On a rainy
night in Florida, a middle-aged man named Juke is on his way home from the bar
when he sees the figure of Ash, his girlfriend who died in an auto accident
when they were teenagers. She lures him out into the water and he is seized
from below….
Bruce Banner
and Charlie arrive at a small town in Florida on a rainy day. They visit a
diner where Bruce calls her on her recently adopted angry rebel act, accusing
her of putting it on so the Hulk will like her better. He warns her that
hanging out with him will never give her Hulk powers and also that he’s being
pursued by something called the Eldest which puts her life in danger. She doesn’t
need him to live her life. Bruce goes to the counter to order and a news report
comes on the television that she is being sought by police for questioning
about her father’s gruesome death. She goes to the counter and is told Banner
left. She runs out into the rain where she sees her dead brother Earl in a pond,
calling to her and asking to be held….
And Bruce
encounters the Man-Thing, guardian of the Nexus. Man-Thing seizes him, severely
burning Bruce because “whatever knows fear burns at the Man-Thing’s touch.”
Bruce is absorbed into the monster and Hulk bursts out, tearing Man-Thing
apart. But inside the monster is Ted Sallis, a scientist Bruce once knew,
telling him he is in the Nexus which is threatened by the Eldest and he needs
help….
Charlie runs
out into the pond where she is seized by a gigantic monster with tentacles that
resemble humans….