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Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: To Hunt the Hulk

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.

UnownedReading status not recorded488 pages19 full issues

Book 1 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. After Incredible Hulk #262

    Continue directly to Devolution.

  2. 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.

About these books · 4 sources

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The books

This book

Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: To Hunt the Hulk

Epic Collection paperback · 488 pages · Unowned

Book 1 of 2 · Second Genesis and the Bronze Age

Mantlo and Buscema’s opening Hulk stories precede the Devolution period.

See reading checkpoints
Released 4 Nov 2025 · 488 pages · Sal Buscema cover9781302960582Planned edition
The Incredible Hulk (1968)#245–262
Marvel Treasury Edition (1974)#25
Earth-616 Primary
Edition sources

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Duplication · Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: To Hunt the Hulk

These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.

No shared contents are recorded with other books in the plan.

Things 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.