In the Nevada desert, the X-Men (Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Havok,
Angel, Iceman), searching for the Hulk, suddenly find themselves fighting the
Abomination. The Army had been searching for Hulk and detected the Abomination,
just as they had. As Cyclops and Havok try shooting down the Army’s missiles,
the others do their best but the monster seizes Angel, demanding to have their
Hulk-seeking device….
Bruce Banner, relaxing at dinner with Jeb and Dorothy, a
kindly old couple in a camper, is disturbed by the shelling nearby and tells
them to get away just as he transforms into the Hulk….
Just as it looks like Abomination will destroy Jean, Hulk
arrives and yanks him away by the eyebrows and the battle is on, the two
smashing each other while the X-Men run for cover. Abom demands that the Hulk
acknowledge he is the stronger. Hulk doesn’t like this and makes a massive
crater in the ground with his foe’s head, proving “Hulk is the strongest one of
all!” And he hurls the unconscious bad guy at the approaching army, destroying
a tank. Major Glenn Talbot decides to focus on locking up the Abomination and
coming back for Hulk another day….
The heroes return to the cave lab with Bruce Banner, unaware
that the Leader is spying on them via a mechanical lizard. Professor X explains
to Bruce that he thinks the device for mental exhaustion can cure him of being
Hulk with an added telepathic component. Bruce sits in the chair, the machine
is turned on, and Xavier exerts his influence. Hulk’s power grows stronger and
stronger until it bursts free—and Marvel Girl is transformed into a She-Hulk….