The Incredible Hulk Annual #1 · 1968
The weight of a giant title.
Jim Steranko places Hulk beneath a colossal stone masthead. Follow the crouching pose, raised arms and crushing weight through later comics and character swaps.
The origin pointThe Incredible Hulk Annual #1 · Jim Steranko (pencils and inks); Marie Severin (Hulk head alterations)
The original cover
The Incredible Hulk Annual #1
Jim Steranko places Hulk beneath a colossal stone masthead. Follow the crouching pose, raised arms and crushing weight through later comics and character swaps.
This catalog follows the original cover’s composition across published comics and announced editions. Trade dress, virgin, foil and sketch treatments are described in edition notes. Connecting sets identify their participating issues and panels.
Verified records have source support for the exact cover and target. Partial records retain attribution or edition gaps. Reprints, interior-scene homages, different targets and unresolved references are listed separately below.
October 1968 cover date; July 16 on-sale date. Original full 25-cent printed dress with Marie Severin altered head; official Marvel digital clean image, bright white stone logo with no external background.
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Research & releases · Reviewed October 20, 2026
New editions and open questions
As of October 20, 2026, no future-dated homage specifically targeting the 1968 Incredible Hulk King-Size Special / Annual #1 was verified. Confirmed additional editions Planet Death (July 2025), Morka Moa Kickstarter 2025 and Hulk #2 (December 2021) are past releases. Search results for 2026–2027 largely concerned older Spawn #229 market coverage or collected editions, not newly announced exact-target homage art.
Undisclosed print quantities, ambiguous credits and conflicting edition dates remain identified as unknown. This catalog can grow as publishers, artists and collectors provide new evidence.
Reprints, interior-scene homages and references (8)
- The Mighty World of Marvel #129
Reuses the Steranko drawing with his original head and revised lower lettering; the 1968 printed cover had Marie Severin head alterations. This is a reference/reprint edition, not newly drawn homage art.
Research source ↗ - The Incredible Hulk Vol. 1: Return of the Monster TP Collected edition
Collected edition reusing Kaare Andrews Incredible Hulk #34 cover painting. Grouped under that artwork; not a second independently drawn homage.
Research source ↗ - Spawn #229
Black-and-white 1:25 edition of the same Todd McFarlane artwork as standard Spawn #229; grouped under color art.
Research source ↗ - The Mighty World of Marvel #129
Reuses the Steranko drawing with his original head and revised lower lettering; the 1968 printed cover had Marie Severin head alterations. This is a reference/reprint edition, not newly drawn homage art.
Research source ↗ - The Incredible Hulk Vol. 1: Return of the Monster TP Collected edition
Collected edition reusing Kaare Andrews Incredible Hulk #34 cover painting. Grouped under that artwork; not a second independently drawn homage.
Research source ↗ - Spawn #229
Black-and-white 1:25 edition of the same Todd McFarlane artwork as standard Spawn #229; grouped under color art.
Research source ↗ - Hulk 100 Hero Initiative Dave Simons original-art cover
Collector taxonomy identifies target, but one-off original-art charity cover is not a mass-produced edition; no exact independently sourced full cover verified during this pass. Held as research lead.
Research source ↗ - Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant 2011 #1
Collector list calls loose logo-lifting inspiration. Exact native cover and reliable primary target attribution not verified; held as lead, not silently invented as addition.
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Research changes and source notes
- CL-HULKANN1-0001: Reference / related edition
Reuses the Steranko drawing with his original head and revised lower lettering; the 1968 printed cover had Marie Severin head alterations. This is a reference/reprint edition, not newly drawn homage art.
- CL-HULKANN1-0002: Cover homage
Spring 1986 cover date confirmed by GCD; no exact on-sale day established. Cover uses a crouched burden-bearing figure under a large round rock rather than the exact stone-logo setting; supplied collector attribution retained as a loose visual homage.
- CL-HULKANN1-0003: Cover homage
Two-sided flip cover: Wolverine bears the giant 100 while Ghost Rider and the masthead appear above. Both characters are on the supplied composite; not two different comic issues. Sam Kieth confirmed by licensed Mondo reproduction.
- CL-HULKANN1-0004: Cover homage
GCD corrects on-sale date to October 13, 1992; January 1993 is cover date. Donatello bears the stone TMNT logo; Raphael appears in corner box.
- CL-HULKANN1-0005: Cover homage
Edition and artist naming retained from supplied issue/variant record; no unsupported print total or exclusive attribution added.
- CL-HULKANN1-0006: Cover homage
Sean Chen Iron Man magazine variant. Supplied collector list labels an Annual #1 homage, but the upright Iron Man/city composition is less exact than the crouched stone-logo design. Retained with qualified visual attribution.
- CL-HULKANN1-0007: Cover homage
Edition and artist naming retained from supplied issue/variant record; no unsupported print total or exclusive attribution added.
- CL-HULKANN1-0008: Reference / related edition
Collected edition reusing Kaare Andrews Incredible Hulk #34 cover painting. Grouped under that artwork; not a second independently drawn homage.
- CL-HULKANN1-0009: Cover homage
Artist-owned Behance gallery identifies the displayed cover as David Nakayama art, Guru-eFX colors; supplied image also credits them. A rising frontal logo-lifting reinterpretation, rather than tracing the original angle.
- CL-HULKANN1-0010: Cover homage
Cover states apologies to Mr. Steranko. Hercules supports stone HULK title while Amadeus Cho stands at right.
- CL-HULKANN1-0011: Cover homage
Edition and artist naming retained from supplied issue/variant record; no unsupported print total or exclusive attribution added.
- CL-HULKANN1-0012: Cover homage
GCD explicitly identifies Annual #1 target and signed after Steranko; the giant monster foot substitutes for the logo burden.
- CL-HULKANN1-0013: Cover homage
Oeming variant shows Hercules supporting the globe as Deadpool roasts a marshmallow at his feet. Collector taxonomy links it to the Annual, but Atlas/globe imagery replaces the logo; retain qualified inspiration rather than asserting a traced composition.
- CL-HULKANN1-0014: Cover homage
Dual homage: Thor bears King Kong in the crouched Steranko position. GCD confirms after Steranko signature; Thor Goes Hollywood also references King Kong. X-23 herself is not depicted.
- CL-HULKANN1-0015: Cover homage
Alex Ross painting shows Silver Star crouched below a cosmic sphere. Collector-listed loose visual connection; not a literal stone-logo cover. Exact artist intent to homage this target remains unconfirmed.
- CL-HULKANN1-0016: Cover homage
One artwork in two incentive editions: 1:25 color LEGO and 1:100 sketch. Ratios are ordering incentives, not announced print totals. Supplied image is color edition, not sketch.
- CL-HULKANN1-0017: Reference / related edition
Black-and-white 1:25 edition of the same Todd McFarlane artwork as standard Spawn #229; grouped under color art.
- CL-HULKANN1-0018: Cover homage
Edition and artist naming retained from supplied issue/variant record; no unsupported print total or exclusive attribution added.
- CL-HULKANN1-0019: Cover homage
Groot becomes the enormous wooden HULK logo above Rocket; speech balloons make the visual joke explicit.
- CL-HULKANN1-0020: Cover homage
Bucky carries an enormous red planetary sphere with another figure on top. Burden-bearing analogy to the Annual; collector attribution retained with partial target verification. Top figure not confidently identified from the cover alone.
- CL-HULKANN1-0021: Cover homage
Edition and artist naming retained from supplied issue/variant record; no unsupported print total or exclusive attribution added.
- CL-HULKANN1-0022: Cover homage
Frank Cho signature includes after Steranko. Amadeus Cho and Maddy Cho depicted, not Bruce Banner.
- CL-HULKANN1-0023: Cover homage
Big Time Collectibles exclusive; retailer launch report specifies 500 copies and exact King Size Special #1 homage.
- CL-HULKANN1-0024: Cover homage
Fallen One Norrin Radd crouches under the Infinity Gauntlet. This is not Thanos in the foreground; gauntlet hand remains unnamed without independent identification.
- CL-HULKANN1-0025: Cover homage
Variant stars Hulk rather than Deadpool; series title is not a basis to label cover character Deadpool.
- CL-HULKANN1-0026: Cover homage
Political parody of stone-logo composition. GCD attributes Ben Dunn with a question mark; attribution uncertainty preserved.
- CL-HULKANN1-0027: Cover homage
Edition and artist naming retained from supplied issue/variant record; no unsupported print total or exclusive attribution added.
- CL-HULKANN1-0028: Cover homage
Big Apple Comic Con edition features Pooh as a red-and-black masked Deadpool parody. Image specimen hand-numbered 32/100; total edition not independently verified from retailer documentation.
- CL-HULKANN1-0029: Cover homage
Matthew DiMasi mosaic reinterpretation; not a photo of original Steranko cover. Display asset is supplied image with external black mat; source replacement preferred before publication.
- CL-HULKANN1-0030: Cover homage
Edition and artist naming retained from supplied issue/variant record; no unsupported print total or exclusive attribution added.
- CL-HULKANN1-0031: Cover homage
Bennett depicts aged Maestro holding stone MAESTRO title, with debris instead of INHUMANS wording.
- CL-HULKANN1-0032: Cover homage
Fritz Casas color trade-dress D and 1:10 virgin E share artwork; counted once. Supplied image is trade dress.
- CL-HULKANN1-0033: Cover homage
Clayton Crain secret/A/B editions consolidated in source workbook. Retro trade image reviewed; do not infer different artwork or separately count uninspected finishes.
- CL-HULKANN1-0034: Cover homage
Franck Uzan artist page confirms Ice Cream Man #25 artwork. Source image has retro logo in colorful frozen blocks. Artist page title uses Virgin; collector source trade specimen remains the exact displayed edition.
- CL-HULKANN1-0035: Cover homage
Nic Klein painted Thor weighed down by oversized Mjolnir; art auction confirms artist and 2021 cover, qualified compositional reinterpretation.
- CL-HULKANN1-0036: Cover homage
Publisher explicitly sells as Hulk Homage; native publisher cover replaces smaller supplied image. Publication date conflicts across GCD and retailer records, so exact day remains qualified.
- CL-HULKANN1-0037: Cover homage
NYCC 2022 Midtown/Whatnot Kirkham exclusive; a virgin counterpart is known but same art. Convention availability October 6 is distinct from general issue August 31 release.
- CL-HULKANN1-0038: Cover homage
Ryan Ottley inverted logo-burden pose with Hulk/Titan descending below shattered HULK logo; figurative relationship retained as collector attribution, exact creator intent not independently stated.
- CL-HULKANN1-0039: Cover homage
GCD gives January 19, 2022 on-sale, correcting supplied January 26. Mike McKone art and Chris Sotomayor colors.
- CL-HULKANN1-0040: Cover homage
Midtown and GCD give January 4, 2023 on-sale, correcting supplied December 28, 2022. Dwayne Biddix cover.
- CL-HULKANN1-0041: Cover homage
Skinner artist portfolio identifies Creepshow Holiday Special. The Creep substitutes for Hulk; retailer-exclusive virgin design retains title as integrated art.
- CL-HULKANN1-0042: Cover homage
Sebastián Piriz depicts Jerry underneath a giant stone third-issue numeral. Midtown final sale date June 12 conflicts with publisher series archive June 5; final retailer date retained.
- CL-HULKANN1-0043: Cover homage
Publisher provides a 600×925 watermarked promotional image; clean supplied 257×390 flat image retained to avoid publishing the retailer watermark. Paper and glow-in-the-dark metal editions share the same Soares Pinto artwork; no unsupported print total asserted.
- CL-HULKANN1-0044: Cover homage
Retailer explicitly identifies classic Hulk Annual #1 homage, Shahin Chandrasoma cover and 500-copy exclusive. Full native 1988×3056 flat art.
- CL-HULKANN1-0045: Cover homage
Publisher explicitly names Incredible Hulk Annual #1 as target and Caanan White as cover artist. Six signed/unsigned trade, silver-metal and gold-metal options reuse art; counted once. Kickstarter 2025 is edition label, not a fabricated exact release day.
- CL-HULKANN1-0046: Cover homage
GCD identifies after Steranko Annual #1 homage and December 15, 2021 release (February 2022 cover date). Trade and virgin share art. Downloaded native image is a wrap: full front occupies x 455–911; original full wrap retained for front-cover extraction without altering art.
- CL-HULKANN1-0047: Cover homage
Indexed original retailer collection lists 250 paper, 50 foil, 3 metal. Current live retailer page returns 404; these are archived retailer designations, not independently counted surviving copies. Supplied PDF lists Jan 1 as placeholder; exact edition sale day remains unverified.
- The Mighty World of Marvel #129: Not added
Reuses the Steranko drawing with his original head and revised lower lettering; the 1968 printed cover had Marie Severin head alterations. This is a reference/reprint edition, not newly drawn homage art.
- The Incredible Hulk Vol. 1: Return of the Monster TP Collected edition: Not added
Collected edition reusing Kaare Andrews Incredible Hulk #34 cover painting. Grouped under that artwork; not a second independently drawn homage.
- Spawn #229: Not added
Black-and-white 1:25 edition of the same Todd McFarlane artwork as standard Spawn #229; grouped under color art.
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