Dr Bruce Banner wakes up and prepares
himself for this day, a spot of green on his hand disconcerting him
until he recalls that it is paint. He leaves his apartment in a
nuclear ghost town, chosen for its tranquility. Bruce checks in with
his mysterious contact, assuring him that SHIELD is honoring their
end of the deal. He arrives at the lab and meets his new staff, Daman Veteri,
Randall Jessup, Melinda Leucenstern, and Patricia Wolman. He
is upset at the lack of internet and the staff freezes—and they
have just passed their last test. Bruce leaves them to discuss the
possible applications of Uru while he reports to Maria Hill. Hill
informs Bruce that Attuma, undersea conqueror, has captured Lemuria
and is using its monsters to declare himself ruler over the Pacific
Ocean. Banner is to suit up and SHIELD's Chinese allies will get him
where he needs to go...
...via their Dreadnought, an underwater
version of the Helicarrier, accompanied by ROB (Recording Observation
Bot). When the ship comes under attack by Attuma's troops, Banner is
hustled into a torpedo tube and shot out into the ocean, where he
faces the enemy as the Hulk. Attuma recognizes him but is not
worried. As the Chinese ship withdraws, Hulk is seized by huge
tentacles and dragged down into a crevasse in the ocean floor, ever
downward until the pressure becomes unbearable....