The Incredible Bulk

Real Name: Herbert ?

Identity/Class: Human mutate

Occupation: School boy

Affiliations: Unidentified father

Enemies: Unknown

Known Relatives: Unnamed father

Aliases: Spotty

Base of Operations: Unknown

First Appearance: TV Comic #1407 (Polystyle, 1st December 1978)

Powers/Abilities: The Incredible Bulk is superhumanly strong.

History: "Spotty" Herbert's father worked in Boggly Research Centre, where he had spent ten years working on a chemical to get rid of microbes. When his boss discovered that the idiot had instead created a serum that grew the microbes until they were visible without a microscope and were even running around the lab, he ordered the chemical be destroyed. Unwilling to let a decade of hard work go literally down the drain, Herbert's dad instead took his discovery home at lunchtime hoping he could use it to make his marrows grow into giants. Unfortunately, Herbert was hidden amonst the marrows looking for a ladybird he had been told had more spots than he did, and was doused in the chemical when dad sprayed it. When he later sucked on his favourite sherbert, it interacted with his chemically-transformed body, and he transformed from a spotty weakling into a large blue being with huge muscles, the Incredible Bulk.

Comments: Written and drawn by Steve Maher. Steve got in touch with information about this strip, and informed me "I originated and drew it for TV Comic which was then run by Editor Robin Tucheck - it ran for about two years if I remember correctly". Thanks Steve.

CLARIFICATIONS: Not to be confused with

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