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Tales to Astonish #68

Jun 1965
Stan Lee, Steve Ditko

Tales to Astonish #68 cover

Story Name:

Back From The Dead!


Synopsis

Tales to Astonish #68 synopsis by Julio Molina-Muscara
Rating: 3 stars

During the fall, Bruce Banner turns into the Hulk who catches Glenn Talbot, unconscious for the fall, saving the Major from certain death.

The Hulk then leaps off, leaving Mongolia, then Asia, crossing the Pacific Ocean, leaping from isle to isle (!), even from plane to plane (!!), until he reaches the USA. 

At Thunderbolt Ross‘ base, Hulk enters a cabin to rest, and turns back into Banner.

Thunderbolt Ross, Betty Ross and soldiers find Banner sleeping. He’s put behind bars accused of treason. But the US president (who knows Banner’s double identity) orders his release, once again. Now Banner can resume his Absorbatron tests. 

Talbot (later rescued from Mongolia) follows Banner to the isle. But before the test could begin, the Leader Humanoids (again) show up, but this time, they defeat the Hulk using a powerful sleep gas.

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Review / Commentaries


Tales to Astonish #68 Review by (May 23, 2023)

Review: Oh yeah, the Leader…I had forgotten all about him and the McGuffin on the island from issue #64. And so we go back there now that the Soviet diversion from issues #65-67 is done with (it can’t be easy filling all of these pages every month). So…more accusations of treason against Bruce, more anguish by Betty, more Humanoids, even more Humanoids, more Hulk fighting Humanoids, and then he’s captured by the Leader. Hey, that last thing is new! Let’s see where this goes!

The Giant-Man story promises “the return of an almost-forgotten villain!!” But we’ve tried. Oh, how we’ve tried. It’s the Human Top again and ten months ago doesn’t feel like the “long-dead past” either but just go with it. He also survived an atomic explosion by hiding in a cave, conveniently found in a small Southwestern town. He’s still the silliest Giant-Man villain and now his absurd abilities make even less sense. There’s nothing to say that we haven’t said before so I won’t. The next issue won’t be so lucky.

Comments: Cover picture of Giant-Man taken from interior art by Bob Powell (see GCD). Hulk story: The President is again Lyndon B. Johnson, here using one of his familiar rhetorical devices, “Let us reason together.” Inker Mike Esposito credited as Mickey Demeo. Giant-Man story: Part one of two parts. The Human Top last appeared in issue #59 and he’s back to his all-green costume briefly. First appearance of Wasp’s trained wasp, Boopsie



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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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Steve Ditko
Mickey Demeo
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Jack Kirby (Cover Penciler)
Vince Colletta (Cover Inker)
Stan Goldberg (Cover Colorist)
Additional Credits
Letterer: Art Simek.

Characters

Listed in alphabetical order. All stories.

Betty Ross
Betty Ross

(Elizabeth Ross)
Bruce Banner
Bruce Banner

(Robert Bruce Banner)
Giant-Man
Giant-Man

(Hank Pym)
Hulk
Hulk

(Robert Bruce Banner)
Thunderbolt Ross
Thunderbolt Ross

(Thaddeus Ross)
Wasp
Wasp

(Janet Van Dyne)


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