At
the campus of Omnisapient Systems in Santa Clara, California, a disaster has
released their synthgraft subjects—living weapons—and they are fighting and
killing people. Dr. Parul Kurinji and her assistant Jacob Feinman are trying to
stop the spread of the virus powering them. And then Red Hulk arrives….
Previously,
in the wake of World War Hulks, Red Hulk was imprisoned and Steve Rogers spoke
with Bruce Banner about using him in a mission but he needed to be tamed first.
Eventually, he is trapped in a sensory-deprivation room and has time to look
over his previous life until he’s ready to cooperate. Red Hulk turns back into
Thunderbolt Ross and he is sedated and his ability to absorb others’ biopower
has been removed. Bruce tells Ross that the ability would have killed him
shortly as was intended by his creator M.O.D.O.K. Steve Rogers arrives so they
are briefed by Bruce on “Scorched Earth,” the plan by the Leader and M.O.D.O.K.
that if they lost the war, their most dangerous plans will be put into effect
to destroy Earth. Steve and Bruce has several heroes and teams to deal with
these trouble and they can always use more help. Red Hulk will be sent to
Omnisapient Systems where a virus used in experiments with human-metal skin
grafts has gone out of control. And so…
Red
Hulk is smashing technomorphs and their contagion does not take hold on Hulk.
Iron Man, who did not get Steve’s message that the Red Hulk was on their side,
attacks Big Red with all he’s got. Iron Man is then seized by the mad subjects
and his armor is compromised by the destructive virus. Red Hulk crawls out of a
crater to see the mad monsters with Iron Man’s empty armor….
“Step
Up”
Writer:
Jeff Parker. Pencils: Mark Robinson. Inks: Terry Pallot. Colors: Antonio
Fabela. Letters: Ed Dukeshire.
Synopsis:
As part of the Scorched Earth defense, Bruce Banner contacts A-Bomb (Rick
Jones) to head to San Diego to confront a sea monster headed toward the coastal
city. A-Bomb arrives via huge jet-pack—and the monster shoots him out of the
sky. Rick clouts the monster with a thrown anchor and discovers that what he
thought was the whole monster was just its head and it slams him back into a
ship. A pair of ghostly figures observe him and once he is identified as Rick
Jones, they decide they should kill him before he figures out the full use of
his powers. Rick decides that as he is a Hulk he should fight like a Hulk and
he hurls himself into the monster’s maw….
“Hulk
Skiing”
Writer:
Audrey Loeb. Art: Dario Brizuela. Colors: ?. Letters: ?
Synopsis:
The Mini-Hulks go skiing: on a slope, Green Hulk and Red Hulk argue about who
is the better skier. On the way down they crash into one another and cause a
mini-avalanche. Blue Hulk decides that hot chocolate is better than skiing.