Incredible Hulk: Blood Hunt (2024 series) #1

Fifty years ago, a terrified child ran into an Arizona town, screaming that his parents were now “underground…”

Today: Bruce Banner wanders into the deserted Arizona town, with the porcelain doll that contains the soul of his friend Charlie. Bruce enters the saloon and is startled by an old man named Miguel. Miguel tells him that the town is a fake, built decades ago for shooting Western movies. The place is deserted because the sun has turned dark and the residents all fled. Bruce asks why then Miguel is still here. Miguel responds with his story. Fifty years ago, he and his parents climbed over the wall, entering the country from Mexico, seeking a better life. While crossing the desert, vampires burst up from the ground, attacking the group and dragging them underground to feast on; Miguel was the only survivor. He then apologizes to Bruce—because the monsters are already there. They burst up through the floor, dragging Bruce down into the pit where they tear his chest open to eat. Bruce pleads with the Hulk to come to his rescue and then the transformation begins. The Hulk tears into the vampires then breaks through to the surface; he tears up two wooden poles and stakes as many of the monsters as he can. The last one he nails to a wall turns out to be Miguel’s mother; she asks how her son is and Hulk replies, “How should I know?” As he walks out of the town, Miguel recovers the religious medal his mother wore….