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Hulk #129
Issue(s): Hulk #129
Cover Date: Jul 70
Title: "Again, the Glob!"
Credits:
Roy Thomas - Writer
Herb Trimpe - Penciler
Herb Trimpe - Inker
Review/plot:
Bruce Banner gets picked up by a guy in a pick-up truck named Sam Sterns and when Sam learns that Bruce is the Hulk, they get to talking. Bruce says the Hulk has only ever had two relationships that were anything like friends: the robot Mogol, and the Glob. What about Rick Jones? Banner says that the Glob may have been stronger than the Hulk. Suddenly, Sam gets a headache and runs off.
It turns out that Sam was the Leader's pre-gamma identity.
He reverted to his civilian identity to try and learn the Hulk's weaknesses. As Sam Sterns, he was no longer evil, but after learning about the Glob, the Leader's super-ego repossessed his body.
The Leader revives the Glob and sends him after the Hulk.
The Hulk defeats the Glob in an electrical explosion that turns the Glob into a million slimy slugs that slowly begin re-forming themselves.
Quality Rating: C
Historical Significance Rating: 2 - We learn the Leader's real name.
Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A
References:
- The Hulk encountered Mogol in Hulk #127.
- The Hulk first encountered the Glob in Hulk #121.
- The Leader first appeared in Tales To Astonish #63.
- The Rhino nearly killed the Leader in Hulk #124.
Crossover: N/A
Continuity Insert? N
My Reprint: Marvel Super Heroes #81
Inbound References (2): showCharacters Appearing: Glob, Hulk, Leader 1970 / Box 5 / Silver Age Previous:
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Comments
Curiously, the Leader's ray also gives the Glob a new power: he can mentally track the Hulk. And the next time the Glob shows up, it's int he form of the Golden Brain, which has a number of psychlc abilities.
This was one of my earliest Marvel comics in a UK Hulk annual from the early 80s which had this issue along with Mogol from a couple of issues earlier, the much later awesome story with the Hulk's shadow being possessed and some text stories inspired by the TV show.
The transformation of Sam Sterns into the Leader is really creepy. I like the Leader's aircraft based on the War of the Worlds movie and as a little kid I loved the unstoppable nature of the Glob. It can just home in on him, won't ever stop and even if you blow it to bits it'll just reform and come back. It's very Terminatorish.
Five year old me was also impressed that Roxie Music had a song called Love is the Glob.
