Man and Kingping. This starts sometime after issue #349 per an editorial note in the first issue, but must be prior to issue #373 because Spider-Man’s team-up with Joe Fixit in Fantastic Four follows that issue. Also collects Incredible Hulk (1968) #347 Collects Predator (1989) #1-4, Predator 2 (1991) #1-2, Predator: Big Game (1991) #1-4, Predator: Cold War (1991) #1-4, Predator: The Bloody Sands of Time (1992) #1-2, Predator: Bad Blood (1993) #1-4, Predator: Invaders from the Fourth Dimension (1994) #1, Predator: Dark River (1996) #1-4, Predator: Strange Roux (1996) #1, Predator: Kindred (1996) #1-4; and material from Dark Horse Presents (1986) #46, 119; Dark Horse Comics (1992) #1-2, 4-7, 10-14, 16-18, 20-21; and A Decade of Dark Horse (1996) #1. Original Sin: See Marvel Universe Events: Original Sin. Hulk does not play a part in this event outside of his mini-series.