Lot # 1839: 1963 Marvel The Incredible Hulk #5 First Appearance of Tyrannus - CGC 4.5

Bust a smash-and-grab move to walk away with this January 1963 Marvel The Incredible Hulk #5 issue. The anything but jolly superhero green giant originally enjoyed a much too brief, six-issue solo run in 1962-1963. Hulk then made the rounds in Avengers issues, guest appearances, and Tales to Astonish, before picking up with his solo title in the 1968 Incredible Hulk issue #102. The original first six issues are genuine hobby treasures, and simply can not be passed up when made available. Released from long seclusion in the hands of a tried and true Hulk devotee, this classic comic has recently been graded a pleasing 4.5, Off-White to White Pages by CGC, who does the grading service thing better than anyone else in the business. Label notes are "Stan Lee story, Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers cover and art. 1st appearance of Tyrannus."

This comic book comes from a determined collector, who took many years to round up the original first six Incredible Hulk issues, every issue of Tales To Astonish featuring Hulk as a star character from #60-101, every issue of the 1968-1999 Incredible Hulk Volume 1 run from #102-474, a group of The Defenders including the first eleven issues, and a wide variety of Modern Age Hulk titles. This entire collection can be found in this current auction, including eight CGC graded issues of the Incredible Hulk Volume 1, offered on an individual basis, with #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #180, and #181. The other Hulk comics are offered in runs of Incredible Hulk Volume 1, Tales To Astonish, The Defenders, and a bundle of Modern Age titles featuring an Incredible Hulk Volume 2 run.