Amadeus Cho steps out of the shower
and sees a large figure in the misted-over mirror and is startled. Once he
realizes it was his normal reflection, he decides that he’s had enough…
Kamal (Ms. Marvel) Khan and Cindy
(Silk) Moon arrive at Amadeus’ apartment in the Olympus Group Building, having
been invited by the boy genius. There they meet SHIELD Agent Jake Oh and all
are greeted by Amadeus’ sister Maddy Cho. The next guest is a surprising one:
T’Challa, the Black Panther, in casual wear. They all sit down to a meal of
tacos and Korean cuisine; afterward, Amadeus cones to the reason he has invited
them: the Hulk has been out of control recently (see issues #19-20) and he
trusts them to help him learn just how far he can go with his powers….
The experiment puts Amadeus on the
moon in a space suit as the others orbit in an Olympus Group shuttle, mentally
linked to Amadeus. A massive nuclear bomb is dropped on his and that triggers
Amadeus’ transformation into the Hulk. So, in their collective mind, they stand
and watch as Amadeus opens the trunk of his car and lets Hulk out. Hulk asks to
be let loose; Amadeus replies that he just did; Hulk says he’s always holding
back. His friends insist Amadeus isn’t the Hulk as he never does anything
through anger. Hulk responds that pride comes from anger and his friends all
laugh at him and that Maddy will always hate him for causing their parents’
deaths—and Amadeus will hate her for that. Amadeus insists it’s all a lie, he
doesn’t hate him friends but Hulk reacts by hammering the moon and causing a
quake. Amadeus knows he can’t hold Hulk back but he has prepared for this: he
signals to T’Challa who hit a switch and nanobots build a shuttle around Hulk
and blast him into space where he will have a lab to figure out what’s going
on. But Maddy says, “don’t you remember what happened last time someone shot
the Hulk into space?”
Story continues in INCREDIBLE HULK
#709.