Comics:Incredible Hulk Vol 1 113

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"Where Falls the Shifting Sands?"

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Incredible Hulk Vol 1 #113
March, 1969

Editor-in-Chief

Stan Lee

Cover Artists

Herb Trimpe

Writers

Stan Lee

Pencilers

Herb Trimpe

Inkers

Dan Adkins

Letterers

Sam Rosen

Editors

Stan Lee

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Appearing in "Where Falls the Shifting Sands?"

Featured Characters:

• Hulk (Bruce Banner)

Supporting Characters:

• Betty Ross
• General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
• Glenn Talbot

Villains:

• Sandman

Other Characters:

• Blastaar (In flashback)
• Triton (In flashback)
• Fantastic Four (In flashback)

• Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (In flashback)
• Invisible Girl (Susan Richards) (In flashback)
• Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) (In flashback)
• Thing (Ben Grimm) (In flashback)

Locations:

• New Mexico

• Gamma Base

• New York City

• Manhattan

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• Unknown
  
  

Synopsis for "Where Falls the Shifting Sands?"

Trapped in a ship that hasn't been conditioned to sustain human life, Bruce Banner is being slowly killed by the ship that is taking him back to Earth. However, he manages to calibrate the machines to expel Gamma radiation that turns Banner into the Hulk again so that he may survive the rest of the trip home.
While on Earth, the Sandman plots to steal a new experimental rocket from Gamma Base in the hopes that he can pilot it to the Negative Zone and reunite himself with Blastaar. Heading to the base, the Sandman witnesses the Hulk's ship landing on Earth. After the Hulk destroys the ship, the Sandman convinces the Hulk to attack the Gamma base, providing Sandman with the distraction he needs to steal the rocket he seeks. However, when Betty's life is put at risk when the Sandman almost crashes into her car, the Hulk intervenes and stops the Sandman.
As the Hulk battles the Sandman, General Ross begins to believe that the Hulk was trying to stop the Sandman when they attacked the Hulk on site. Hulk manages to defeat the Sandman who escapes and the Hulk flees the base as well, leaving Betty and the others to wonder what to do about the Hulk, and the Sandman vowing to destroy the Hulk for good.

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in Essential Hulk, Volume 2 and Marvel Super-Heroes (Volume 1) #67.

• This issue contains a flashback to events that took place in Fantastic Four (Volume 1) #63.

• The Sandman appeared last in the first story in Marvel Super-Heroes #15. He appears again next issue.

• Betty Ross and General Ross appeared last in Incredible Hulk #111.

Trivia

• The Hulk mistakenly refers to Betty Ross as Betty Brant in this issue. Betty Brant is the secretary of J. Jonah Jameson and works at the Daily Bugle. At the time of publication, the Hulk has never even met Betty Brant.
  
  

Related Articles

• Hulk image gallery
• Hulk chronology page
• Hulk quotes page
• Betty Ross chronology page
• General Ross chronology page
• Glenn Talbot chronology page
• Sandman chronology page

See Also

• Discuss Incredible Hulk Vol 1 113 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Incredible Hulk series

Recommended Reading

• Incredible Hulk (Volume 1)
• Incredible Hulk (Volume 2)
• Defenders (Volume 1)
• Defenders (Volume 2)
• Rampaging Hulk (Volume 1)
• Rampaging Hulk (Volume 2)
• Tales to Astonish (Volume 1)

Links and References

• Incredible Hulk profile at Wikipedia
• Incredible Hulk profile at Marvel Universe
• Incredible Hulk profile at Toonopedia
• Incredible Hulk series index at the Grand Comics Database
• Incredible Hulk series index at CBDB
• Incredible Hulk series index at Comicbookdb.com
• Hulk Library