Trouble Times Two!

Following Steve Englehart's departure from Incredible Hulk, there was a small circle of writers in 1974 who pitched in for the nine issues published before Len Wein would begin his extended run: Chris Claremont, Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas... and Tony Isabella, whose list of comics assignments in the '70s is like taking a tour through the plethora of new titles which Marvel was churning out during the early part of that decade in the hopes that a few would catch on with readers. By the time of his work on Hulk, Isabella had been with the company for about two years, originally hired to manage the reprints used in the company's new UK comics line and then floating as writer among a number of titles through the '70s and into the '80s.

Isabella contributed to two of these nine issues--in one, sharing the credits with both Thomas and Conway, while the other was his own baby, a tale six issues earlier which featured the apparent teaming of two of Marvel's mightiest powerhouses.

Col. Armbruster, sir--you said a mouthful.

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