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Issue: The Incredible Hulk #166
Publication Date: August 1973
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Issues: #166 of 374 Issues (816 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 05/08/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from The Comic Reader #96, April 1973.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior; Deluxe Editions glossy interior (425 - 429); Direct Edition glossy interior (430 - 442)
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #145)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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It! The Thing from the Dynamo!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Zzzax
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In Content Item: FlagL'Incroyable Hulk #25 published January 1973
as Ce monstre... cette chose échappée du Dynamo ! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty World of Marvel #168 published December 1975
as It! The Thing from the Dynamo! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Super Bodybuilding Course

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First Line: Introducing the bodybuilding system that guarantees - you’ll put on inches of powerful muscles on your body!
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The Destroyer from the Dynamo!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Thunderbolt Ross; Glenn Talbot; Colonel John Armbruster; Zzzax (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis: Hulk swims ashore in New York City just in time to assist Hawkeye in taking on the electrical menace of Zzzax. Meanwhile, in Russia, Talbot and his forces successfully rescue Thunderbolt Ross from his captors but Talbot ends up getting captured himself.
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In Content Item: FlagL'Incroyable Hulk #25 published January 1973
as Le destructeur de la Dynamo ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]N&B [B&W]
In Content Item: FlagHulk #3/1980 published ?
as Möte med Zzzax [Story on Interior Page(s)]3 sidor bortredigerade
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Pages: 19
Job Number: 1482
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Strategy & Tactics

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First Line: The paper time machine
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First Line: Skinny? Try this free for 21 days!
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These 3 Big Drafting Kits* Given to You!

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First Line: …when you train at home with us for a high pay job in drafting!
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How Joe Solved His "Security Problem"!

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Character(s): Jane; Joe
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First Line: I’m 11 years old… and I sell $75.00 to $100.00 a week
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First Line: Terrifying — scary bag full of horrors
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[untitled]

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Genres: horror
Feature(s): Dracula Lives
Character(s): Dracula
First Line: We're looking for people who like to draw (blood)!
Synopsis: House ad for Dracula Lives! magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #2, utilizing a spot illustration taken from the cover of Tomb of Dracula #1, and advertised as "Now On Sale".
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Character(s): John Lennon (photograph)
First Line: Free everything you need to start your own shoe and clothing business
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We’ll Train You in Your Spare Time for an Exciting Outdoor Career

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First Line: Start a great new life of service and adventure in conservation country!
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First Line: Boys! Earn $1 to $6 a week sell Grit in your spare time (earn big prizes too)
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First Line: I’ll make you a master of karate
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More Miniaturized Mouthfuls of Marvel-ous Mutterings! (Or: Not Only is Dracula Alive and Well — But He’s Got Company!)

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First Line: This is it!
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FOOM! Friends Of Ol' Marvel

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He Lives! He Strikes! No Grave Can Hold Him!

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Synopsis: House ad for Tales of the Zombie (Marvel, 1973 series) #1
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The Day Bill Told Off His Boss

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First Line: 3 complete fishing outfits
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First Line: Look who’s smiling now!
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