The issue begins with flashbacks to the origins of Galactus,
Fantastic Four, and Hulk, and then moves on to Hulk, badly burned by the
Abomination’s caustic vomit, facing General Fortean and his troops; Fortean
assumes the Hulk is stupid but the big green guy uses chunks of his poisonous skin
as weapons against the troops and clobbers Fortean….
Watching from a lab nearby, Dr. McGowan explains to Rick Jones,
Jackie McGee, and Red Harpy that Fortean formed his staff out of people
who were disgraced in the public eye and gave them back their lives and she can’t
betray him…
…and then the Fortean Abomination spews acid at Hulk again
and accidentally sprays two of his own men. They die horribly and Fortean
tosses it off as a necessary thing. This leads McGowan to declare over the
loudspeaker that she is relieving the monstrous Fortean of his command and taking
over. She orders all personnel to stand down. The rapidly decaying Hulk crushes
his foe’s head…
Fortean finds himself in Hell with Brian Banner, a depowered
Doc Samson, and Bruce Banner. He is shocked, moreso when Bruce reveals himself
to be Joe Fixit who snaps Fortean’s neck….
Back at the base, the healing Hulk cleans up the last soldier
and announces his intention to take over Shadow Base, if he can get McGowan on
his side., and use it a the base for his mission. A revenant Doc Samson insists
on staying with them to keep an eye on Hulk, who tells him, “Relax…Everything’s
gonna turn out fine”….
Epilogue: Eons from now, at the end of all things, the
Sentience of the Cosmos finds Bruce Banner, the last survivor; Sentience
explains to Bruce that they will become a new life form and pass into the Ninth
Cosmos. Banner, looking like the undead, stands on an asteroid with the corpse of
Mr. Immortal, whom he has killed just like Franklin Richards who was intended
to be the last survivor. Bruce then morphs into a twisted combination of Hulk
and Banner and seizes the Sentience and bites him in two….