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Debut of the Green Door (retconned)

Al Ewing confirms the connection between Immortal Hulk #12 and this issue when Brian Banner is sent back to hell through the Green Door

Civil War II #2

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Ulysses, an Inhuman has a vision that The Hulk will kill several important heroes

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Hawkeye kills Bruce Banner with a Gamma-enhanced, vibranium arrow, later referenced as the deathblow that preceded the revelation that the Hulk is immortal

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The Hand, an evil corporation, steals Bruce Banner's corpse shortly after he was buried in Ohio

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The Hulk appears in the final panel wearing a Samurai mask

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The Avengers battle a "Savage Zombie Hulk"

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1st appearance of the Challenger

Immortal Hulk tie-in

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Lead-in to the Immortal Hulk series, the Hulk is resurrected

Avengers #681

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Cameo of the Immortal Hulk

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First reference to the Hulk as The Immortal Hulk

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Origin of Voyager

Revelation that the Hulk is immortal - many refer to this being the first appearance of the Immortal Hulk but as the story explains, the Hulk has always been immortal

Avengers #690

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Immortal Hulk tie-in

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Critically-acclaimed horror series that explores the Hulk's immortality

1st appearance of Jackie McGee, inspired by Jack McGee from The Hulk TV series

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1st appearance of Doctor Frye, a man who experimented on himself with Gamma radiation to discover immortality

1st appearance of Del Frye, the irradiated son of Doctor Frye

Del Frye is also the name of a character who was first irradiated with Gamma before David Banner in the 1977 Hulk TV series

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First mention of the One Below All

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Origin of Sasquatch

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Hulk vs Sasquatch

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1st appearance of Dr. Charlie McGowan

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Battle of the Hulk vs The Avengers

Color error in three panels where Captain America's blue suit is colored red

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1st appearance of the third Red Hulk, Carl Creel the Absorbing Man (briefly)

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Puck joins Gamma Flight

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Origin of Gamma, the electromagnetic radiation

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1st full appearance of The One Below All

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Absorbing Man joins Gamma Flight

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