Dr. Robert Bruce Banner may look like a mild-mannered scientist, but after being caught in a gamma bomb explosion, he became the unstoppable engine of destruction known as the Hulk! Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's atomic update on the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde paradigm mixed the might of giant monsters with Cold War intrigue and added a heavy dose of psychological drama. Decades later, it's a formula that still has readers clamoring for more!

Collecting: Incredible Hulk 1-6, Fantastic Four 12, 25-26, Avengers 1-3, 5, Amazing Spider-Man 14, Tales to Astonish 59, Journey Into Mystery 112