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Kirby cvr/art; 1st app. of Tyrannus & Gen. Fang (1/63)
Incredible Hulk #5 was the last issue of the original Hulk run drawn by co-creator, Jack Kirby, and it features a truly bombastic cover, showing the Green Goliath breaking through a concrete wall like it was a flimsy cardboard box. The stories contained within the rampaging cover see the Hulk doing battle with such illustrious Kirby villains as the Ancient Roman-styled Tyrannus and the fiendish commie General Fang. Needless to say, the duo of bad guys find out the hard way that it's not easy beating green, and are vanquished in smashing style by our Gargantuan Golem. MCU fans are eagerly awaiting the return of the Hulk and, typically, when a new Marvel movie is released, the comic market invariably sees an uptick in interest and value in the featured heroes.




Artists Information

Jack Kirby is called 'The King of Comics' for a reason, during his career that spanned six decades he gave us many of the most iconic characters the medium would ever see. From his introduction of Captain America at the height of World War II it was clear he wasn't your ordinary comics artist. But it was his creative explosion at Marvel Comics in the 1960's that cemented his legacy, over a short period of time Kirby would give us The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, The Hulk, The X-Men, Thor, Ant-Man and Nick Fury just to name a few. Kirby would then go to DC and create his Fourth World, introducing Darkseid, Mister Miracle, The New Gods and a host of cosmic supporting players. Long live The King.

Richard "Dick" Ayers was an American comic book artist and cartoonist best known for his work as one of the main inkers during the late-1950's and 1960's Silver Age of Comics, including some of the earliest issues of Marvel Comics' including Jack Kirby's The Fantastic Four. He is the signature penciler of Marvel's World War II comic Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, drawing it for a 10-year run, and he co-created Magazine Enterprises' 1950s Western-horror character the Ghost Rider, a version of which he would draw for Marvel in the 1960s. His career would span 7 decades until his death in 2014.