The Incredible Hulk #102 for Sale - First Appearance of Oldar - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue: #102
Publication date: April 1968
Key date: 1968-04-00
On-sale date: 1968-01-09
Indicia publisher: Olympia Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Oldar - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Hulk.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen, Morrie Kuramoto	Bruce Banner, Hulk
2	--This World Not His Own!	comic story	20	script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: George Tuska, Marie Severin; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Artie Simek	Amora, Bruce Banner, Enchantress, The Executioner, Fandral, Hogun, Hulk Origin, Rick Jones, Odin, Oldar First, Norrin Radd, Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, Silver Surfer, Igor Drenkov
3	Not Brand Echh	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.75	pencils: Marie Severin, Gene Colan; inks: Marie Severin, Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen
4	Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation	statement of ownership	0.25	script: John F. Hayes
12	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
13	Marvel Super-Heroes T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (promo copy)
14	-	letters page	2	script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Super-Heroes #56	1976	On eBay ›
Essential Hulk #2 ISBN 0-7851-0795-9	2001	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #3 ISBN 0-7851-2032-7	2006	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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