The Rampaging Hulk

The Rampaging Hulk
Cover of The Rampaging Hulk #1 (Jan. 1977).
Art by Ken Barr
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
Schedule
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  • (vol. 1)
    Bimonthly
    (vol. 2)
    Monthly
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication date
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  • (vol. 1)
    January 1977 – June 1981
    (vol. 2)
    August 1998 – January 1999
No. of issues
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  • (vol. 1): 27
    (vol. 2): 6
Main character(s)The Hulk
Creative team
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Penciller(s)
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  • (vol. 2)
    Tom Smith
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Collected editions
Essential Rampaging Hulk Vol. 1ISBN 0-7851-2699-6
Essential Rampaging Hulk Vol. 2ISBN 0-7851-4255-X

The Rampaging Hulk is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The first volume was a black and white magazine published by Curtis Magazines (an imprint of Marvel) from 1977–1978. With issue #10, it changed its format to color and its title to The Hulk!, and ran another 17 issues before it was canceled in 1981. It was a rare attempt by Marvel to mix their superhero characters with the "mature readers" black-and-white magazine format.

With the change to color and the title to The Hulk!, the magazine became Marvel's attempt to cash in on the popularity of The Incredible Hulk TV series, starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno, both of whom were prominently featured and interviewed[1][2] over the course of the magazine's run, as was executive producer Kenneth Johnson.[3]

The series had a second run of six issues from August 1998 to January 1999.

  1. ^ Anonymous. "Bill Bixby Tells What It's Like to Play TV's Bruce Banner," The Hulk #10, August 1978, Marvel Comics, pp. 45–49.
  2. ^ Anonymous. "Green Muscles," The Hulk #12, December 1978, Marvel Comics, pp. 29–32.
  3. ^ Swires, Steven. "This Man Tell Hulk What to Do!", The Hulk #20, 1980, Marvel Comics, pp. 38–42.