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Incredible Hulk Annual, The (1976 series) #23

Terry Kavanagh | Chris Cross

Incredible Hulk Annual, The (1976 series) #23 cover

Story Name:

X-Man / Hulk: Call Of The Wild


Synopsis

Incredible Hulk Annual, The (1976 series) #23 synopsis by Mike Kingwell
Rating: 3 stars
Nate Grey has recently lost his telepathic powers and is experiencing the world without his mind reading abilities. He is very hungry and tired. At a Dallas hospital, Rick Jones is making a recovery from the Hulk's blow also recently dealt to him. Bruce is mourning the death of his wife. The Hulk rages to the grand canyon to dish out some frustration, and get some space. He hears voices, not Betty's as he would have liked it to be though. The voice leads the Hulk to a stonehenge, where the voice is revealed to be Thanos.

Nearby a truck where a sleeping Nate Grey is residing drives past and Nate decides to invesitgate the henge. The Hulk warns Nate to stay out of his way, as him and Thanos aren't finished talking. Thanos offers the Hulk power, but Nate interferes before the Hulk can accept it. Thanos' true agenda however was to gain a link to someone outside the henge so he could be free of his prison. He captures Nate and uses his power however, zapping the Hulk, severly burning him. Nate can't keep up fighting Thanos, so he tranfers his psi-armor to the now recovered Hulk. Nate recreates the configuration of the henge and tells the Hulk to drive Thanos back inside of it. The Hulk pounds away as Thanos is sucked in along with Nate. Hulk loses his psi-armor and Nate is thrown back out of the henge gateway and onto solid ground, leaving him feeling very hungry again.


Characters
Good (or All)
HULK
RICKJONES
THANOS


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Incredible Hulk Annual, The (1976 series) #23 cover

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Main/1st Story Full Credits

Chris Cross
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Chris Cross (Cover Penciler)
Chris Cross (Cover Inker)
Additional Credits

Editor: Matt Idelson. Editor-in-chief: Bob Harras.



Review / Commentaries


Incredible Hulk Annual, The (1976 series) #23 Review by (May 30, 2025)
For X-Man this Annual falls between his #41 and #42. In X-Men (1997) #77 a battle between Psylocke and Shadow King (temporarily) removed the psi-powers of all telepaths. This hit Nate Grey at the end of #41.

For Hulk it follows Hulk/Sub-Mariner Annual 1998, and they both lie within Hulk #467. Hulk crippled Rick Jones in #457 while he was 1 of the 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse. Betty (Ross) Banner died in #466, and in the 1st part of #467 Bruce Banner tried several ways to commit suicide (Rick and Marlo Jones were there too). 1 such attempt led him into the Hulk/SubM Annual. 

In the Infinity Abyss mini-series Jim Starlin will label various Thanos apps as clones called Thanosi created by Thanos. Everyone seems to agree that this Thanos is actually the being designated as the Low-Level Thanosi who was also seen trapped in a pocket dimension that was making him bigger and more powerful in Ka-Zar (1997) #4-11 and An 1997. As such this is this Thanosi's last app, and he's presumably still trapped in that dark dimension.
Starlin made this move because he considered some Thanos apps while he was away didn't match the char he had left. In this case *his* Thanos wouldn't get trapped in a pocket dimension and wouldn't get defeated by Ka-Zar! Also since the Infinity Gauntlet event Thanos had abandoned his love of Death and given up seeking extreme power. He pursued his own agenda, but was as likely to be seen aiding heroes as he was opposing them.

Hulk will return to his #467 in time for Betty's funeral. Rick and Marlo will be there too.

X-Man considers his on/off relationship with Madelyne Pryor. He'll continue on to his #42 where he'll meet up with her again. (Except a future issue will reveal it's never really been her.)





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