A nuke in Latveria
has empowered General Thunderbolt Ross to transform into Red Hulk once again.
As hordes of Doombots attack him, Red Hulk smashes and smashes and smashes in
an orgy of violence. Deathlok, watching from a safe vantage point, is stunned
by the sight. Machine Man contacts the US Air Force, given their identities and
requesting extraction. The Air Force gives them coordinates over the border as
a Doombot arrives and subdues the two. But Machine Man stretches out an arm and
seizes the Doombot’s face, draws a load of power from it and returns it, burning
out their foe. They inform Rulk of the plan and the trio sets out for the
border….
When
they arrive they see several USAF copters and a giant craft they do not
recognize. A Colonel steps out to speak to Rulk, requesting that he transform
back to Ross. Rulk, who suspects this is not a rescue mission, demands that the
Colonel speak his piece. He informs Ross that he is in violation of the treaty
between the United States and Latveria. Rulk then calls the Air Force an enemy
of the state for allying with Doom, declaring himself at war with the whole world.
He starts smashing helicopters but the big scary craft turns out to be a
Hulkbuster; it fires, disrupting Ross’ gamma and he returns to normal. Ross is
then arrested for treason….