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137March 1971
$0.15

The Incredible Hulk #137

Marvel · March 1971 · on sale 1970-11-10

First appearance: KlaatuDeath of Klaatu1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue
#137
Publication date
March 1971
Key date
1971-03-00
On-sale date
1970-11-10
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

Death on record for: Klaatu.

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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Herb Trimpe; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Morrie KuramotoBruce Banner, Hulk, Abomination, Emil Blonsky
2The Stars Mine Enemy!comic story19script: Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway; pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Mike Esposito; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Artie SimekAbomination, Bruce Banner, Emil Blonsky, Hulk, Klaatu First
4-in-house column0.4script: ? (promo copy); colors: ? (background only); letters: typeset
5Marvelmaniapromo (ad from the publisher)0.6pencils: Jim Steranko, Gene Colan, Jack Kirby, Herb Trimpe, John Romita, John Buscema; inks: Jim Steranko, Gene Colan, Jack Kirby, Herb Trimpe, John Romita, John Buscema; letters: Mike Royer
13-in-house column1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia, John RomitaSpider-Man; Captain America
16-letters page1.6script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: John Severin
17-promo (ad from the publisher)0.4pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita; letters: Morrie KuramotoIron Man; Nick Fury

Plus 12 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Treasury Edition #201979On eBay ›
Essential Hulk #3
ISBN 0-7851-1689-3		2005On eBay ›
In the Hands of Hydra
ISBN 978-1-302-91558-2		2019On eBay ›
Essential Hulk #3 [Second Edition]
ISBN 978-0-7851-6419-7		2012On eBay ›
The Incredible Hulk Omnibus #3
ISBN 978-1-302-96259-3		2025On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #13636 of 374#138 ›

Sources

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