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Cover: Gene Colan & Dick Ayers

Tales to Astonish #84

Oct 1966 · Marvel · 0.12 USD
“Like a Beast at Bay!”

In "Like a Beast at Bay!", the Hulk, abandoned at a deserted gamma base, ventures to New York City seeking refuge with his old Avengers allies—only to be met with hostility from the very police he hopes to avoid. Meanwhile, a nervous driver named Rick takes a strange job transporting a mysterious stranger to the city, warned not to look in the trunk. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by a rotating team including Bill Everett, Jerry Grandenetti, Gene Colan, and Jack Kirby, with inks by Bill Everett, Dick Ayers, John Tartaglione, Mike Esposito, and Sol Brodsky, and lettered by Artie Simek, this 1966 issue features a cover by Gene Colan and Dick Ayers.

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writer Stan Lee · artist, inker Bill Everett · artist Jerry Grandenetti · artist Gene Colan · artist Jack Kirby · inker Dick Ayers · inker John Tartaglione · inker Mike Esposito · inker Sol Brodsky · letterer Artie Simek · cover Gene Colan, Dick Ayers

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Cast · 13 characters

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writer Stan Lee
artist, inker Bill Everett
artist Gene Colan
artist Jack Kirby
letterer Artie Simek
cover pencils Gene Colan
cover inks Dick Ayers

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Finding gamma base deserted and everybody gone, the Hulk heads to New York City to try and find his old friends in the Avengers but finds himself attacked once again by city police. Rick, hearing that the Hulk is in the Big Apple, gets a job driving a car to New York for a mysterious stranger who tells him to be sure not to look in the trunk.

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