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SDcomics said:
Yep.

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That version of the Hulk is really all we need to complete that team and re-create that cover.

You'll note that Hulk is not (yet) a behemoth. He should be roughly the same height as Thor and Iron Man. He should also have a sloped, protruding brow and flat head like the Frankenstein monster, along with a hairy chest and three toes on each foot.

You know, Avengers wasn't supposed to come out at all. Marvel had two new titles on the schedule for June 1963: Daredevil and the Uncanny X-Men. They scheduled the books with the printer thinking they had plenty of time. Now in those days you had to pay the printing bill on the dates you reserved whether you had a book ready to print or not. So Stan had a big problem when it looked like Daredevil wasn't going to be completed in time. The artist was Bill Everett, a man that Stan loved as both a friend and illustrator. Unfortunately, Bill was having some big time health problems. Stan stalled as long as he could but when it became evident they weren't going to have a book, it was King Kirby to the rescue. Stan, Jack and inker Dick Ayers literally put together that first issue of Avengers over a weekend. From concept (Their answer to DC's Justice League) to plot to pencils to script to letterlng to inking to coloring and ready to ship off to the printer, all in the course of about three days. An amazing mind blowing feat. Even more amazing is that issue of Avengers became one of the most important comics Marvel ever published. It's still going to this day. And it kicked off a multi-billion dollar movie franchise.

So yeah my buddy @AceofKnaves is correct. I really want that Hulk. I'd love to recreate that cover someday.
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I so, so very much want this Hulk - we just don't have a Hulk who works to make this lineup, and we really need one.

While Kirby is probably top of my Hulk wants list, it's kind of wild how many iconic versions of Hulk they haven't done, especially when you consider what a guaranteed seller he is. There are at least half a dozen artists who drew distinct versions that would be the iconic "Hulk" for different people - Kirby, Herb Trimpe, Buscema, Byrne - even McFarlane or Gary Frank for 80s/90s versions. Then there are different eras like Gladiator/Planet Hulk, Immortal Hulk, the weird space suit Hulk that was running around with the modern Avengers..there's really a deep well for them to tap if they wanted to.

There's a third-party seller out there called sixinchplus that's producing a World War Hulk / Planet Hulk, with eventual plans to do a fully classic version. It's pricey, but I'm excited to see what they can do given the absence of truly excellent Hulk figures out there.
 
hmmberto said:
While Kirby is probably top of my Hulk wants list, it's kind of wild how many iconic versions of Hulk they haven't done, especially when you consider what a guaranteed seller he is. There are at least half a dozen artists who drew distinct versions that would be the iconic "Hulk" for different people - Kirby, Herb Trimpe, Buscema, Byrne - even McFarlane or Gary Frank for 80s/90s versions. Then there are different eras like Gladiator/Planet Hulk, Immortal Hulk, the weird space suit Hulk that was running around with the modern Avengers..there's really a deep well for them to tap if they wanted to.
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I was thinking the same thing yesterday. As great as the 80th Anniversary figure looks on the shelf, he's not very fun. We're overdue for a Hulk upgrade. I thought the Maximum figure would be that, but it was a big dud. A new Hulk body could be as versatile as a Wolverine body. As you say, every decade has its own Hulk. They'd be guaranteed sellers, even at a higher price point.

Maybe a third-party will deliver.
 
“My Hulk” is 6’10” or so and very thick. He’s taller and thicker than Thor at 6’6” or so by a good but not massive margin. I think it’s important to keep his humanity just under the surface of the Hulk. 9 foot tall Hulk really doesn’t do that. People underestimate how big someone 6’10” or 7’ is. I’m 6’4” 200+ lbs. I’ve met some NBA players. Chris Bosh. Otis Thorpe. These dudes are just massive. Factor in that Hulk should be twice as thick as a normal human needing him to be 9’ tall is silly.
 
PanchaMaestro said:
“My Hulk” is 6’10” or so and very thick. He’s taller and thicker than Thor at 6’6” or so by a good but not massive margin. I think it’s important to keep his humanity just under the surface of the Hulk. 9 foot tall Hulk really doesn’t do that. People underestimate how big someone 6’10” or 7’ is. I’m 6’4” 200+ lbs. I’ve met some NBA players. Chris Bosh. Otis Thorpe. These dudes are just massive. Factor in that Hulk should be twice as thick as a normal human needing him to be 9’ tall is silly.
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Agree with all of this... My brother and nephew are each 6'5" and are much bigger than me 6'1.5". We have an uncle that's 6'8" and its silly how much taller that is. My son is going to University in the fall and his school just got a basketball transfer who is 7'8"... we saw him on campus and it was almost incomprehensible how much taller he was than everyone else...
 
Regarding the "Hulk sometimes has three toes" controversy ...

When Stan and Jack first created the Hulk in 1962, he was Grey and the correct number of fingers and toes.

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He turned green in the second issue but still had five toes and fingers throughout the rest of the run. The Hulk got cancelled with the sixth issue, but after that ol' jade jaws turned up as a frequent guest star in other comics. Like Fantastic Four #12, for example.

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And that's when the three toe thing started. It was clearly a mistake on Jack's part. The number of fingers and toes would fluctuate between issues, sometimes even from page to page in the same book. But me personally, I'm going to cut the King some slack here. It is an understatement to say he had a massive workload. That same month that Avengers #1 came out, Jack also had to draw Fantastic Four, Thor, Sgt Fury, Fantastic Four Annual #1, Uncanny X-Men #1 and a few others I'm sure I'm forgetting. He took on all that work to provide a better standard of living for his family and I'm not going to fault him for that. (As an aside: I can just imagine telling one of today's artists "You're going to have to draw six comics this month and one of them will be double sized." Sure.)

So he had two days to draw Avengers #1. It's nothing short of a damn miracle that book came out at all. I can overlook a mistake here and there. If Hasbro ever does make that version of Hulk, I'll be okay if they make it with all five toes. That's perfectly fine. I'm sure that's how Jack would have drew him if he had more than two hours sleep. ;)
 
NORM said:
I think it should be acknowledged that three toes is a mistake. Therefore, no figure should actually be expressed with three toes. Even if that's how he looked on covers or panels. The point is that it was a mistake.
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That's fine. I have no problem with that. Some purists may howl about it but I won't be one of them.
 
NORM said:
I think it should be acknowledged that three toes is a mistake. Therefore, no figure should actually be expressed with three toes. Even if that's how he looked on covers or panels. The point is that it was a mistake.
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If we were being bombarded with excellent Hulk figures at every turn, a three-toed Kirby style Hulk is the exact kind of thing I'd appreciate as a nod to the lore - mistake or no. I wouldn't want it to be the first or only option, but it's a fun little piece of comics history that I could appreciate making its way onto a figure.
 
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