Once again the problem here is too many cooks in the art department. Jack Kirby, Bill Everett, John Buscema and Gil Kane all take a shot in the first dozen stories reprinted here.

Bill Everett's style is the most interesting since he sticks to the style he used in the 40s and 50s which gives the strip a more 3D look that the flatter Marvel Age style typified by Kirby.

Unfortunately the stories also seem dated with dumb looking robots and androids plus a silly villain called The Boomerang. Another gamma ray baddie (following on from The Leader) is The Abomination; I remember a lot of these stories were adapted for the Marvel Super-Heroes cartoon show back in the 60s: "Doc Bruce Banner, belted by gamma rays, turned into The Hulk, ain't he un-glamourace?"

Tales To Astonish #92 brings Marie Severin in for a long stint which stabilises the strip a great deal. Having started out at EC Comics in the 50s, her style is also atypical of the Marvel look and has strong links to the Golden Age and early Silver Age look.

The final story reprinted here is from Hulk #102, the first issue of Ol' Greenskin's own mags since the abortive 6 issue run in 1962-3.

Stan Lee's introduction is again mostly uninformative hype but the inclusion of some original unaltered covers at the back provide some kind of bonus. ( )