A happy Hulk is walking through a wilderness area in
Colorado when he is attacked by US military jets; Hulk uproots a tree and hurls
it at the lead plane, disabling it. The pilot ejects, realizing Hulk aimed at
the wing and not the cockpit, implying he may not be the brute they have always
thought him. Hulk leaps away from the other planes….
A small circus 150 miles to the west is run by the mutant
known as Blob. It houses his friend Unus the Untouchable, whose mutation has
gone out of control causing his force field to constantly expand without his
choice. Only the immovable Blob can fight his way through the force field to
feed Unus. Hulk, meanwhile, has landed nearby and is hungry; the smell of hot
dogs leads him to the circus where he seizes the food cart and starts eating.
The circus people swarm Hulk who bats them all away until Blob shows up. Hulk
batters Blob but the immovable mutant just laughs it off…until Hulk yanks him
up, pulling the ground up with him. Hulk biffs him into the tent where Unus
lives. Unus challenges Hulk for hurting his friend and the force field protects
him…until Hulk is able to move the entire field and Unus inside it. Blob
attacks Hulk, determined to defeat him and Hulk leaps away, taking Blob with
him; Unus runs to catch up with them. Blob pounds Hulk severely with no effect.
Hulk punches Blob in the stomach but when the baddie tries to repel him with
his gut muscles, it is Blob who is hurled backwards, thumping his head on a
boulder. The angry Unus arrives and attacks Hulk, who punches the force field
so hard that Unus is hurled into the distance. Hulk departs. On recovery, Unus discovers
his force field is gone, dispersed by Hulk’s blow. He finds Blob catatonic and
carries him back to the circus…though small stones are being repelled in Unus’
path….
“Bless the Beasts & Children…”
Writer: Bill Mantlo. Pencils: George Freeman. Inks: George
Freeman. Colors: Glynis Oliver. Letters: Annette Kawecki.
Synopsis: On a busy New York City street, the driver of a
Daily Bugle delivery van suddenly dies and the van careens out of control onto
a sidewalk. Everyone runs for safety but for a boy with a dog. Daredevil swings
down and scoops up the boy but his dog runs away. DD then discovers that the
boy is blind and has a new guide dog; he promises to recover the kid’s dog and
heads out into the big city. Yet there are too many dogs on the streets and in
the homes for him to single one out. He hears a man mistreating a dog and
assaults him, only to find he is from the ASPCA and it’s his job to bring in
stray animals. He refers DD to the nearby animal shelter. Daredevil goes there
and presents his problem—and then finds he was just moments too late to prevent
the guide dog from being put down. He resigns himself to telling the boy that sometimes
superheroes fail.