Hulk is leaping and accidentally collides with a low-flying jet. Guilt-stricken, Hulk rescues the pilot, who is a member of the subversive Legion of Living Lightning; on regaining consciousness, the pilot realizes that Hulk would be of use to the Legion and promises him the acceptance he's always craved.
On arrival at the Legion's secret headquarters, Hulk is attacked and paralyzed by the Living Lightning devices electric power. The Lord of the Lightning orders the Hulk freed and assures him that he and his group are the Hulk's friends. The Lord also states that the Hulk is essential to the success of their plan of taking over the United States and usher in a utopia.
The group captures an enemy spy who turns out to be Glenn Talbot. Seeing the Hulk in their company, Talbot is now certain that Bruce Banner is a traitor.
On orders from his new master, Hulk sets out to destroy the Army base.
“The Sovereign
and the Savages” 4/5
Writer: Roy Thomas. Pencils: Werner Roth. Inks: Dan Adkins. Colors: ? Letters: Gaspar
Saladino.
Synopsis: The
Plunderer has Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner, captive at his lair on Skull
Island. He describes how the X-Men discovered the entrance to the Savage Land
and shows off his new and improved Vibra-Guns which, made of Plunderstone,
until recently, could only dissolve metal with their rays but now have been
adjusted to destroy any material; he demonstrates by crumbling a mountain. He
offers Namor the role of second-in-command; Namor refuses….
Meanwhile
outside, a band of savage Swamp Men attack Plunderer’s guards and seize a
Vibra-Gun; fooling around with it, one of them sends a blast into the
stronghouse, surprising Plunderer. The villain calls out his guards, the Swamp
Men flee, but Namor is now free; there is a struggle back and forth but when
the Plunderer is subdued, the Swamp Man leader on the roof drops a huge block
of masonry on Namor, pinning him to the ground. Plunderer blasts the Swamp Man
with a Vibra-Gun and rallies his men. They rush to their big submarine, racing
against the impending explosion of their weapons cache and the Plunderer
promises to lead them on their mission of world conquest….
Inside the
burning building, Namor is awakened by water dripping from a broken pipe; he
recovers his strength, picks up the fallen Swamp Man, and jumps into the sea
just moments before the munitions depot explodes, destroying the island, The
Swamp Men throw a celebration for Namor but he can only think of assembling the
Atlantean army and pursuing the Plunderer….
Back in
Atlantis, Lady Dorma and Lord Vashti, believing that Namor has joined the
Plunderer, inform the ruling council. The council declare Namor an enemy of
Atlantis and issue an order that he be killed if he should return to the city….
And the
Plunderer decides that his first target for conquest shall be…Atlantis….