In the migrant
worker camp, Hulk comes under fire from the new Ghost Rider who has detected a
threat and trying to protect the little boy Leo. And the real monster, Dagaal,
watches from close by. Charlie begs the kid to stop GR but the boy doesn’t
control the undead vigilante. Then she points out that since Hulk isn’t the
danger, there is a more immediate threat at hand. Then Dagaal is spotted and
the workers go for their rifles. Hulk smashes Ghost Rider’s flaming motorcycle
but it reassembles itself—then they hear the gunfire. Dagaal attacks a man but
Charlie hits at it with a tire iron; it turns on her but GR grabs it by the
head and drags it several yards away. Hulk demands of it to know where to find
Eldest; Dagaal attacks Hulk so he seizes the monster and smashes it into the
ground then he tosses the monster’s masklike head to Ghost Rider and warns him
not to shoot at him (Hulk) again. Charlie tells GR that his Harley is bad@$$;
GR asks for a cigarette but she doesn’t have any—and then he vanishes, his bike
returning to its spot in the yard….
The following
evening, at a meeting of local veterans, the old soldiers sit around, reminiscing
about Harold, who died of a stroke. [Harold was the guy possessed by the Dagaal
we saw last issue.] And we learn that they are all possessed by a black sludge-like
creature and it is angry that humans killed Harold and not it so it will be
seeking revenge as a horse-like form rises from the sludge….
Hulk and Charlie
are sitting around the campfire with the residents of the migrant camp. Charlie
says this is how she had always pictured going on adventures with a hero
(specifically Captain America) and asks Hulk if they can stay. Hulk says no and
she mimics him—and he imagines crushing her into a pulp and it surprises him. Charlie
asks about Banner and Hulk imagines him locked away inside a monster’s skeleton.
Then others notice Hulk’s eyes are going black. He orders everyone to run
before striking out at the campfire. Charlie realizes he has been infected by
the monster he fought earlier. And then a band of demonic warriors arrive on
horseback—the War Devil has come back….