One of my favourite Marvel Magazines was Rampage Monthly, a continuation of the old Rampage weekly that reprinted the early adventures of the Defenders though only the Hulk is anywhere in sight in this mag! The Hulk stories are from the American magazine Hulk which started in glorious black & white, went into colour as a result of the popularity of the TV show and reverted to black & white for the final issues of it's run.
The "Robinson Crusoe" story featuring Bruce Banner as The Hulk is rather more TV show than comic book Hulk but worth a quick read in any case. Cast Away sees Bruce stranded on a desert Island but even here Banner cannot get away from his rampaging persona. The really entertaining part of this story is where old green-skin knocks the shite out of the island and takes it to the African coast so the young man can get treated!"
Next up is the introduction to Luke Cage Power Man a character that was very much a product of the blaxploitation period of entertainment in the late seventies. Never really caught on with me not even when in modern times Luke married Jessica Jones whose short lived solo series was a joy to read.
Finally we are given another full length adventure with the New X-Men whose popularity was on the brink of exploding. In this instalment Where No X-Man Has Gone Before, set in space if the parodied story title doesn't immediately spell that out, sees the team arrive on the Shi'ar home-world seeking to free princess Lilandra when an all mighty battle breaks out.
We also get to meet the Star-Jammers one of whom seems to be out of Thundercats but I digress! As always back issues of Rampage are always worth picking up. Mine's not in great condition but highly readable all the same and at the end of the day that's what comics are for is it not!/
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