Hulk and Thing trade a couple of punches with Thing insisting
he once beat Hulk in a fight though Hulk denies it. They return to the café
after Hulk repairs the damaged air conditioner. Thing is about to resume his
account but becomes distracted, joking about selling the movie rights to the story,
with novelization, comic book adaption, and merchandise to follow….
Meanwhile, we see the US Army getting into position with
their heavy artillery….
Thing resumes his story of the Fantastic Four trapped by
Doctor Doom. Ben, Mr. Fantastic, and Human Torch were locked in a dungeon and
the air was being pumped out. Invisible Woman escaped from her own cell and
freed her teammates who go after Doom. But Ben becomes trapped in a reverie,
recalling how he contributed nothing to their victory and Doom branded him a
monster. Hulk starts to leave so Thing mentions that he has the central role in
a second story….
Ben now relates the time General Thunderbolt Ross hired the
Fantastic Four to capture the Hulk—but Ben was again distracted by the memory
of Doom’s accusation when he calls Hulk a monster. Here, Hulk mocks Ben for his
identity crisis over being a monster and what he assumes is his attempt to get
him to sympathize—but Hulk doesn’t care. More bickering leads to Thing resuming
the story of how he beat the Hulk which, again, Hulk denies happened. General
Ross’ meeting with the FF was interrupted by Bruce Banner, his assistant Karl
Kort (the real villain), and his helper Rick Jones. Banner said that the
evidence shows that the destruction on the base was caused by an internal
menace, which he had dubbed “the Wrecker” and not the Hulk. The FF then hunted
for the Hulk in the tunnels beneath the base where they did encounter him; Hulk
easily beat three of them and then took on the Thing. Then Thing shows Hulk a photograph…of
the Thing standing over a defeated Hulk….