Gus Beezer is playing Hulk while
his friend Autumn Amber portrays She-Hulk; Gus proclaims he is strongest so Autumn
says she is stronger and proves it by giving Gus a wedgie. His new friend
Dunbar (whom he actually despises) stops by for Mrs. Beezer’s cookies. Dunbar
and Gus are in a hurry to get to the comic shop for the new INCREDIBLE HULK
issue to find out how the cliffhanger (Abomination has buried Hulk in cement)
turns out but Gus must finish his chores before he can go. Gus persuades Autumn
to help him (playing Hulk and She-Hulk) and he dashes to the comic shop to find
that Dunbar bought the last copy of HULK. Gus is frustrated that his parents
won’t listen to his lament so he tries to make them listen by painting himself
green and claiming to be the Hulk. This earns him a bath….
Gus makes a deal with Dunbar so the
next day in school, Gus plays cheerleader for Dunbar which earns him a peek at
he first page of the comic…which is only a recap of the previous issue’s
ending. Then word comes that the real Hulk has been sighted outside the school.
The school is evacuated and Mr. Beezer offers to drive Autumn and Dunbar home.
Dad stops off at his work site while Gus trades his pudding cup for a peek at
p[age two. Then the real Hulk shows up behind Gus; Dunbar and Autumn yell and
flee but Gus just thinks it’s a prank…and then he spots Hulk’s footprint. He
runs around the construction site but is the only one who doesn’t see the Hulk.
His Dad rams Hulk with a bulldozer and the front end caves in. Hulk departs,
still without Gus seeing him. They wonder why Hulk was there. Gus wonders if
maybe he was just lonely….
Some distance away, Hulk finds
Gus’ pudding…
That night, Gus finally reads the
new HULK issue—and discovers the story is continued in the next issue….