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The Incredible Hulk #5

Jan 1963
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

The Incredible Hulk #5 cover

Story Name:

Beauty And The Beast!


Synopsis

The Incredible Hulk #5 synopsis by Julio Molina-Muscara
Rating: 4 stars
Image from The Incredible Hulk #5

Tyrannus, a centuries-old leader of an underground race, has kept his body young with the Fountain of Youth. He intends to conquer the surface world and kidnaps Betty Ross.

Bruce Banner uses his gamma ray machine to turn into the Hulk, and, joined by Rick Jones, goes to her rescue. But the villain knocks them out with volcanic gas.

Tyrannus forces Hulk to obey in order to guarantee Betty’s safety. For the tyrant’s amusement, the monster fights a powerful robot in a Roman-like arena. Hulk beats his opponent, and tries hurting Tyrannus, but the villain knocks him out (again) yet this time using a paralyzing weapon.

Hulk has to do labors for Tyrannus. Fortunately, Jones finds an opportunity to free Betty; untied, Hulk confronts Tyrannus, and beats him.

Hulk, Rick, and Betty escape to the surface because someone buried the entrance to the underground city.

Strangely, the traumatic experience makes Betty forget the whole thing.

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Story #2

The Hordes of General Fang!

Writer: Stan Lee. Penciler: Jack Kirby. Inker: Dick Ayers. Colorist: Stan Goldberg. Letterer: Art Simek.

Synopsis

Hulk exercises his legs, leaping through the country. Thunderbolt Ross uses his newest weapon, the Iceberg Rocket, and captures him.

The Hulk falls to the ground in an ice cube, but the ice melts and he escapes before soldiers could grab him.

Back at his lab, Hulk uses a gamma ray machine to turn into Bruce Banner, and tells Rick Jones he’s losing control of the Hulk. 

Invasion of an Asian country makes Banner decide to use his gamma ray machine again to turn into the Hulk and go there to aid. He travels to Asia with Jones (Hulk escapes flying from the plane, carrying Jones), and defeats General Fang and his troops.

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Review / Commentaries


The Incredible Hulk #5 Review by (February 15, 2010)
First time Rick Jones acts like the Hulk's sidekick. The events in this issue are very similar to those in the Planet Hulk saga written by Greg Pak where the Hulk is forced to fight in an arena for the amusement of many. After his victory, the Hulk tries attacking the Emperor, the Red King, who was in his viewing stand.


The Incredible Hulk #5 Review by (March 15, 2010)

Comments:
The Hulk continues to fly. Hulk showed such abilities in the two previous issues, after receiving a dose of cosmic rays.



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Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK (1962) #1-6, TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #100, INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #102, and material from TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #59-99 and #101.

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Main/1st Story Full Credits

Jack Kirby
Dick Ayers
Stan Goldberg
Jack Kirby (Cover Penciler)
Dick Ayers (Cover Inker)
Additional Credits
Letterer: Art Simek.



Characters

All stories. Listed in alphabetical order.

Betty Ross
Betty Ross

(Elizabeth Ross)
Bruce Banner
Bruce Banner

(Robert Bruce Banner)
Hulk
Hulk

(Robert Bruce Banner)
Thunderbolt Ross
Thunderbolt Ross

(Thaddeus Ross)
Thunderbolt Ross
Thunderbolt Ross

(Thaddeus Ross)


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