Spider-Man gives Hulk five dollars...

[Joe no Sleep]

This giveaway comic is known for a twist where Spider-man, almost broke, gives Bruce Banner his last five dollars to help him get off his feet, recalling a time when a stranger did the same thing for him. Time passes and Banner gives a homeless man five dollars - the same "stranger" that gave $5 to Spidey.

The one name credited here is a cover by John Romita Sr., but no credit is given to the writer or artist. I remember somewhere that maybe Jim Shooter wrote it, but I don't know for sure... Who did it?

[dan bailey]

sorry -- i don't know that comic at all, but i'm posting because i'm wondering if i'm the only one who thought this must be the set-up for a joke?

spider-man gives hulk five dollars, see, & ...

a penciller, an inker & a letterer walk into a bar, & ...

[Mike Kuypers]

To me it sounds like the end of a story in the Spider-Man comic strip that guest-featured the Hulk. Maybe Stan lifted the idea from another Spidey/Hulk story. Or maybe he wrote the original story and reused it.

[The Wayner]

sorry -- i don't know that comic at all, but i'm posting because i'm wondering if i'm the only one who thought this must be the set-up for a joke?

spider-man gives hulk five dollars, see, & ...

a penciller, an inker & a letterer walk into a bar, & ...

I thought it was going to be a joke, too! :D

Unfortunately, never heard of this'un before, either...

[DOOM2099]

This was a real story, originally published in Japan, or some such. Reprinted and translated it lost some of its meaning. The part where Spidey gives Banner 5$ was originally accompanied by the text "If you can only get one prostitute with that 5$, I go first." Other than that....