Betty Ross is worried about Bruce Banner and asks her father, General Thunderbolt Ross (who is testing the iceberg missile he intends using to capture the Hulk) to look for the scientist or Rick Jones. Betty believes Jones knows the Hulk’s secret. Ross hears his daughter and commands his men to find Jones immediately.
The US Forces find Jones, but the Hulk escapes flying away (?!)
Soon after, Hulk saves a school bus from hitting a train. Then, he visits a movie set where he scares everyone away. Finally, he eats an entire pot of food. Men approach him with nets and rifles, but Hulk uses his thunderclap (for the first time) to knock them out, and again, flies away.
Jones, kept by the Army, mentally summons the Hulk to his rescue. Hulk flies by, grabs Rick, and takes him to the cave lab.
Hulk has not turned into Bruce Banner since he fell from the sky in a rocket (last issue). So Jones successfully uses a gamma ray machine to revert Hulk into Banner.
Banner adjusts the gamma device to trigger his transformations artificially. As a side effect, Banner becomes in control of the Hulk’s form!
With Banner’s intelligence, Hulk saves a group of kids from a burning cabin. But the locals get scared and shoot him. Hulk grabs Jones and leaves.
In the cave lab, Hulk uses radiation to trigger the transformation. Exhausted, Banner lays to rest, realizing how hard it is to control a “raging goliath.”
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Excelsioring your collection
Story #2The Gladiator From Outer Space!
Writer:
Stan Lee.Penciler:
Jack Kirby. Inker:
Dick Ayers. Colorist:
Stan Goldberg. Letterer:
Jon D'Agostino.
Synopsis
A threat from space called Mongu shows up on TV offering to fight against Earth’s best fighter. Bruce Banner uses his gamma ray machine to turn himself into the Hulk and go after the alien.
Note: Banner struggles to fully control the Hulk in this state, with the Hulk’s personality asserting some control.
Hulk arrives at the battle spot and discovers it’s a trap from the Soviet army, commanded by Boris Monguski. The Reds want to study the Hulk and create an army of them to conquer the world.
Hulk defeats the Soviets, who escape. When Hulk leaves, US soldiers arrive and blame the Hulk for the false threat.
Meanwhile, Betty Ross thinks about Bruce Banner, secretly in love with the scientist.
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