In the wilderness, the Hulk startles a pair of hunters who are trapping animals for the High Evolutionary. The terrified twain flee and radio their employer who orders them to capture the Hulk.
Exiled by
Thor (in
Thor #135), the High Evolutionary is trapped on Wundagore II where his
New Men have reverted to their bestial natures and he is pinning his hopes for survival on the arrival of the Hulk.
Meanwhile, the hunters drug the Hulk with gas pellets supplied by their master and load him onto a spacecraft which takes off for Wundagore.
Hulk awakens and clobbers Sir Ram, the ship's pilot. When he realizes he's in space, the Hulk looks forward to a second chance at last.
“Helpless, at
the Hands of Dragorr!” 3/5
Writer: Roy Thomas. Pencils: Bill Everett. Inks: Bill Everett. Colors: ?
Letters: Art Simek.
Synopsis: Prince
Namor, the Sub-Mariner, assembles his warlords to announce war against the
surface dwellers for their crimes against Atlantis. Lady Dorma warns them all
that such a course would lead to disaster but Namor rebukes her and orders her
out. Dorma consults Lord Vashti who tells her that, in view of the people’s
rebellion (issue #89-90), Namor is trying to win back their loyalty by
demonstrating his sole devotion to Atlantis….
Namor receives
a message from Dragorr, dictator of a small surface nation, proposing an
alliance with Atlantis. Namor is offended and seeks to punish Dragorr for his
arrogance; Dorma warns it may be a trap but he again rebukes her and flies off.
Arriving at his destination, Namor finds it is a trap, organized by a tiny mad
scientist called the Gnome. Namor is entangled in an electrified net and taken
ashore in an insulated tank. When he breaks out, he is subdued by guards with
electrical weapons and brought before Dragorr, a huge man with large and piercing
blue eyes. The dictator wants Namor to defeat the rebels in his country; the
rebels launch a missile attack and Namor, his will sapped by the electric
shocks, fights the rebels with increased strength, who lose heart when they
discover Namor is doing Dragorr’s bidding. Namor returns to Dragorr and refuses
to be his slave so the villain has him locked up….
Meanwhile,
Dorma has followed Namor to this country, tracing his genetic pattern with a
traciometer, and, contacting the rebels, she is directed toward a secret tunnel
into the palace. Following its course, she discovers the imprisoned Namor, kept
weak by an electrical device. She fires a water gun to short out the device and
to renew Namor’s strength. Namor and Dorma head through the palace to confront
Dragorr, who is awaiting them. With his shirt off, he is a muscular brute;
Namor and Dragorr fight, Namor is losing until he orders Dorma to fire her
water gun at the baddie. This causes Dragorr to short-circuit, revealing he is
a robot. The Gnome jumps out of a hatch in his back and flees though a window,
only to be caught in a net by the rebels….
The rebels
offer their thanks to Namor but he rebuffs them, denouncing the surface world.
He and Dorma return to Atlantis, the Lady worried for their future….