The Incredible Hulk #173 (1974) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Second Coming of the Cobalt Man!	cover	1	pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Herb Trimpe; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Cobalt Man
2	Anybody Out There Remember...the Cobalt Man?	comic story	19	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Herb Trimpe; colors: Petra Goldberg; letters: Jean Izzo	Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thunderbolt Ross; Ted Roberts; Cobalt Man [Ralph Roberts](villain); X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman; Beast] (cameo flashback)
10	-	letters page	0.67	script: Steve Gerber; pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Herb Trimpe
11	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Daredevil; The Beetle; Black Widow
12	Christmas Chronicles and Yuletide Yucks - And a Partridge in a Pear Tree!	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee	Iron Fist
15	Blockbustin' Bullpen Bonus Page	in-house column	1	script: ? (promo copy); letters: typeset	Hulk [Bruce Banner]

Plus 13 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Essential Hulk #5 ISBN 978-0-7851-3065-9	2008	On eBay ›
Comic Reader #102	1973	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #10 ISBN 978-0-7851-9596-2	2016	On eBay ›
Crisis on Counter-Earth ISBN 978-1-302-92916-9	2021	On eBay ›

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