Hulk's immense strength seems no match for the Silver Surfer's cosmic powers. Hulk is finally stunned by a blow from the Silver's surfboard.
Police arrive to the scene and hold the Hulk at bay using fire weaponry, as they wait for the US Army to arrive.
Empathizing with the Hulk's plight, the Surfer swoops down and rescues him from the police.
Hulk seizes the surfboard in an attempt to journey to the stars, but he is unable to control it and the Surfer knocks him unconscious with an energy blast.
The Surfer reads Hulk's mind and discovers the truth about Bruce Banner's tragedy. So he decides to cure Banner of his gamma-induced affliction. But Hulk awakens and, thinking the Surfer is attacking him, strikes back. Offended, the Silver Surfer flies off, leaving the Hulk to his fate.
“The Monarch
and the Monster!” 4/5
Writer: Roy Thomas. Pencils: Dan Adkins. Inks: Dan Adkins. Colors: ? Letters:
Art Simek.
Synopsis: Prince
Namor, the Sub-Mariner, is fighting the radioactive monster called IT, under
the mistaken idea that it’s some sort of android super-weapon unleashed by the US
submarine firing on them. An undersea cliff is blown up and the rubble buries
IT as Namor swims away—but the creature soon fights his way out from under the
massive pile of rocks. As Namor starts punching his way into the sub, IT
attacks him and the fight continues on the sub’s deck. Namor finds IT to be
stronger than he thought and he is weakening under its blows. The monster leaps
at Namor who ducks, sending IT smashing through the sub’s tower. This is when
the Navy men discover that it was this monster, not Namor, who was the real radioactive
threat. The sub surfaces to effect repairs and seal off the area with the
monster’s corpse….
Meanwhile, a
weakened Namor swims his way home to Atlantis where he undergoes treatment in
the Medi-Ray Chamber. Lady Dorma comforts him and he, still thinking that IT
was a weapon of the US Navy, vows to declare war on the surface world once he
has recovered….