The Incredible Hulk #2

 "Hate you? Why shouldn't I hate you? Why shouldn't I hate all mankind?"

So... the Toad Men? Cartoonish generic alien invaders with their magnetic tech and tendency to spout convenient exposition between themselves? They're... yeah, these are early days, still very cheesy, with what is slowly becoming Marvel still emerging from a world in which comics are seen as disposable, throwaway fare, and the Toad Men are a clear symptom.

So much here is fascinating here, though. The Hulk appears grey when outside at night, but I think he's supposed to be green, in only the second issue. It's still very much the case- and integral to the plot- that Bruce becomes the Hulk at nightfall and changes back at dawn, regular as clockwork. This is very Edward Hyde and, indeed, the Hulk is drawn (pencilled by Kirby, inked by Ditko) with sinister, Hyde-like facial features right out of an EC horror comic. And he's pretty smart: it's implied that he could have flown the Toad Men's ship if dawn hadn't come.

One interesting point... the Toad Men refer to Bruce as the "greatest mind on Earth". I immediately thought, well, what about Reed Richards? But I then realised that we've had, as yet, no indication whatsoever that any of these titles are part of a shared universe. I'm very much on the lookout for when that changes.

This is very Silver Age silly, yes. But it's fascinating to see how different the Hulk is at this early stage.