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When General Thunderbolt Ross soldiers arrive to the island, the Hulk and the Leader‘s Humanoids fall into the ocean.The Humanoids escape while the Hulk transforms into Bruce Banner and the Russian ship catches him.Since he is unwilling to work for them, they have locked Banner in a tiny cell.Bruce turns into the Hulk and fights them, but he’s hurt with a super gun. A warm-hearted European scientist, another captive of the ship, heals the Hulk’s wounds, and even provides him with some food.
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Review: And Bruce Banner falls into the hands of the Commies even though an enemy sub should not have been able to get that close to a US base. And while the treatment of the Russian scientists may seem absurd now that we’ve been taught that the Cold War was all senseless paranoia, I suggest you read The First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, a man who experienced Soviet persecution firsthand, for a more accurate view of the treatment of Russian scientist/dissidents. And as if to deny what I’ve just said, Hulk smashes out of the cell where Bruce Banner was being held and all of the Commies are too stupid to make the connection. Meanwhile, things get exciting as Hulk faces a variety of weapons and smashes his way through all of them like a power washing video!
Giant-Man story: A romantic interlude for Hank and Jan, interrupted by a new costume and a giant spider. Jan, who considers herself more fitted for fashion design than superheroing, puts together a new suit to replace the dorky red one and just adds a blue helmet and shoulder pads and for some reason, Hank can’t grow to Giant-Man without the helmet though he can still shrink. The cat seems typically malicious, giving away the guarded secret that most cats would murder their owners if given an advantage. And the giant robot ant from last issue would have come in handy this time around against the giant spider but Hank (and Stan) had forgotten all about it.
Comments: Hulk story: First issue of this series not to include General Thunderbolt Ross. Giant-Man story: Giant-Man has a new costume in this story to go with his new power of controlling the sizes of other living creatures. First appearance of Hank’s cat Tabby, who isn’t colored like a tabby; next issue marks his second and final appearance. Along with Prince Charming and Robin Hood, Wasp refers to Ben Casey, protagonist of his eponymous TV medical show (1961-1966). Letterer Sherigail has been identified as Morrie Kuramoto (see GCD).
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