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263September 1981
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The Incredible Hulk #263

Marvel · September 1981 · on sale 1981-06-09

First appearance: Jackson DayFirst appearance: Corruptor2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue
#263
Publication date
September 1981
Key date
1981-09-00
On-sale date
1981-06-09
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 Jackson Day - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Feel the Earth Move Under Your Feet?cover1pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Irving WatanabeAvalanche, Bruce Banner, Hulk, Landslide, Dominikos Petrakis
1I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet, and the Sky Come Tumbling Down!comic story21script: Sal Buscema, Bill Mantlo; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; colors: Sharen, Don Warfield; letters: Jim NovakAvalanche, Bruce Banner, Boulder, Corruptor First, Jackson Day First, Digger, Harvey Elder, Hulk, Rick Jones, Kala, Landslide, Mole Man, Night Flyer, Dominikos Petrakis
3The Marvel Bullpen Man-in-the-Streets Askspromo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? (promo copy); letters: ?; typesetDaredevil; Human Torch; Hulk

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 0714860245609
Britishprice 0.20 GBP; barcode 0714860245609

Where to read it

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

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Series context

‹ #262162 of 374#264 ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q56377240 (Corruptor), first-appearance property (CC0)

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