Issue(s): Hulk #142
Cover Date: Aug 71
Title: "They shoot Hulks, don't they?"
Credits:
Roy Thomas - Writer
Herbe Trimp - Penciler
John Severin - Inker

Review/plot:
Confusing origin of the Valkyrie, part III. (Part I, Part II).

The Hulk falls asleep on the top of the Statue of Liberty. A family of wealthy faux-liberals...

...decide to hold a fundraiser for him, and invite him to attend.

The Enchantress...

...turns the earnest feminist daughter, Samantha Parrington, into the Valkyrie...

...who gets into a fight with the Hulk.

After a while, the Enchantress' spell wears off and both Valkyrie and Hulk turn back into normal humans and wander off.

This issue works fairly well as a satire but the main plot doesn't make a lot of sense. Severin adopts a cartoonish style that works well with the tone of the issue. The fundraising socialite scenes were inspired by the book Radical Chic by Tom Wolfe. Wolfe is given a cameo appearance in the book as well.

Quality Rating: C+

Historical Significance Rating: 4 - Valkyrie

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References:

• Reacting to the Hulk on top of the Statue of Liberty, a bystander says "First the Sub-Mariner takes over Prison Island... now this.". No footnote, but that's a reference to Sub-Mariner #39.
  
• Tom Wolfe previously appeared in Doctor Strange #180.
  
• The events that the Enchantress wishes to redress happened in Avengers #83 and Tales To Astonish #101 (referred to as Hulk #101).

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: Marvel Super Heroes #93

The title refers to the film "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"

The red cravat guy is supposed to be Tony Mortellaro.

I like the background bit where Hulk downs that waiter's entire plate of shrimp.

People don't usually think of Alan Moore as a funny writer, but he often uses that same gag (and uses it well) in his comics.