The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #12 (Mar. 1963):
“The Incredible Hulk”
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers

The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #12

Title: “The Incredible Hulk”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mar. 1963

Publisher:
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers

12 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
Rick Jones		Loners (founder); The Avengers (honorary member)...  The Teen Brigade (leader)		572
Thunderbolt Ross	Catholic; atheist	Code Red; Control...  Hulkbusters (U.S. Military); The Avengers; The Offenders; U.S. Air Force		350
Alicia Masters		[blind sculptress; long-time Thing girlfriend]		416
U.S. Army		[military unit]		1,801
Wrecker's robot	N.A.	[destroyed military bases; Hulk was blamed for damage]		1
Wrecker (Dr. Karl Kort)	Communist	[infiltrated Gamma Base to destroy Bruce Banner's device]		1
The Fantastic Four		[1st app: The Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1961)]		100

This issue is divided into 4 chapters, all constituting a single narrative story, all created by the same creative team:
- The Incredible Hulk
- Part 2 Mission: Stop the Hulk!
- Part 3 Who Is the Wrecker?
- Part 4 "The Hulk at Last!"

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