I guess the benefit of reading bronze age comics is you don't have to wait a month for the next issue.

Jack Kirby’s Cover art!

Bet this guy is ready for warmer weather as well.

The Unexpected #220. March 1982

Thought I’d start posting some of my “treasury” sized comics, which are comics that I truly love.

https://www.comics.org/issue/68944/

I revisited The Incredible Hulk #222, and it’s still one of the moments where the Bronze Age felt bold in how it shifted tone. Hulk ends up in a cave with two kids who rescued him, and the story cracks open as Banner notices the bones scattered around them. Their quiet comments about their mutated brother Billy bring the dread in without leaning on shock.

The art team sells the mood. Starlin lays down the storytelling, but Alcala’s heavy inks make everything rough, volumous, and EC Horror-like.

It’s a great single-issue horror beat in the middle of a superhero run.

🔗** Full write-up:** https://www.pulllistpisceanpaul.com/memories-and-nostalgia/the-incredible-hulk-222-horror-and-the-hills-have-eyes-vibes/