The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #338 (Dec. 1987):
“Mercy Killing”
by Peter David, Todd McFarlane, James Sanders III

The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #338

Title: “Mercy Killing”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1987

Publisher:
Written by: Peter David
Art by: Todd McFarlane, James Sanders III

13 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (lead character)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Mercy (Abigail Wright)	angel (self-styled); alien missionary (claimed)	The Thunderbolts ["helps" suffering people commit "suicide" by killing them]		16
Rick Jones		Loners (founder); The Avengers (honorary member)...  The Teen Brigade (leader)		572
S.H.I.E.L.D.		[government agency; intelligence agency...]		1,188
Clay Quartermain		Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Hulkbusters (U.S. Military)...  Hulkbusters; S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos		116
Craig Saunders, Jr.		Hulkbusters; Riot Squad		18
Samuel J. LaRoquette		Hulkbusters; Riot Squad...  The Assembly of Evil [was partner of Redeemer]		30
Agent Trump		S.H.I.E.L.D. [part of pursuit of grey Hulk]		4
Alfred Pennyworth (cameo)  Man who Mercy kills at very start of this issue looks like Alfred Pennyworth, and is explicitly identified as "Alfred," in a sorty of sly cameo/homage to Batman's butler.	Anglican	[butler]		3,048
The Leader (Samuel Sterns) (cameo)	manifestly non-religious	Headshop (founder); Home Base (leader)...  Riot Squad (leader)		167
Senator Tidewater (cameo)		[The Leader suggested he could be next President]		1
Betty Ross (mentioned)  Bruce Banner, Rick Jones look for Betty Ross at hospital and are told she left the day before with somebody named Ramon.	Catholic (former novitiate)	Code Red; Home Base...  Team [girlfriend (later wife) of Dr. Bruce Banner (the Hulk)]		463
Ramon (mentioned)  Bruce Banner, Rick Jones look for Betty Ross at hospital and are told she left the day before with somebody named Ramon.		[former lover of Betty Ross]		7

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