Doc Samson relates to Hulk the story of
his death and return: he was killed battling MODOK and the Leader
(INCREDIBLE HULK #610), sacrificing himself to save the world; he
then battled the Chaos King (INCREDIBLE HULK #619) and then...he was
crawling out of this grave and didn't know why. Only SHIELD, Captain
Marvel (Carol Danvers) and a few others knew he was back. He
deliberately stayed away from Bruce Banner, especially while Amadeus
Cho was Hulk.). He met Betty Ross Banner at Rick Jones' grave (Rick
was executed during the SECRET EMPIRE event) and they renewed their
friendship. But now Hulk is back and Betty called Doc Samson in and
now Samson is trying to reason with Hulk, who has a huge hole shot in
his head by Bushwacker and is a bit irrational. Doc mixes it up with
Hulk while the head wound slowly heals and Hulk slowly becomes more
rational. Hulk tells Samson that Bushwacker killed Betty but when
they go into the house, her body is gone. Hulk fills in Banner's
story: he arranged his own murder (via Hawkeye—in the CIVIL WAR II
event) and that made him worse, joining Hydra during the Secret
Empire days. Now Hulk has it all under control, only coming out at
night. As they move along, Samson deduces that he is talking to the
Devil Hulk, which the big green guy acknowledges—adding that he
wants to end the human world. As everything is getting worse, Hulk's
desire to end the world may leave someone alive. Now they've arrived
at a cemetery, Hulk assuring Samson that Betty is okay. Instead
Samson should be asking why all of the dead Gamma people are suddenly
alive—as they come to Rick Jones' grave to find it empty too....