The Incredible Hulk #427 for Sale - First Appearance of Albert - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue: #427
Publication date: March 1995
Key date: 1995-03-00
On-sale date: 1995-01-19
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.95; 2.65 CAD
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960602456842711
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Death on record for: Billy Templeton.

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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Liam Sharp; inks: Paul Neary	Bruce Banner, Hulk, Man-Thing, Ted Sallis
2	Six Months Later...	comic story	20	script: Peter David; pencils: Liam Sharpe; inks: Robin Riggs; colors: Glynis Oliver; letters: Starkings/Comicraft	Albert First, Bruce Banner, Max Christiansen First, Hulk, James Largo First, Man-Thing, Betty Ross, Ted Sallis, Emma Standish First, Billy Templeton First, Mrs. Templeton First, Skip Templeton First
8	The Only Card That's All Talk and All Action.	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
9	Use Your Spider-Sense: Subscribe!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Peter Parker, Spider-Man
10	Come On, Bub! Join the Team and Star in Your Own X-Men Comic!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt; inks: Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt; colors: Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt
11	-	comic story	1	script: Peter David; pencils: Darick Robertson; inks: Ron Boyd	Marlo Chandler, Rick Jones
12	Big Bonus Man-Thing Pinup	illustration	1	pencils: Liam Sharp; inks: Robin Riggs	Bruce Banner, Hulk, Man-Thing, Ted Sallis
13	-	letters page	0.75	pencils: Liam Sharp; inks: Robin Riggs
14	Statement of Ownership	statement of ownership	0.25	script: Diane Rivera
15	Marvel Edge	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Deluxe Newsstand Edition	price 1.95 USD; 2.65 CAD; 1.75 GBP; barcode 07148602456903
Newsstand	barcode 07148602456903

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Fall of the Pantheon ISBN 978-1-302-91024-2	2018	On eBay ›
Incredible Hulk by Peter David Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-302-92914-5	2021	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #426326 of 374#428 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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