Spider-Man And Hulk Omnibus

Collection (1983).
136 pages. Full color.
Marvel Comics / Grandreams, Ltd.

Cover (uncredited).

Contents:

  6 Spider-Man Vengeance is Mine – Sayeth the Sword! w: Ralph Macchio; p: Jim Mooney, i: Mike Esposito, lettering by Joe Rosen, colouring by Petra Goldberg.

r: The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (Marvel Comics) #2 (1980).

 38 Spider-Man Blight of the Bluebird text story (uncredited); illustrated by UNKNOWN (uncredited).

r: Spider-Man Annual (Marvel Comics International Ltd. / Grandreams, Ltd.) 1983.

 44 Hulk Again, the Glob! w: Roy Thomas; a: Herb Trimpe, lettering by Sam Rosen.

r: Hulk (Marvel Comics) vol.2 #129 (Jul 1970).

 61 Hulk Caged text story (uncredited); illustrated by David Lloyd.

r: Hulk Annual (Marvel Comics International Ltd. / Grandreams, Ltd.) 1982.

 66 Spider-Man Starngore the Superb text story (uncredited); illustrated by UNKNOWN (uncredited).

r: Spider-Man Annual (Marvel Comics International Ltd. / Grandreams, Ltd.) 1983.

 72 Hulk Shadow on the Land! w: Len Wein. a: Herb Trimpe, lettering by Artie Simek, colouring by Glynis Wein.

r: Hulk (Marvel Comics) vol.2 #184 (Feb 1975).

 88 Spider-Man Murder by Machine text story (uncredited); illustrated by UNKNOWN (uncredited).

r: Spider-Man Annual (Marvel Comics International Ltd. / Grandreams, Ltd.) 1981.

 94 The Secrets of Spider-Man w: Stan Lee (uncredited). a: Steve Ditko (uncredited).

r: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel Comics) #1 (1964).

101 Spidey's Spider-Senses! w: Stan Lee (uncredited). a: Steve Ditko (uncredited).

r: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel Comics) #1 (1964).

102 The Secrets of Spider-Man's Mask w: Stan Lee (uncredited). a: Steve Ditko (uncredited).

r: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel Comics) #1 (1964).

103 Hulk A Hostage for the Hulk text story (uncredited); illustrated by David Lloyd (uncredited).

r: Hulk Annual (Marvel Comics International Ltd. / Grandreams, Ltd.) 1982.

108 Spider-Man The Grin of the Goblin text story (uncredited); illustrated by UNKNOWN (uncredited).

r: Spider-Man Annual (Marvel Comics International Ltd. / Grandreams, Ltd.) 1981.

114 Hulk Mogol! w: Roy Thomas; a: Herb Trimpe, lettering by Sam Rosen.

r: Hulk (Marvel Comics) vol.2 #127 (May 1970).

This amply illustrates one of the major problems in collecting Marvel UK titles from the eighties.

Here are strips which were originally serialized in the weekly titles, before being published in annuals, then finally (third time being the charm) brought together for this collection. No strip, of course, was merely used three times - Marvel liked to re-use reprints as a back-up for newer stories, repackaging things again and again.

The prose stories, unlike the strips, were only published once before, but so close to the original publishing date of the annuals makes for very repetitive reading. This isn't all bad news for people who want complete collections of character's appearances, as the production values are higher than used for Spider-Man and Hulk's respective annuals, and there aren't any of the notorious edits marring the strips.