Bruce Banner has
been sent into the Soul Cage by Doctor Voodoo where he encounters Hulk who
wants to kill him for trying over the years to kill Hulk under guise of a cure.
They are interrupted by a man hanging upside down with a trio of little demons
gnawing at his midsection. The figure tells them not to seek Sumanguru and then
its legs break off, sending the man plunging into the abyss. The three demons then
attack Bruce who falls into a giant nest where he is menaced by a huge monster
bird. Bruce finds a sword in the straw and bisects a demon; Hulk intervenes and
subdues the bird. Bruce accuses Hulk of getting Charlie killed and tells him
they will settle their accounts but only after they rescue Charlie….
They fly the bird
to an ornately carved cave; the bird is then killed by a monster bat and they
enter. The voice of Sumanguru the Flesh-Weaver challenges them. They are soon
surrounded by an army of grotesque monsters, each a vessel of Sumanguru. Bruce
asks him to create a body for Charlie’s soul trapped in a porcelain body. Sumanguru
refuses as they are allied with Jericho Drumm and attacks. Hulk fights off the
monsters while Bruce hurls a torch at the roof to see the real Sumanguru, a
giant combination of man and spider. He attacks in his true form and Hulk
easily defeats him. The vanquished villain explains that he could create a new
body for Charlie but could not bind her soul to it. He gives them cryptic
directions to what they seek, “In the deserts of the West, find a paradise of
sin” where they will find the “pelt of a bestial god” which holds the power
they seek. The creature then slashes Hulk’s chest and a drop of green blood
forms an entire new Hulk. Bruce calls out to Doctor Voodoo who removes the nail
from the Soul Cage and Bruce emerges, with a wound across his chest….
Later, Bruce
thanks Dr. Voodoo for his help and he sets out for the “paradise of sin,” Las
Vegas….