A-Bomb in “Game Face”
Writer: Jeff Parker. Pencils: Zach
Howard. Inks: Mark Irwin, Zach Howard. Colors: John Rauch.
Synopsis: Ulik the Troll has escaped
from Asgard in Oklahoma and gone on a drunken spree and is now in
Colorado, having derailed a train. Coming to the rescue: A-Bomb
(a/k/a Rick Jones) with his wife Marlo Chandler in tow. A-Bomb
minimizes damage but he broods over bringing all this misery into her
life while she tries to tell him it's all okay. Then Ulik snatches
her and A-Bomb punches him out. Rick and Marlo agree to meet again in
a year to see if anything has changed....
Glenn Talbot in “Nobody Dies Forever”
Writer: Harrison Wilcox. Pencils: Ben
Oliver. Inks: Ben Oliver. Colors: Veronica Gandini.
Synopsis: Captain America (James
Barnes) and Ms Marvel (Carol Danvers) are checking files to find out
who Cap spotted in the crowd at General Ross' funeral (FALL OF THE
HULKS: GAMMA). Cap recognizes Glenn Talbot—who is supposed to be
dead. Cap recalls an earlier incident, when Talbot was captured on a
rescue mission inside Soviet Russia. He faced the Gremlin who wanted
to know everything about the Hulk and brought in the Winter Soldier
to conduct the interrogation. After two weeks of brutality, Talbot
recognized the Winter Soldier as Bucky Barnes and told him about his
past as Captain America's sidekick. Talbot broke free and ran and Bucky, having regained part of
his memory, gunned down guards so that Talbot could get away—but they
were both captured and their minds wiped so that they remembered nothing
of this. In the present, Cap—the returned Bucky—hopes that Talbot
is truly back, and for a good reason....
Cosmic Hulk in “RAM”
Writer: Scott Reed. Pencils: Aluir
Amancio. Inks: Terry Austin. Colors: Val Staples.
Synopsis: At a secret military base,
human error causes a weapon to fire and the missile heads through the
building to where Glenn Talbot is showing Betty Ross the Cosmic
Hulk—a mechanical replica of the Green Giant to be used as a
research aid; to activate it, Talbot must install the RAM neural
processor by hand (the techs are afraid to approach it). Glenn and
Betty dodge the missile but it hits the Hulk figure bringing it to
“life.” Talbot sends the missile (which has not yet detonated)
after the Hulk where it explodes, tearing the robot's skin off. The
creature seizes Talbot and roars—so that Glenn is able to install
the RAM inside its mouth, bringing it to a halt. Betty offers to stay
with Glenn as he is someone she can trust.
Leonard Samson in “Heroic Efforts”
Writer: Paul Tobin. Art: Ramon Rosanas
x 3.
Synopsis: On the Intelligencia's
Helicarrier base, Leonard Samson is locked in a deadly battle with
Bill Davis, a soldier Samson had persuaded to volunteer for the
cathexis-ray test, telling him he would be a hero. After power was
drained from the captive She-Hulk and shot through Bill he became a
huge and hideous copy of the Red Hulk—and bitterly resented it. Now
he is trying to kill Samson but Samson kills him first, snapping his
neck with the Leader marveling that he was able to take such
punishment.
Red She-Hulk in “Object of Desire”
Writer: Harrison Wilcox. Pencils: Ryan
Stegman. Inks: Michael Babinki. Colors: Guru eFX.
Synopsis: Aboard the Intelligencia's
Helicarrier base, Red She-Hulk is worried about her new powers—and
the rage and guilt that come with them. The Leader (clearly attracted
to her) tries to persuade her to embrace her power but she is still
bitter over having killed She-Hulk. When Leader reveals that she
really killed an LMD of She-Hulk and Jen is still alive and a
prisoner, Red knocks him out and goes to see for herself. She burst
into the Mad Thinker's lab and he orders his new and improved
android to kill her but Red defeats the monster and is directed to
where Jen floats in a huge tank. She tries to release Jen but Doc
Samson stops her; Red takes out her anger on Samson for his
manipulations of her mind and the Leader arrives to shoot her down,
still hoping to make her a willing part of their scheme.
Deadpool in “Stupid Champagne Room!”
Writer: Jeff Parker. Art Ig Guara.
Colors: Chris Sotomayor.
Synopsis: A week ago, Deadpool escaped
from a fancy gentleman's club ahead of the gangsters demanding he pay
his $30,000 bill or else. Wade then tracked down the Red Hulk and
threatened to shoot him if he didn't hand over the money; Rulk
instead persuaded Wade to hide in his bag for the invasion of the
Intelligencia's Helicarrier base. Like an idiot, he agreed and with
the release of the Gamma energy, 'Pool, like the other heroes on the
carrier, transformed into a Hulk-like version of himself. Dubbing
himself Hulkpool, he encounters Bob, Agent of Hydra (though now he's
with A.I.M.) and explains his plan to go back in time to
kill...Deadpool. Nervously Bob tells him he knows where to find
Doctor Doom's time machine and Hulkpool bails out, Bob in tow....
Continued in HULKED OUT HEROES #1-2.