tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post15314502765918901..comments2024-01-16T03:07:03.419-08:00Comments on Herb Trimpe's Hulk: Incredible Hulk #171. The Abomination and the RhinoThe Cryptic Critichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244329776376849506noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post-65792210687020485762012-08-30T18:28:52.880-07:002012-08-30T18:28:52.880-07:00Thor 229Thor 229Jack Alberti https://www.blogger.com/profile/16113347155906724048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post-11723214482967784082012-06-23T04:06:13.687-07:002012-06-23T04:06:13.687-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jack Alberti https://www.blogger.com/profile/16113347155906724048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post-72298838215032873112011-08-05T05:27:26.587-07:002011-08-05T05:27:26.587-07:00It's about this time in the mid 70's that ...It's about this time in the mid 70's that I started drawing and cartooning. I showed my Hulk drawings in a contest and ironically I won a prize for my drawing. <br /><br />it was this issue that really inspired me to draw more comics.<br /><br /><br />My former teachers hated comics. To them it was like you were reading something forbidden. The teacher in question that made me enter it in a contest was a bit more comic friendly than most instructors. It's not like I wasn't reading something that wasn't appropriate. Superman, Batman and all the Marvel heroes were considered subversive. I went to a normal primary school. However if you weren't reading about some school related project, it wasn't considered reading by my teachers.<br /><br />When I look at music videos and what's in the media today for kids to look up to; comics are so mild in comparison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post-65071705641753988572011-07-30T14:26:49.100-07:002011-07-30T14:26:49.100-07:00In my ignorance I'd never even known that such...In my ignorance I'd never even known that such things existed until Hoosier's comment on this post.The Cryptic Critichttp://spidermanreviewed.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post-1477145361225890782011-07-30T01:15:42.586-07:002011-07-30T01:15:42.586-07:00I remember the book and record. I sold my collecti...I remember the book and record. I sold my collection to repair my car. However I played that Hulk one many times in 1975 that I wore out the record. Peter Pan Power Records was the label. I wish they made more. I had them all. The super hero ones, The Planet of the Apes series. Those were the days before You Tube and the internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post-36961001168950563132010-09-25T23:00:54.777-07:002010-09-25T23:00:54.777-07:00I remember those records too!I used to have the Ma...I remember those records too!I used to have the Marvel horror heroes collection.Frankenstein,Werewolf By Night,Tomb Of Dracula,and I believe that was about it.I always wanted to send for the superhero collection,but missed the opportunity.Oh well,from the sounds of the monster ones,they really were kind of cheesy anyway.One day,I was going through some videos on You Tube,and actually found a posted video of the Hulk#171,the commentary underneath the video was more fun.Sort of making it a Mystery Science Theater of comics.BuddAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post-27175860361481788632010-09-24T16:19:49.740-07:002010-09-24T16:19:49.740-07:00It's true. There's nothing like having the...It's true. There's nothing like having the original comics in your hands, and I have had a lot of the original Herb Trimpe Hulks in the past but have mostly parted company with them.<br /><br />Still, at least the Essentials enable me to get my hands on them again without bankrupting myself. They also allow me to catch up on the later Trimpe Hulk stories, many of which I've never owned before.The Cryptic Critichttp://spidermanreviewed.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post-68652693087406344422010-09-24T14:51:50.557-07:002010-09-24T14:51:50.557-07:00This is not an issue I had when I sold most of my ...This is not an issue I had when I sold most of my collection. But it sure does sound familiar.<br /><br />I think it may have been used for the Hulk record. In the mid-1970s, Marvel put out some records. (I think they were 45s.) They came with a (modified, I think) comic book of the story on the record. The story was dramatized, sort of like an old radio show, with dramatic voices and cheesy sound effects.<br /><br />I think they had Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, the Hulk and ... I think there were four, but I can't remember what the other one was.<br /><br />The Fantastic Four record I remember a little. I think it was the origin, maybe a re-telling from a later issue because I think I remember John Buscema art.<br /><br />The Spider-Man story I think was the Man-Wolf two-parter from #124 and #125.<br /><br />And the Hulk record I'm positive was Hulk #171.<br /><br />I sort of remember owning one or two of the records at some point, but I must have traded them or something, or maybe I heard them at a friend's house.<br /><br />Cryp, don't misunderestimate the Rhino. He may have started as a Spider-Man villain, but he'd had a few upgrades at this point in his career.<br /><br />I must agree, though, that the Abomination had a lot of unused potential. <br /><br />On a slighly different topic, I can hardly express how sad I am that you have to experience these comics through black and white reprints with no ads, no letters pages and no Marvel Bullpen Bulletins. <br /><br />No Marvel Value Stamps. No Sea Monkeys. No X-Ray Specs. No Grit. No Mighty Marvel Checklists. No Hostess Fruit Pie ads with The Hulk or Spider-Man.<br /><br />No riding your bike to the drugstore every Tuesday all summer and waiting for the cashier to put the new comics on the spinner rack.<br /><br />Uphill, both ways!Hoosier Xhttp://mushtown.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com