Incredible Hulk #189

None Are So Blind…!

Featuring: Hulk
Release: April 1, 1975
Cover: July 1975
25 cents
Len Wein writer/editor
Herbe Trimpe & Joe Staton illustrators
Glynis Oliver Wein colorist
Arty Simek letterer
18 pages

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Why? Why is there so much Hulk does not understand? All Hulk wants is a place where Hulk can find peace… a place Hulk can call… home! Why is Hulk forever lost? Where is Hulk? Where–? Nowhere! Hulk is always nowhere!

After a hiatus of a half-decade, the X-Men have returned, now with an all new team, including Wolverine, who we just met when he battled Hulk a few issues back. Of course, Len Wein was the writer on both titles, making for a smooth crossover.

We recall that in Hulk #187, Hulk tagged along on a SHIELD mission to Siberia to rescue Glenn Talbot, only to find him brain-swapped with a Soviet agent. The Gremlin erased the Soviet agent from his mind, so Ross and Quartermain only brought back a mindless husk. As they left, SHIELD destroyed the Gremlin’s Siberian base with Hulk still inside fighting the Droog monster. Presumably Hulk is now dead.

Except as we see on page 1, Hulk unexpectedly survived the destruction.

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Detective Comics #341

The Joker’s Comedy Capers!

Featuring: Batman and Robin
Release: May 27, 1965
Cover: July 1965
Price: 12 cents
15.33333… pages

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No credits are given. The story is by John Broome, Carmine Infantino, and Joe Giella.

The cover is another cover in sequential art panel format. We’ve seen very few of those. Amazing Spider-Man #4 a rare exception.

Joker’s plot is to pretend to be a movie producer making movies about fake crimes that are actually real crimes being filmed. Mr. Fear had a basically identical plan in Daredevil #6, released 5 months earlier. I pointed out then that filming your crimes is a bad idea.

Joker is writing, directing, producing, and starring in all these films. His first role is as the Tramp robbing a bank.

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NFL® Superpro #4

The Sanctioning
by Fabian Nicieza, Jose Delbo, and Mike DeCarlo

You know, the United Way and the NFL® work together to form a winning team!

Can’t let him make a big play from the opening kickoff!

This is ridiculous! But facing the 49ers offensive line was worse!

And now, let’s show America what teamwork’s all about!

The early 1990s was an explosion of creativity for Marvel Comics, introducing enduring new characters from Sleepwalker to Darkhawk, and revitalizing classic concepts with new versions of Fool Killer and Deathlok.

Some gems get obscured amongst the sheer volume of the decade’s creativity. Today, I want to talk about a character celebrating his 30th anniversary this year, the great superhero who sometimes is referred to simply as Superpro, but who is more properly known as NFL® Superpro!

You might have noticed the NFL® logo in the title and on his chest and his helmet…

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