Bronze Age Incredible Hulk 3 3

[WernerVonDoom]

First time Hulk and Banner are split apart

[joeypost]

I'll scan some of my books when I get them out of secure storage. I cant find a lot of them for some reason. 

[joeypost]

14 hours ago, namisgr said:

Great story, Joe.  Now I understand why you love Hulk 197 so much.

Hulk 153 was the first issue I bought off the rack, starting a four year run of reading and collecting every issue.  This was my original copy:

 

I was very fortunate to grab this WP copy when it came on the market. Not sure if any other pedigree copies exist of the issue. 

[HarrisonJohn]

Where would you place the beginning and end of the bronze age in the Hulk series? 

[WernerVonDoom]

I put it at the first 15 cent issue (118) to December 1979 (242). But anything close to that works.

[universal soldier]

4 hours ago, Werner_Von_Doom said:

I put it at the first 15 cent issue (118) to December 1979 (242). But anything close to that works.

I always had it at 123 (January 1970) but yes that works too

[WernerVonDoom]

This one has a pretty good splash page:

 

[Frisco Larson]

Signed at Herb's last signing event, 2 days before he passed away. 

[BuscemasAvengers]

Just arrived today ...

[Ken Aldred]

I remember reading this as a kid, and finding the ending quite shocking and extremely sad.

 

[ChrispyC66]

I only have a few Hulk BA issues. I love these covers, especially 201, 202 and 206. I added KSA 5 as well. Excuse the condition these were well read.

 

 

Edited May 13, 2020 by ChrispyC66

[serling1978]

Love me some Bronze Age Hulk. I'm currently reading through my Hulks but I haven't hit the Bronze Age yet. I'm on #126 now I think. I've got the entire Hulk run from #1 through #300 so it's been interesting to see the changes to the character so far.  2 years ago at the Baltimore comic con I bought about 50 Hulks, mostly Bronze but also some Silver and some Copper. It was a pretty good day. Got me a long way too completing the run. Looking forward to reading them all! 

[WernerVonDoom]

Hulk dead? You'd think this would be a more famous issue.

[joeypost]

6 hours ago, Werner_Von_Doom said:

Hulk dead? You'd think this would be a more famous issue.

While not famous, this book is a white whale for me. Only 1 9.8 on the census and the last one sold for 20x what a 9.6 is valued at. 

[joeypost]

On 5/12/2020 at 1:23 PM, BuscemasAvengers said:

Just arrived today ...

This and 183 are great covers. 

[joeypost]

[joeypost]

[joeypost]

As far as availability in 9.8 some of the hardest Hulk books to find are:

 

137 (1 in 9.8)

145  (1 in 9.8)

158 (none in 9.8)

177

188

193

 

Edited May 15, 2020 by joeypost

[namisgr]

3 hours ago, joeypost said:

While not famous, this book is a white whale for me. Only 1 9.8 on the census and the last one sold for 20x what a 9.6 is valued at. 

My old copy was very sharp, but not a NM/M:

Edited May 15, 2020 by namisgr

[namisgr]

41 minutes ago, joeypost said:

As far as availability in 9.8 some of the hardest Hulk books to find are:

 

137 (1 in 9.8)

158 (none in 9.8)

177

188

193

 

145  1 in 9.8

I have it on good authority that this copy will be selling this summer at auction.  

Edited May 15, 2020 by namisgr