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Cover: Herb Trimpe

The Incredible Hulk #156

Oct 1972 · Marvel · 0.20 USD
“Holocaust at the Heart of the Atom!”

In "Holocaust at the Heart of the Atom!", the Hulk arrives on Jarella's world with Bruce Banner’s mind intact, only to find the city of K'ai in ruins and his beloved Jarella captured by the traitorous Lord Visis. With Banner’s intellect guiding him, he rallies the people in rebellion—until Visis allies with the deadly assassin Krylar, whose weapon forces the Hulk to confront his own darkest fears. Written by Archie Goodwin and illustrated by Herb Trimpe, with cover art by Trimpe, this 1972 Marvel classic delivers a mind-bending clash of identities, where the green giant must face the monstrous version of himself—while the line between hero and beast blurs.

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writer Archie Goodwin · artist Herb Trimpe · inker Sal Trapani · colorist Mimi Gold · letterer Artie Simek · cover Herb Trimpe

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colorist Mimi Gold
letterer Artie Simek
cover pencils, inks Herb Trimpe

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Hulk arrives on Jarella's world with the mental acuity of Bruce Banner. He finds the city of K'ai in ruins and discovers that Jarella has been captured by the treacherous Lord Visis. Hulk rescues his lady love and leads her people in revolt. That is, until Visis teams up with master assassin Krylar who has a weapon that makes one battle one's darkest fears. The weapon is turned on the Hulk and Hulk with Banner's mind finds himself facing his old brutish self. Jarella's magicians counter by ending the spell that makes Hulk smart. Pym's serum wears off and Hulk grows back to normal size.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).

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