Hard Knocks 3, p 10 (January 2005)
By Jae Lee (1972 -)
11 x 17 in, ink over graphite on board
Coppola Collection

Lee’s moody style is unique. He had a high visibility run at Marvel in the early 1990s on Namor, and memorable outings on The Inhumans, a one-shot issue of Hulk, the Dark Tower adaptations, and this Hulk versus Thing mini-series, Hard Knocks.

The Thing continues to tell the Hulk his account of the Fantastic Four’s first conflict with the Hulk, and he has revealed a shocker: a satellite photo that shows the Thing standing before a defeated Hulk. However, the Hulk isn’t convinced that the photo is faked. Because the Hulk is not willing to listen, the Thing decides it’s time to go, but this puts the Hulk into a fury. The two come to blows as the military continues to watch from a distance. The Hulk then tells his side of the story as he remembers it.