#Igor Drenkov

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In this book Bruce finally gets his hands on Igor Drenkov, the spy who was responsible for not pausing the countdown of the bomb, which lead to him becoming the Hulk... and you can see he is totally taking it well...

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Marvel launched The Incredible Hulk with cover date of May, 1962. The first issue created the origin of the Hulk as well as introduced Bruce Banner/The Hulk, Betty Ross, General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, Rick Jones, the Gargoyle, and Igor Drenkov. They were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. While the Hulk took on his trademark green hue starting in issue 2, he was grey in the first issue. Instead of anger, the issue gives night as the apparent trigger for Banner's transformations into the Hulk. ("The Hulk", The Incredible Hulk 1#, Marvel Comic, Event)

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Hulk vs. She-Hulk.

[from The Incredible Hulk (1962) #282]

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Incredible Hulk (1962) #1 recap

"The Hulk" by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby

Ooh, #1 issues are always exciting and today it's time to recap Incredible Hulk (1962)!

Our story begins with Dr. Bruce Banner and his associate Igor about to test their gamma-bomb. Igor is complaining that Bruce hasn't shared the deets of the gamma ray with him when General Ross walks in and tells them to hurry the heck up. Luckily, his lovely daughter Betty steps in to cool everybody down:

They get ready to launch the bomb, but as Bruce is looking out at the test site he sees a kid driving a car right in the danger zone and leaps into action! Meanwhile, Igor is about to prove himself a bad bitch by pressing the button to fire instead of delaying the launch. Bruce manages to get the boy to safety just in time but is hit with the bomb's rays himself and radiation fried!

That didn't look too comfortable...

Bruce comes to back inside the lab, looking surprisingly good for a dude with major radiation poisoning. He and the boy, whose name turns out to be Rick Jones, wait in a room with two cots for something to happen. And something does!

Wait...hang on. The Hulk was originally blue??

Okay, I'm over my shock. The Hulk smashes his way out of the facility and Rick follows since he feels indebted after Bruce saved his life. Soldiers soon come looking for the Hulk and christen him with that name as seen below:

The Hulk, retaining vague memories from his life as Bruce Banner, smashes his way into a cabin where he kept the gamma ray formula. Once inside he finds none other than that bastard Igor trying to steal it from him!

Hulk totally wastes Igor and in the process upends a flask which had the gamma ray formula taped to the bottom. Rick grabs it for him as Hulk sees a photo of himself as Bruce and freaks out, saying he was weak and he's glad he transformed. Just then, though, the sun comes up and with its rays Hulk turns back into Bruce.

Funny, I didn't realize Hulk was some sort of vampire.

The army arrives along with Betty, who supposedly wanted to come apologize for her father's behavior earlier.

Once she leaves, Bruce angsts over potentially becoming the Hulk at sundown again. But that might be the least of his worries, because Igor might be in jail now but that doesn't mean he can't still scheme with his... thumbnail!?

The Russians send word to the Gargoyle, who they all seem to be afraid of. I wonder what his powers are aside from a funny-looking head.

The Gargoyle manages to make his way to the US via rocket just in time for Bruce to change back into the Hulk while driving a jeep with Rick. Hulk wants to go see Betty, and it seems she has Bruce on her mind as well. She wanders outside but faints at the sight of the Hulk.

Unfortunately there's no time to deal with that, as the Gargoyle opens fire using bullets that will supposedly make Hulk his slave. He captures Hulk and Rick and brings them all the way to Russia, but on the way not only do the bullets' effect wear off, Hulk turns back into Bruce!

This is a total wtf moment for Gargoyle, and it turns out he's not one to keep his cool. In fact, he is totally jealous that Bruce gets to be normal at all, and they strike up a deal.

The Gargoyle gets a normal-sized head and also turns on his mother country. He blows up some Russian soldiers along with himself, but not before he sends Bruce and Rick back to the US in another rocket.

And with that, our first issue of Incredible Hulk is finished! Poor Gargoyle... He really wasn't so bad...

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The Incredible Hulk Vol. 1, #393 (1992)

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“You fool! Nobody has checked your work! If you’ve made an error, you might blow up half the continent!! I oughtta--”

“I don’t make errors, Igor!”

Incredible Hulk v1 #1, Jack Kirby and Stan Lee

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Incredible Hulk #393

The People’s Protectorate was after the russian spy that was responsible for Banner becoming the Hulk, but they ran into the Pantheon and had to fight. They managed to get away and then had to fight the Hulk for the spy.

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Boris Vadim, the twelfth Crimson Dynamo, first appears in the premiere issue of Hulk vol. 2 (March 2008). A S.H.I.E.L.D.-sanctioned team consisting of Iron Man, Doc Samson and She-Hulk encounters the Winter Guard, a Russian superhero team of which Vadim is a member, while investigating the apparent murder of the Abomination in Russia.[26] In War Machine: Weapon of SHIELD, Vadim was seen ignoring orders from his superiors and helping War Machine defeat invading Skrulls.[27] He later flees to the United States seeking political asylum, joining the Red Hulk's mercenary group.[28] Some time later, while battling the mutated Igor Drenkov, Vadim was devoured.[29

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1330) Igor Drenkov / Igor Sklar / Igor Starsky

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Incredible Hulk

Volume: 1 #1

The Hulk

Writers: Stan Lee

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Paul Reinman

Covers: Jack Kirby, George Roussos

Featuring: Hulk, Betty Ross, General Ross, Rick Jones, Igor Drenkov

Marvel

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

Wow Igor making some serious points here... if he can be blamed for all the terrible things the Hulk has done, is he also not to blame for all the good? All the evils the Hulk has defeated?

[jivvin]

Just in time! 

So I really like the classic Hulk origin, but there's this one thing I think they could've improved on.

Also, this looked way better in my head.

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Darkstar vs. Igor Drenkov.

[from Winter Guard (2009) #1]

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Igor Drenkov Masterpost

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