Leaving a coffee shop, Johnny Storm comes upon a bank robbery.
Turning into the Human Torch, he quickly apprehends the crooks and turns them
over to the police. Still as the Torch, he flies into a window of the Baxter
Building and ruins an experiment by Reed Richards. Reed scolds Johnny, telling
him to use his common sense to see how everything works together….
At the Experimental Energy Labs (Exel), scientist Taylor
Linnik is about to reach a breakthrough, he inexplicably shuts out his
wife/collaborator Cassie Linnik, who is distraught. The reason? He is secretly
working with the Wizard to perfect his Magnetic Energy Converter which will
harness the magnetic force of the moon, converting it into cheap, clean energy,
which the Wizard will take credit for….
Coincidentally, Bruce Banner is sitting in a diner not far away,
reading about Magnetic Energy Conversion and he knows Cassie Linnik; the
proprietor is angry that Bruce is reading but not ordering anything so he
throws him out of the door. This triggers Bruce’s transformation into the Hulk
and he wrecks the diner; the proprietor calls the police, who have to witness
Hulk throwing their car into the diner, destroying everything. Hulk leaps away
into he woods where he falls asleep and reverts to Bruce Banner….
Johnny Storm arrives at Exel; the Wizard, spotting him, accuses
Linnik of having betrayed him to the Fantastic Four but, no, Johnny was sent by
Reed to examine their new prototype gyroscope. The lead scientist is
disappointed and insulted that Reed Richards did not come himself but Johnny
surprises him by demonstrating quite a bit of scientific knowledge. Cassie
makes a final appeal to Linnik and he continues to brush her off so she tells
him she is leaving him….
Bruce Banner arrives at Exel, wanting to see Cassie Linnik
but the guard denies him entry. Cassie comes out and Bruce calls to her but the
guard shoves him and Bruce hits the electric fence which again causes Bruce to
become the Hulk. Cassie, who knows about Bruce’s plight, tries to calm Hulk but
the guard shoots at him, further enraging the Green Giant. An alarm goes off;
Taylor Linnik sees Cassie in danger and rushes to her. Johnny likewise but when
he flames on, the sprinkler system engages and his fire is doused. Outside,
Cassie again calms the Hulk but a newly dried Johnny turns into the Human Torch
and attacks Hulk. Hulk claps his hands, blowing out the Torch while the others
yell at Johnny that Cassie had the situation under control. Meanwhile, inside
the building, Wizard activates the Magnetic Energy Converter which massively
increases all of his powers. Outside, Torch burns up all the oxygen around
Hulk’s head, causing him to pass out and return to his Banner form. Wizard
gloats over Johnny a while, then shuts down his flames, taking off for some
unspecified mayhem. Johnny flames on and tries to destroy the Converter but
Wizard had shielded it. Johnny’s next plan is to attack Bruce Banner, forcing a
change to the Hulk; Torch then generates images of himself, drawing the Hulk to
the Converter and smashing it. The feedback reverses the polarity of the Wizard’s
suit, causing him to soar beyond the stratosphere. Torch tries to rescue him
but passing into space extinguishes his flame. He plummets to Earth and Hulk
catches him. Hulk leaps off while everyone else ponders the lessons learned.