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Publisher: Marvel

Title: The Incredible Hulk
Issue: 159
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: January 1973
Volume: 1

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Incredible Hulk #159
Owner: Ghost Town

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Story Title: The Abomination! - cover
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Abomination; Thunderbolt Ross


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Frank Richard
Pages:1
Pencils:?; ? (photographs)
Inks:?; ? (photographs)
Letters:typeset
Characters:Mr. Universe, Frank Richard (photograph)
Synopsis:Ad for Tensile Contractions body building course.


Story Title: Two Years before the Abomination! - comic story
Pages:20
Genre:superhero
Characters:Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Hulkbusters; Abomination (villain); Leader (villain); Omnivac (villain); Rhino (villain, cameo)
Synopsis:Bruce returns home from Counter-Earth only to have his shuttle blasted to atoms by Thunderbolt Ross. Ross sends the Hulkbusters out to capture the Hulk but they come home with the Abomination instead. In order to ensure that Betty continues to think the Hulk is dead, Ross makes a deal with Abomination, ensuring him a cure for his gamma irradiated condition and his freedom if he captures the jade giant. Abomination battles the Hulk but, realizing that Ross has deceived him, tells Hulk that Betty has married Glenn and they are honeymooning in Niagara Falls.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Hobby Coin Co.
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Send for a surprise collectible coin packet.


Story Title: Shop by Mail - advertisement
Pages:0.5
Pencils:?; ? (photograph)
Inks:?; ? (photograph)
Colors:? (panel backgrounds only)
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including back-issue comics.


Story Title: [ no title ] - in-house column
Pages:1
Colors:? (panel backgrounds and lettering only)
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Includes: Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items; Marvelous Marvel Mini-Items!; Mighty Marvel Checklist; house ad for Supernatural Thrillers (Marvel, 1972 series) #2.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Wayne School
Pages:1
Colors:? (background and lettering only)
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Ad for a program to finish high school at home.


Story Title: The Adventures of Corgi Boy - advertisement
Pages:1
Letters:?; typeset
Characters:Corgi Boy
Synopsis:Illustrated story ad for Corgi toy vehicles.


Story Title: The Terrific Ten - comics-form advertising
Features:NBC
Pages:2
Characters:Adam; Evy; Pink Panther; Underdog; The Jetsons; The Houndcats; The Roman Holidays; The Barkleys; Sealab 2020; Runaround; Around the World in Eighty Days, Talking with a Giant
Synopsis:Adam and Evie enter the world of NBC Saturday morning cartoons via their TV screen and share some adventures with the characters.


Story Title: Shop by Mail - advertisement
Pages:1
Pencils:?; ? (photographs)
Inks:?; ? (photographs)
Colors:? (panel background only)
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:A series of thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including back-issue comics.


Story Title: [ no title ] - letters page
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Shop by Mail - advertisement
Pages:2
Pencils:?; ? (photographs)
Inks:?; ? (photographs)
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including back-issue comics.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Ad soliciting boys to sell the Grit newspaper.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:North American School of Animal Sciences
Pages:0.5
Pencils:?; ? (photographs)
Inks:?; ? (photographs)
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Ad promoting jobs in animal care.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Slim-Pak Plan
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Ad for a weight-loss plan.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:North American School of Drafting
Pages:1
Pencils:? (photographs)
Inks:? (photographs)
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Advertisement for high paying jobs in the drafting field.


Story Title: Chopcycles - advertisement
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Ad for 3-wheeled toy racing machines.


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