Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #66

Xemnu the Living Hulk, trapped in orbit around the sun, marshals the vestiges of his great mental power to attract an asteroid so that it hits his ship, sending it toward Earth. He lands, vowing vengeance on humanity but the exertion left him the power to hypnotize only one more person so he chooses a carnival owner. He takes control of the man and has him bring the Hulk to a small town called Pineville, advertising it as a giant robot. When the entire population of the town is gathered at the theater, Xemnu threatens their destruction if they don’t help him with his mad scheme. First, Xemnu has them wall off the town to prevent anyone entering or leaving. Then he sets them to work building a giant reflector that will magnify his limited mental powers so he can hypnotize the entire world. Meanwhile, Joe Harper, Xemnu’s nemesis from the previous story, has noticed that the alien’s ship is no longer orbiting the sun; the news about Pineville convinces him that the Hulk has returned to Earth. He tries warning the authorities but no one will believe him. So Joe goes to Pineville himself but he sets off an alarm that calls the Hulk to investigate. Xemnu recognizes him and pursues him, yelling threats the whole time. Joe climbs to the top of a tank at the oil refinery where Hulk has him cornered. The monster unleashes his hypnotic powers to make Joe’s atoms fall apart. But Joe whips out a mirror and reflects Xemnu’s eye beams so that Xemnu himself disintegrates. Joe and the citizens of Pineville agree to never mention this again so Joe goes home and tells everyone he was mistaken!