British Update: First Quencher with Free Gift Farrago: Marvel UK’s Hulk #1
*Marvel UK: Continuing our British #1 First Quencher event; the Hulk Weekly launched by Marvel UK in 1979 – the height of the Hulk TV show’s popularity in Britain – was a refreshing change from their all-reprint fare. Although there were some twice-told tales in its pages, it was at first mostly new tales of old favourites, produced by stars in the making: Hulk by Dave Gibbons, Black Knight by Steve Parkhouse & John Stokes (kicking off a storyline that eventually re-introduced the moribund Captain Britain), Nick Fury by Steve Moore & Steve Dillon (the latter’s first professional gig) and Night Raven by Steve Parkhouse & David Lloyd, plus reprints of Jack Kirby’s Ant-Man from the very beginning. Hard to find in high grade, this premier issue is VF with the Free Gift (Hulk Sticker Album) also VF, on sale at £25.