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247May 1980
$0.40

The Incredible Hulk #247

Marvel · May 1980

First appearance: The GardenerFirst appearance: Ord ZyonzFirst appearance: Torla1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue
#247
Publication date
May 1980
Key date
1980-05-00
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.40
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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: Rich Buckler; inks: Al MilgromBruce Banner, Hulk
1Jarella's Worldcomic story17script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; colors: Ben Sean; letters: John CostanzaBruce Banner, Captain Marvel, Elysius, The Gardener First, Holi, Hulk, Jarella, Rick Jones, Mar-Vell, Moli, Psyklop, Betty Ross, Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, Doc Samson
2The All New Adult Fantasy Magazine from Marvelpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? (promo copy); letters: typeset
3$5 Savings Certificate for New Subscribers Only!promo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? (promo copy); letters: ?; typeset
4Marvel Magazines'll Grab Ya!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Dave Simons
5What's Wrong With This Picture?promo (ad from the publisher)0.5script: ? (promo copy); letters: ?; typeset
6-in-house column1script: Stan Lee
8-letters page1script: Jo Duffy

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 0714860245605

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Hulk: Heart of the Atom #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-3087-1		2008On eBay ›
Hulk: Heart of the Atom #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-6212-4		2012On eBay ›
Essential Hulk #7
ISBN 978-0-7851-8511-6		2013On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #16
ISBN 978-1-302-93334-0		2022On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #246146 of 374#248 ›

Sources

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