Red Hulk is about to be pulled into a black
hole, explained in detail by the Watcher. Red loses his grip and falls in,
experiencing major events in his life in random order—then suddenly Thor
snatches him out of danger and returns them both to Earth. Steve Rogers and
Thor depart for their next mission while Red Hulk returns to Gamma Base, Bruce Banner
criticizing him for not thanking Thor for saving his life….
The next day at breakfast, one of the LMD
staff suggests that Bruce sit and eat with General Ross, seeing as they are the
only two humans on base. They end up bickering about Betty and how to handle
the “Scorched Earth” program. The alarm summons them both back to work….
Soon, Steve Rogers is accompanying Ross
into the Pacific Ocean for a meeting with King Namor, the Sub-Mariner. Steve and
Namor go over the matter: two foreign objects are tunneling under the sea
floor, headed for a methane deposit from different angles. When the two meet in
the methane all oxygen on Earth will burn. Red Hulk and Namor head to the scene
where the first, looking like a glowing semi-transparent worm, is breaking
through. Red recognizes them as creations of Klaw and Namor forces his way
inside it to locate the control device—but the device turns out to be an
illusion. Then the second one breaks through and Namor is forced to literally
keep them apart by his arms’ length; while he is doing this, Red enters each
monster and destroys the real control devices upon which the monsters
disappear. Red plugs up the holes they dug and with the threat over, Namor
proceeds to try to kill Red Hulk, one-time ally to the Leader and M.O.D.O.K.
who are the ones responsible for the near destruction of Earth….
“Mysterious Island”
Writer: Jeff Parker. Pencils: Mark
Robinson. Inks: Terry Pallot. Colors: Antonio Fabela. Letters: Ed Dukeshire.
Synopsis: In a boat following the sea
monster back where it came from, A-Bomb (Rick Jones) fantasizes about being a
hero to the inhabitants of a grunge bar, when he is interrupted by a call from
Bruce Banner. Bruce warns that the monster is pulling him down a whirlpool
which Rick is unable to prevent—but they surface in a hidden pool in the center
of an uncharted island full of giant creatures. Bruce recognizes it as Monster
Island (what else?); Rick scopes the place out and realizes that the monsters
are all heading for the whirlpool, which is the only way off the island which
is surrounded by a massive storm wall. Bruce detects a low-frequency signal
leading the monsters to escape. Bruce tells Rick he has to destroy whatever is
transmitting the signal—but A-Bomb has been snagged by some nasty barnacle-like
parasites on a monster’s back….
“Hulk Bakery”
Writer: Audrey Loeb. Art: Dario Brizuela.
Colors: Dario Brizuela. Letters: ?
Synopsis: Green Mini-Hulk takes a job in a
bakery; the other two Mini-Hulks show up and Red Hulk takes so long deciding on
what to eat that an angry crowd backs up in the shop. So Red Hulk is given the
job instead.