The Incredible Hulk, #162 British
Published: April 1973
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Issue Contents:
Wendigo -- The Thing that Walks Like a Man!
Characters
- Hulk
- Wendigo [Paul Cartier]
Credits
- Pencils: Herb Trimpe
- Inks: Sal Trapani
- Letters: Gaspar Saladino
"U-control monster size ghost"
Story Notes
Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company.
Spawn of the Flesh-Eater!
Storyline
Hulk is lost in the Canadian woods when he runs across a distressed young woman who is looking for her missing brother. Hulk rescues a man from the Wendigo whom he thinks to be her brother but Marie tells him that it is her brother's friend, Georges. When Georges regains consciousness, he tells a chilling tale of an act of cannibalism that turned Paul Cartier into the Wendigo.
Characters
- Hulk [Bruce Banner]
- Thunderbolt Ross
- Hulkbusters
- Marie Cartier (first appearance)
- Betty Ross Talbot
- Glenn Talbot
- Georges Baptiste (first appearance)
- The Wendigo [Paul Cartier] (first appearance
- villain)
Credits
- Script: Steve Englehart
- Pencils: Herb Trimpe
- Inks: Sal Trapani
- Colors: Akshay Sethi
- Letters: Artie Simek
"Boys 12 or older sell Grit in your spare time for cash profits and free prizes"
Storyline
Recruitment ad for sales people for Grit newspaper.
Story Notes
Located on top half of page between story pages 3 and 4.
"I’ll reveal how to discover profits of import 10,000 fantastic values - secret low prices"
Storyline
Recruitment ad for sales people to send for a free report enabling them to get rich.
Story Notes
Located on lower half of page between story pages 3 and 4.
"These 3 big drafting kits* given to you!"
Storyline
Advertisement for high paying jobs in the drafting field.
Story Notes
Between story pages 5 and 6.
"I'll make you a master of karate"
Storyline
Advertisement for book on learning Karate.
Story Notes
On top half of page between story pages 7 and 8.
Shop by Mail
"We sell — 40 page comic book catalog #5 — we buy"
Storyline
Thumbnail ads for stamps and novelties.
Story Notes
On lower half of page between story pages 7 and 8.
The Adventures of Corgi Boy
Storyline
Illustrated story ad for Corgi toy vehicles.
Characters
- Corgi Boy
Story Notes
Between story pages 9 and 10.
"Super bodybuilding course introducing the bodybuilding system that guarantees - you’ll put on inches of powerful muscles on your body!"
Storyline
Send for a free bodybuilding booklet. You pay postage and handling costs.
Story Notes
Between story pages 11 and 12.
Shop by Mail (1)
"$130.00 profit for just one easy job of an interior customizing auto upholstering"
Storyline
A series of thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including back-issue comics.
Story Notes
Between story pages 14 and 15.
Shop by Mail (1)
"Comic books for sale"
Storyline
A series of thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including back-issue comics.
Story Notes
Between story pages 16 and 17.
Shop by Mail (1)
"Why pay more? Be the life of the party! Do magic & tricks"
Storyline
A series of thumbnail advertisements for a range of products, including back-issue comics.
Story Notes
Between story pages 18 and 19.
"Now! Train at home to become a veterinary assistant!"
Storyline
Ad promoting jobs in animal care.
Story Notes
On top half of page.
"We'll pay you $10,000.00 for this Lincoln penny"
Story Notes
On lower half of page.
"Four or five phenomenal flashes, fitfully fashioned to fight lethargy!"
Characters
- Daredevil
- Captain America
- Iron Man
- Spider-Man
- Hulk
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
Story Notes
Includes: Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
Story Notes
Letters of comment from Reed Secord, Don L. Tyler, Walter Loepp, Deborah French, Unsigned. Includes “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.â€
"Charles Atlas, world’s no. 1 body builder, says: Don’t be half a man!"
Characters
- Charles Atlas (photograph)
- Mac
Story Notes
Includes the comics-form ad strip The Insult that Made a Man out of ‘Mac’
"Never finished high school?"
Story Notes
Inside back cover. Ad for a program to finish high school at home.
"Have you seen this coupon before?"
Story Notes
Back cover. Ad for the LaSalle Extension University.