Sub-Mariner is out to destroy the Red Hulk
for his alliance with the enemies of Earth but he hits him so hard that Red is
hurled out of the water to land where Steve Rogers is waiting. Red reports on
the mission status and Steve immediately jets him to his next mission, the
island where they lost contact with A-Bomb (Rick Jones) ….
Bruce Banner has Fixer and Songbird set up
a meeting with the former Leader, Samuel Sterns; Banner wants information about
Scorched Earth but Sterns refuses to divulge anything unless he is transformed
back into the Leader. Banner declines and goes to see George Tarleton, the
former MODOK, to question him but any memory of his former identity upsets
Tarleton greatly—and then Bruce notices what Tarleton is working with….
Red Hulk is dropped onto Monster Island,
fighting vicious pterodactyl-like creatures on the way down. He sees the
monsters heading for the whirlpool and discovers A-Bomb among them, with
barnacle-like parasites that are controlling them. Red tries helping A and is
kicked in the gut for his trouble, making him very angry that everyone has been
fighting him since he joined the Scorched Earth mission. Rick tries to put a
parasite on him but Red, literally hot with anger, is able to tear it off and
also rip off the two on Rick. He then changes back to Thunderbolt Ross and cannot
return to the Hulk form until he cools off. At a loss for what to do next, Rick
calls Bruce Banner, who, having seen George Tarleton building a volcano from
clay, thinks that the island’s volcano houses the control center. But the
monsters also know about this and pursue the heroes. They head for the volcano,
Rick trying to protect Ross as much as he can, when a yellow goop splashes onto
A-Bomb, seeping into his armor and disabling him. And then the monsters catch
up to General Ross….
“Things Best Left Unseen”
Writer: Jeff Parker. Art: Ben Oliver.
Colors: Frank Martin. Letters: Ed Dukeshire.
Synopsis: Uravo the Watcher searches for her
colleague Uatu. He is not on Earth or at his normal station on the moon. She
returns to Panorama to report this to the Council of Observation who grant her
permission to scan the universe for his mindspace. She is told that Uatu has
been erratic ever since Red Hulk punched his lights out. She scans and is drawn
to the forbidden Red Hole of Dargalla where she finds the errant Uatu….
“Hulk Library”
Writer: Audrey Loeb. Art: Dario Brizuela.
Colors: Dario Brizuela. Letters: ?
Synopsis: The Mini-Hulks go to the library
but trying to get a book from the highest shelf causes disaster. Noisy
disaster.