Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: Devolution
Bill Mantlo · Sal Buscema
Story era 03 · Second Genesis and the Bronze Age
Mantlo and Buscema’s opening Hulk stories explore Banner’s changing circumstances across two connected volumes.
Book 2 of 2 in Incredible Hulk by Bill Mantlo — To Hunt the Hulk and Devolution · 0 of 2 owned · 984 pages in all
Setup & reading order
1 earlier book in this run comes first
- After Incredible Hulk #262
Continue directly to Devolution.
- After Incredible Hulk #279
This volume ends at #279. Later Mantlo stories occur before Peter David’s run.
Optional context & path
Path: Hulk. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.
Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.
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The books
Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: Devolution
Book 2 of 2 · Second Genesis and the Bronze Age
The Banner/Hulk status quo changes radically as Mantlo’s long run gathers momentum.
See reading checkpoints9781302967413Planned edition#263–279#10–11#1Incredible Hulk #272 repeats in Byrne’s Alpha Flight omnibus. Read the encounter here in Mantlo’s Hulk sequence and skip the duplicate if you later follow Alpha Flight.
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Duplication · Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: Devolution
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Incredible Hulk (1968) #272Things to know
Collecting rule: The two Epic Collections form a connected pair.
- These two books end at #279; Mantlo’s later Hulk issues continue beyond them.
- Other Hulk stories occur between these volumes and Peter David’s run.