Back in the 20th century, someone knocked out Hulk with sleeping gas and locked him in a pit shielded with antimatter.
Betty Ross, who learnt the secret identity of Bruce Banner (Rick Jones revealed it to Glenn Talbot in the previous issue) has a hard time believing her love interest could be the Hulk.
Thunderbolt Ross hires Doctor Zaxon to replace Banner as the base’s scientist. He seems like a nice guy, but secretly he wants to absorb the Hulk’s strength and use it to conquer the world.
Wearing a special suit, Zaxon frees the Hulk, and fires an energy absorbing weapon onto him.
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Story #2The Prince and the Puppet!
Writer:
Stan Lee.Penciler:
Gene Colan. Inker:
Vince Colletta. Colorist:
Unknown. Letterer:
Art Simek.
Synopsis
Prince
Namor the Sub-Mariner has boarded the research ship and orders Henry Pym to end
his drilling project which is threatening his kingdom of Atlantis. A soldier
tries to shoot Namor but Hank deflects his aim and the shot goes wild, hitting
an oxygen tank, starting a fire. Suddenly, the soldiers and researchers are
fighting a fire that quickly spreads through the ship, knocking out
communications and trapping Namor. But the one message they were able to send
mentioned that the Sub-Mariner was aboard the ship…
…and it was
picked up by the Puppet Master, who has an idea. He quickly shapes a puppet of
the Sub-Mariner out of his radioactive clay and on activation, Namor is brought
under his control in the middle of a fight with Hank Pym. On the Puppet
Master’s command, Namor turns, walks to the deck, and dives overboard, swimming
to New York. Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne realize that America must be warned
about the Sub-Mariner. With the ship’s radio gone, Jan volunteers to fly to New
York as the Wasp, pausing for rest breaks along the way….
Namor arrives
at the Puppet Master’s lair in a lonely mansion near New York. Before he can pursue
his scheme of revenge, the villain needs funds so he orders Namor to rob a
bank. Shortly, Namor creeps toward a nearby bank, overpowers the night
watchman, cut the alarms, and enters. He is too weak to open the vault so he
starts a fire, triggering the sprinkler system which allows him to regain his
full strength and he easily tears the door off the vault. He scoops up some
loot and returns to the Puppet Master who is enraged: what Namor stole was a
batch of non-negotiable bonds which are of no value to him. He sends Namor back
for cash but on arrival at the bank, he is surrounded by soldiers, summoned by
the revived watchman. The Puppet Master tells Namor he must fight to the
death….