The Incredible Hulk #1 May 1962, 474 Mar 1999, Hulk vol. 2 #1 Apr 1999, vol. 2 #11 Feb 2000, The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #12 Mar 2000
History: Mar 1962-May 1963 #1-6, Apr 1968-Mar 1999 #102-474, Apr 1999-present vol. 2 #1-p
Summary: The Incredible Hulk was one of Marvel's first Silver Age super-hero titles.
However it was cancelled with issue #6 to make room for The new Amazing Spider-Man title in 1963.
Hulk then appeared in the new Avengers series briefly as a member and then moved to Tales to
Astonish. In 1968, Hulk took over Tales to Astonish full time and with #102 the title was
renamed The Incredible Hulk. Hulk ran for many years and was the last Marvel title of the late 1990s
to be relaunched with a new #1 issue. After long-running writer Peter David left the series,
sales began to sag, so John Byrne was brought in. Originally he was going to start with #475,
but Marvel decided to relaunch the series and drop 'The Incredible' from the title.
Hulk #1 came out a month after #474. John Byrne left with series with #11 and with #12
the title became Incredible again. In 2001, Marvel began its sub-numbering system with a
smaller number indicating what issue it would be if the series hadn't been relaunched,
so issue #27 was also #501. However with #34, they have stopped using the dual numbers on
The Incredible Hulk.