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258April 1981
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The Incredible Hulk #258

Marvel · April 1981

First appearance: Piotr PhobosFirst appearance: Yuri Brevlov2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue
#258
Publication date
April 1981
Key date
1981-04-00
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.50
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Frank Miller; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Irv WatanabeBruce Banner, Dimitri Bukharin, Crimson Dynamo, Darkstar, Hulk, Nikolai Krylenko, Laynia Petrovna, Major Ursus, Mikhail Ursus, Vanguard
1...To Hunt the Hulk!comic story22script: Bill Mantlo, Steven Grant; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Jim NovakBruce Banner, Yuri Brevlov First, Dimitri Bukharin, Captain America, Crimson Dynamo, Darkstar, Hulk, Edwin Jarvis, Rick Jones, Nikolai Krylenko, Sergei Krylov, Edwin Maxwell, Ruth Messinger, Diane Perrywinkle
3Mighty Marvel's Big Money-Saving Holiday Offer!promo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? (promo copy); letters: ?; typeset
5-letters page0.67script: Bill Mantlo
6-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 0714860245604
Britishprice 0.20 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #17
ISBN 978-1-302-94937-2		2023On eBay ›
To Hunt the Hulk
ISBN 978-1-302-96058-2		2025On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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