Rob flies solo to discuss MARVEL TREASURY EDITION #17, starring The Incredible Hulk!
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Always been a welcome noise to my ears when a new TreasuryCast drops Rob. So it was quite a treat to see your post on Bluesky this morning about this Hulk episode! Plus, you gave me a good excuse to stay in my warm bed an extra 33 minutes on this cold winter day. As for how I “file” the new treasuries we are seeing hit the shelves, I keep them separate from the original versions. I think they look nicer on the shelf that way, with the vintage printings on one side and the newer more robust versions on the other. Sounds like we were of a similar mind there. Keep up the good work, and I am looking forward to more of these irregular TreasuryCast episodes as you continue on past episode 100!
Wow, always a great day when I see a new episode of Treasury Cast drop – and it’s nice to know that there will be periodic new episodes in the future.
It’s unfortunate that you couldn’t work out participation with a guest, but I’m still glad you went forward with the show regardless – because I esp. love the episodes that cover the classic 1970s/’80s treasuries from DC and Marvel (that whole period of comics is sort of my happy place).
Otherwise, agree about Severin’s inks over Trimpe’s pencils. Those are by far the best looking issues of Hulk from that period (although in my book, nothing beats the material done by our pal Sal in the 1980s…).
What a delight to find a new TreasuryCast episode waiting for me on my phone! I am disgustingly available to be a guest on any of the Famous First Editions from DC as I believe I have them all.
I am currently collecting all the hardcover Prince Valiant books (1937-1996) and while they aren’t officially treasuries, I do love diving into an oversized format with gorgeous artwork.
On a completely separate note: Rob, are you perchance reading the current ongoing Aquaman comic book series? It’s one of the few DC books I’ve stuck with and wonder what you think about how the Arthur, Mera, and company are being handled.
Coincidentally, I recently happened to purchase a copy of Marvel Treasury Edition #17 for a reasonable price (maybe because it wasn’t in the best condition, which is fine by me if it’s readable), and this gave me a reason to read it before listening.
As a fan of the Bill Bixby TV show, I couldn’t help but notice that on page 8 of the “Frenzy of Counter-Earth” story, Thunderbolt Ross has a shouting match with a reporter named Jason Anders. Anders looks a lot like Jack Colvin, who played Jack McGee, a tabloid reporter who was Banner’s nemesis in the TV show. It was almost as if Banner’s comic book nemesis (General Ross) had a run-in with Banner’s TV nemesis (McGee).
The resemblance to the Jack McGee character is just an amusing coincidence, since Incredible Hulk #158 (which is where this story originally appeared) was published in 1972 — 5 years before the TV show debuted.
finally a big enough group to ask the BIG QUESTION
1 WHY were both companies so high on sorta kinda HEAPS?
1A Why didnt they just BRING BACK THE HEAP (HE WAS in one panel of Kree Skrull war)
2 How come none of these heap fans love the Puple zombie(Smirk)
3. i LOVE Glen Talbot! here’s a major in the army looks like Clark Gable but he’s such a jerk the guy who Turns into THE HULK IS A BETTER IDEA
It is great to have a new episode of TreasuryCast. This has always been one of my favorite podcasts because where else can I listen to episodes about Dick Tracy, the Flintstones, the Wizard of Oz, or Little Orphan Annie? The variety makes this show so unique.
I really enjoyed this episode because my favorite Hulk is the wandering Hulk by Roy Thomas and Herb Trimpe.
I have a request. I’m a massive fan of Hanna-Barbera. My favorite episode of TreasuryCast is the Flintstones Christmas Party where Chris kept doing wonderful voices of the characters. You covered Flintstones and Laff-A-Lympics. Is there any chance of you covering the other Marvel / Hanna-Barbera Treasury Edition – Yogi Bear’s Easter Parade?
Rob, I love that TreasuryCast is back, even if only for a visit! I look forward to more visits like this in the future, guest or no guest. Like Mitch, I picked up this treasury recently. See, there’s this podcast that influenced me to start buying old treasuries at comic book conventions. Come to think of it, it was podcasters that started me going to more conventions, too. This is some racket! Anyway, I agree with you on all these stories and especially the Trimpe and Severin art. I always thought Havok’s costume was neat, because they color it as truly black — not highlighted like Black Panther’s and others. Polaris looked great, too. And Talbot was attempting to comfort Betty and not be a jerk, for once.
Anyway, this was great! Thanks again for bringing TreasuryCast back!
Thanks for gifting us another new show, Rob, it’s a shame about the guest being unable to take part, you handled things wonderfully, though.
I’ve never seen these stories in colour, just black and white in UK reprint title The Mighty World of Marvel, they look great. I may have to grab this one.
The covers really are great, oddly, the GCD disagrees with Mike’s Amazing World, crediting front and back pencils to one Jeff Aclin – the back cover original art can be found online with an Aclin attribution. Everyone agrees Tony DeZuniga inked!
Hi Rob!
What an unexpected treat – the sporadic return of TreasuryCast! Your description of the page with Hulk attacking the side of a mammoth cliff made me look at the gallery pages. Yep, it’s impressive!
I hope someone contacts you who enthusiastically wishes to discuss a Marvel treasury you didn’t list: 2001 A Space Odyssey. It’s a personal favorite.
Have a nice day!
Bradley Glynn
I’m listening to Michael Bailey and Andy Leyland talk about the Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man treasury. They mention something I’d completely forgotten. The first time Marvel & DC teamed up was when they jointly produced a Wizard of Oz Treasury. Have you covered that volume on TreasuryCast?
No, not yet. We did the second one but never got around to the original somehow.
Glad to hear a new episode of Treasury Cast. Treasury Cast led to my discovery of the Fire and Water network. I came across it while looking at Treasury stuff on the internet. Now, whenever you see I’ve commented and think, “Well, crap, there he is again,” you know you can blame Treasury Cast.
I got this Hulk Treasury brand new off the shelf at my local Harco Drugs. It was a great read at the time. Ok, it still is. I was disappointed when a few of the stories showed up again in Marvel Super Heroes not long afterwards. Did the Spider-Man treasuries start featuring material from Marvel Team-Up was so they wouldn’t “rerun” stories that were in Marvel Tales?
I have Incredible Hulk 150 and love the cover. However, the page of Hulk lifting the mountain isn’t as impressive at regular size as it is at treasury size.
Since you asked, I store my facsimiles with whatever title they are from. I store all my treasuries together, either original or facsimile.
If you got this Hulk Treasury on vacation, it may have been left out on the shelf past its sale-by date. The first four comics I bought have on sale dates of September/October 1976. I got my copy of JLA/LCE C-46 Treasury, which went on sale in May, sometime after September. Some store in my area didn’t return their copies. Marvel Treasury Edition 14, with Spider-Man, was my first Treasury. My next one was Batman/Ra’s Al Ghul.
This was just as much a pleasant surprise as the last one.
What a pleasant… surprise… to find a new Treasury Cast episode.
You do care about us, Rob.
You do care!
So, for no particular reason at all, and 100% coincidentally, I just happened to have 37 specific opinions and observations about this Treasury issue written in my notes on my phone, so here goes…
Wait. Never mind.
To quote Inigo Montoya:
“Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.”
I did want to say that I recently collected and started reading Marvel’s Savage Tales magazine. No, not THAT Savage Tales, but the Savage Tales magazine Marvel put out in ‘85 & ‘86 that only lasted 8 issues. It’s an incredibly diverse black & white anthology series with some top tier creators.
(And I swear it’s relevant, so just bear with me.)
It’s the magazine where Doug Murray & Michael Golden’s ‘NAM debuted. Several issues also feature Herb Trimpe’s Skywarriors stories, AND there are several John Severin drawn Western stories scattered throughout that have quickly become some of my all time favorite work of his.
You can usually find these issues for cheap and they are well worth picking up.
I believe it was Neil Young who sang,
“Hey, hey, my, my.
Treasury Cast will never die.”
Welcome back, Treasurycast! Always love a good Hulk treasury. Wandering emo Hulk is still my favorite Hulk. Also, does Herb Trimpe has more pages in treasury format than any other artist? It’s gotta be close.