The Incredible Hulk, #169
Published: November 1973
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Issue Contents:
Disaster Eight Miles High!
Characters
- Hulk [Bruce Banner]
- Bi-Beast
Credits
- Pencils: Herb Trimpe
- Inks: Herb Trimpe
- Letters: Morrie Kuramoto
Famous Name Prizes or Cash
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Calamity in the Clouds!
Storyline
The Harpy is flying off with the Hulk when they are both sucked up into a powerful tornado. They find themselves on a floating city and are confronted by its only inhabitant, the Bi-Beast. In the thin atmosphere, the Hulk transforms into Bruce and the Bi-Beast commands him to repair the city's broken down machinery. Instead, he uses the devices he finds to try and turn the Harpy back into Betty. M.O.D.O.K. arrives, takes down the Bi-Beast and decides to claim the city as his own. The Bi-Beast resists and sets the self-destruct. The Harpy turns back into Betty just as the city explodes.
Characters
- Hulk [Bruce Banner]
- Thunderbolt Ross
- Harpy [Betty Ross Talbot](villain)
- Bi-Beast (introduction)
- M.O.D.O.K.
- AIM
Credits
- Script: Steve Englehart
- Pencils: Herb Trimpe
- Inks: Jack Abel
- Colors: Michael Lessa
- Letters: John Costanza
Roach Creates a Monsterpiece
"Iron any of these super wild designs on your own shirt in just one minute."
Story Notes
Advertisement for iron-on transfers from Roach Studios, located between 3rd & 4th story pages (pages numbered 3 and 6.)
"Charles Atlas, world’s no. 1 body builder, says: Don’t be half a man!"
Characters
- Charles Atlas (photograph)
Credits
- Script: Sarah Delaine (uncertain)
Story Notes
Includes the comics-form ad strip The Insult that Made a Man out of ‘Mac’. Located between 3rd & 4th story pages (pages numbered 3 and 6.)
"Bryan LaRose earns extra money... so can you"
Story Notes
Advertisements for the following products: Blair sales kit; books and records from The Good Old Days; electric guitar and amp; martial arts brochure; weight loss system from Health Aids Co.; spy radio; information on turning television into hypnosis devices; x-ray specs; stamp collecting kit from L. W. Brown; stamps from Penny Stamp Service; stamps from Metropolitan Stamps; stamps from Jaxon Stamp Company; stamps from Kayco; stamps from Empire Stamp Co.; stamps from Mystic Stamp Co.; poems wanted for songs; Quality Plus metal plate sales kit; comics, coins and trading cards from J. Hunt; courses offered by American School. Between 5th & 6th story pages (pages numbered 7 and 10.)
"Look, fellows!"
Story Notes
Advertisement for the Grit Publishing sales kit, located between 5th & 6th story pages (pages numbered 7 and 10.)
Introducing Corgi’s Formula 1 Racers
Story Notes
Advertisement for toy Formula 1 race cars from Corgi, located between 7th & 8th story pages (pages numbered 11 and 14.)
"These 3 drafting kits* given to you!"
Story Notes
Advertisement for courses offered by North American School of Drafting, located between 7th & 8th story pages (pages numbered 11 and 14.)
"A personal plea from your blushing Bullpen"
Storyline
Marvel comics survey, with introductory letter from Stan Lee
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
Story Notes
Between 12th & 13th story pages (pages numbered 18 and 22.)
"The key - to your future!"
Story Notes
Advertisements for the following products: courses offered by Locksmithing Institute; Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide; body-building brochure from Universal Bodybuilding; comics, pulps, Big Little books and paperbacks from David T. Alexander; cartooning instructions; Home Studies in Writing booklet; envelope stuffing opportunities from Lewcard; coins from Charles Coin; coins from W.A.; incense; diet information; envelope stuffing opportunities from American; amazing magna men; Secrets of Successful Advertising brochure; comics from Grand Book, Inc.; songwriting brochure from Ace Publishing; novelties from J-Mar; comics wanted by Ken Mieno; stamps from Douglas Cook; guitar instruction by Ed Sale Studio; cartooning brochure from Success; information on increasing height from Tall-Up; Marvel Handbook; t-shirts from Rat's Hole. Between 12th & 13th story pages (pages numbered 18 and 22.)
Now! Train at Home to Become a Veterinary Assistant
Story Notes
Advertisement for courses offered by the North American School of Animal Sciences. Located on top half of page between 12th & 13th story pages (pages numbered 18 and 22.)
"The Menomonee Falls Gazette"
Story Notes
Advertisements for the following products: The Menomonee Falls Gazette; comics from Robert Bell; rings from Capra Gem Co.; metal plate sales kit from Engravaplates; martial arts instruction from Karate School; songwriting information from Crown Music Co. On lower half of page between 12th & 13th story pages (pages numbered 18 and 22.)
"Smoke cloud"
Story Notes
Advertisement for the following products: smoke cloud; skin head wig; jack pot bank; Raquel Welch pillow; weighted wristlets; booklet on ventriloquism; bodybuilding exerciser; surprise package; moneymaker; secret book safe; whoopie cushion; onion gum; trick baseball; magic cards; 7 foot monster; world's ugliest hands; werewolf horror mask; joy buzzer; miniature secret camera; x-ray specs; 1001 free things; brochure on martial arts; secret spy scope; see behind glasses; life-size monster ghost. Between 14th & 15th story pages (pages numbered 23 and 26.)
Wear the Badge of the Future in… Conservation
Story Notes
Advertisement for courses offered by North American School of Conservation, located between 14th & 15th story pages (pages numbered 23 and 26.)
Capricious Commentaries, Carefully Cooked Up to Confuse and Confound You!
Storyline
Includes: Items; The Mighty Marvel Checklist
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
Story Notes
On top half of page between 16th & 17th story pages (pages numbered 27 and 30.)
"FOOM! The most fabulous, fun-filled fan club since Doctor Doom organized the Villains Interested in Latvian Etchings."
Storyline
Advertisement for the Friends of Ol' Marvel (FOOM!) fan club.
Story Notes
On lower half of page between 16th & 17th story pages (pages numbered 27 and 30.)
A Genuine Spider-Man Medallion-Coin
"This is it! The treasure you've been waiting for!"
Characters
- Spider-Man
Story Notes
Advertisement for a Spider-Man coin from Hallmark Minting Service, located between 16th & 17th story pages (pages numbered 27 and 30.)
Gain Weight!
"Be muscular and admired!!"
Characters
- Saul New York (Photograph)
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
"Have you seen this coupon before?"
Story Notes
Advertisement for courses offered by La Salle Extension University. Back cover.