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Incredible Hulk #229: Review

Nov 1978
Roger Stern, Sal Buscema

Story Name:

The Moonstone Is A Harsh Mistress!


Synopsis

Incredible Hulk #229 Synopsis by Julio Molina-Muscara
Image from Incredible Hulk #229

Moonstone wakes up in Hulk’s arms as Karla Sofen. Hulk sees her and, not looking like Moonstone, lets her go.

Doc Samson questions the green giant. Sofen sees her secret identity in danger and causes a vast explosion. The explosion threatens to harm her, and Hulk saves her. TV cameras capture the moment and the nation witnesses Hulk’s heroism.

As Plan B to prevent the Hulk from ruining her mission, Sofen shoots a beam at him; the Hulk goes berserk.

Doc Samson tries halting Hulk, as Moonstone shows up, starting a big fight. Hulk acts like a veritable monster in national television.

Thunderbolt Ross tries stopping the Hulk and sees how Moonstone turns into Karla Sofen. The villain takes advantage of the general’s fragile state and switches back and forth between her identities to cause Ross a nervous breakdown.

Seeing Ross faint infuriates Hulk who grabs Sofen. Doc Samson, who does not know Sofen and Moonstone are the same person, thinks the Hulk is trying to hurt a fragile woman, and jells madly at him. Hulk leaps away to avoid additional conflicts.

Also in this story: Jim Wilson. In flashbacks: Captain America, Moonstone (the original one).

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Review / Commentaries

Rating:
3.5 stars

No review at this time.

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Collecting: INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #227-244 and INCREDIBLE HULK ANNUAL (1968) #7-9, CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #230, MARVEL CALENDAR 1979, and material from MARVEL TREASURY EDITION #20 and #24.

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Preview Pages




Sal Buscema
Mickey Demeo
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Herb Trimpe (Cover Penciler)


Characters

Listed in Alphabetical Order.

Doc Samson
Doc Samson

(Leonard Samson)
Hulk
Hulk

(Robert Bruce Banner)
Moonstone
Moonstone

(Karla Sofen)
Thunderbolt Ross
Thunderbolt Ross

(Thaddeus Ross)