Ka-Zar, Skaar, and the Warbound (Korg,
Elloe Kaifi, Brood) want to follow after the abducted Hulk (see last
issue) but the Sakaarian village is under attack by Miek's buggy
minions so they go to the rescue. Then the brainwashed Hulk appears,
bearing a sword and riding a ghastly worm. The heroes try to snap him
out of the spell while protecting themselves and the villagers when
suddenly Hulk stops. Miek explains that he, sole survivor of his
race, changed genders to bear young but they did not survive. He fed
them on Sakaarians but they still died...until he gave them the Hulk.
And that is why he needs their help but Hulk snaps out of his trance
and hurls Miek into a volcano and begins to destroy the larvae planted
within him—but he is stopped by Skaar, who sympathizes with the
little creatures, offering his own flesh for them to feed on. Miek
wants to kill Hulk but Skaar won't let him so Hulk punches Miek
through the volcano and all the way to the frozen areas where he
tosses Miek into a crevice as the bug mocks Hulk for not being able to
help being a monster. Skaar and the Warbound decide to stay in the
Savage Land as protectors to the bugs and the Sakaarians. Hulk leaves
because the place is for savages, not monsters....