THE INCREDIBLE HULK #103

Cover shows significant surface wear including scattered creasing and stress lines across the top and right edge, with a notable diagonal crease running through the upper right corner near the Comics Code stamp. There is noticeable wear and whitening along the spine and at the top edge, along with a soft/rounded top right corner. Some minor color rubbing is visible in the blue background areas, and the overall gloss appears diminished. Interior and back cover were not assessed.

The Incredible Hulk #103 (May 1968) arrived during the title's early continuous run following its merger from Tales to Astonish, at a time when Marvel frequently reprinted scarce early material to meet growing demand. This issue reproduces one of the Hulk's original Stan Lee and Jack Kirby stories from the character's 1962 debut run, packaged with a new cover by Marie Severin. While the interior content is a reprint rather than new first-appearance material, the issue remains a genuine artifact of the character's transitional Silver Age period, when the Hulk was solidifying into one of Marvel's most durable properties.

Market data shows a typical Silver Age reprint-issue curve: values stay modest through the low and mid grades, with FMVs under $60 through 7.0 and climbing gradually into the low hundreds by 9.4. The real value concentration sits at the top of the census, where only a handful of 9.6 and 9.8 copies exist against several hundred total graded copies, producing an outsized premium for top-grade examples relative to the broad mid-grade population. This pattern reflects collector demand driven primarily by Hulk-character completism and Silver Age Marvel set-building rather than any first-appearance premium.

This issue suits collectors assembling a complete run of Incredible Hulk Silver Age material or focused Marie Severin cover collections, rather than key-issue investors. Raw copies in low and mid grades trade as inexpensive filler within larger Hulk or Marvel Silver Age runs, while certified high-grade examples—particularly 9.6 and 9.8—see disproportionate demand given their scarcity on the census, making top-grade certified copies the primary value driver for this issue.