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Appearing in "Incredible Hulk"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Incredible Hulk Annual #5
(originally printed as And Six Shall Crush the Hulk!)

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  • Artificial replicas of:
    • Blip Duplicate (First appearance; dies)
    • Diablo Duplicate (First appearance; dies)
    • Goom Duplicate (First appearance; dies)
    • Groot Duplicate (First appearance; dies)
    • Taboo Duplicate (First appearance; dies)
  • Xemnu (Apparent death)

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Synopsis for "Incredible Hulk"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Incredible Hulk Annual #5
(originally printed as And Six Shall Crush the Hulk!)

The living titan known as Xemnu operates from within a secret laboratory beneath a lake in Colorado. Sensing the presence of the incredible Hulk nearby, he creates simulacrums of five powerful beings that once threatened the Earth and sends them to defeat the Hulk.

The Hulk, meanwhile, while wandering through the forests accidentally trespasses onto a U.S. Army proving ground. He fights through a squadron of soldiers before coming face to face with the first of Xemnu's minions - Diablo! Hulk struggles with Diablo, but manages to disperse his smoke-like form with one of his signature power-claps. The battle however, leaves the Hulk physically drained.

The next creature the Hulk fights is the muck-monster, Taboo. The two fight in a deep riverbed. The Hulk anchors himself to the silt, then creates a massive whirlpool that pulls Taboo down until his body discorporates. Once again, the Hulk is uncharacteristically fatigued from the fight.

Immediately following this debacle, the Hulk encounters Groot - the Monster of Planet X. Groot tries to kill the Hulk by firing wooden needles from his fingertips, but the Hulk pulverizes him with two broken chunks of rock.

Following this, he then battle Goom. Goom uses his molecular condensor beams to shrink the Hulk in size, but the Hulk still manages to defeat him. He batters him into a mountainside causing a rock slide that buries his opponent. When the battle concludes, the Hulk returns to his normal size.

After this the Hulk comes face to face with the electrical being known as Blip (whom the Hulk confuses with Zzzax). Blip electrocutes the Hulk with over a million megavolts of electricity, but the Hulk shorts Blip out by heaving him into a set of power lines.

Having witnessed the failure of all of his agents, Xemnu finally decides to confront the Hulk personally. He abducts him and brings him to his underwater base. He reveals to him that his artificial monsters were designed to rob the Hulk of his strength. The Hulk breaks free and charges at Xemnu. Xemnu gets inside an escape bubble and leaves the base. The Hulk grabs a hold of the strange vessel and rides it to the surface of the lake. The two titans continue fighting one another atop a dam. Their blows cause the dam to collapse and they are both swept away in a flooding rush of water. When the Hulk gathers his senses, he discovers that Xemnu is gone. Irritated beyond measure, the Hulk leaps away, hoping to find some peace.

Appearing in "Captain Britain"

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Synopsis for "Captain Britain"

At the portal to Otherworld, Captain Britain has to fend off against the White Rider the embodiment of death that has been unleashed upon him by the Doomwraiths of the Neitherworld. At first, Captain Britain doubts he can fend off what appears to be the embodiment of death. However, upon getting closer, the hero realizes that his opponent is not death itself, but a reanimated corpse.

As the battle rages on the Elves spot the arrival of the Black Knight and Moondog. When they land on the island, the Black Knight strikes the Doomwraiths with Excalibur, expelling them from the area. However, Captain Britain's advantage is lost when the White Rider fatally stabs him with a sword. As Captain Britain falls, the Black Knight steps in and destroys his foe. However, he is too late to do anything as when the Black Knight checks on his friend, he discovers that Captain Britain is now dead.

Appearing in "Ant-Man"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tales to Astonish #44
(originally printed as The Creature from Kosmos!)

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Synopsis for "Ant-Man"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tales to Astonish #44
(originally printed as The Creature from Kosmos!)
Henry Pym (Earth-616) from Tales to Astonish Vol 1 44 004

Pym swearing revenge.

Returning from another mission, Ant-Man dwells on his loneliness and the loss of his late wife: Maria Pym. Flashing back to the past we learn that on their honeymoon, Henry and Maria Pym visited Maria's native Hungary, in spite of Maria's fears that her history as a political prisoner would make her a target. Shortly upon arrival in Hungary, Maria is captured by armed men and Henry is knocked out by the butt of one of their guns. Recovering at the American Embassy, Pym is informed that his wife has been murdered, as a lesson to those who wish to leave the Iron Curtain. Angered, Pym attempts to track down his wife's killers but only lands himself in jail. He is freed by Embassy officials and sent home. There, Pym uses his late wife's uncle's old saying "Go to the ants, thou sluggard!" as the inspiration for devising his size-changing formula and becoming Ant-Man.

His reflection over, Ant-Man realizes that he cannot continue his crusade against crime alone and needs a partner to aid him in his work. He begins working on a new set of abilities for his future partner utilizing wasp biology, but is interrupted by the arrival of Professor Vernon Van Dyne and his young daughter, Janet.

Pym immediately realizes that Janet bears a striking resemblance to his late wife, Maria, but dismisses any attraction due to her age and apparent ditzy personality. Meanwhile, Janet also dismisses any attraction to him, due to the stereotype that scientists are boring individuals. Vernon asks Pym to look at his Gamma Ray Beam device which would allow him to make contact with another galaxy. While Pym finds it interesting, he explains to Van Dyne that his area of expertise is in biology, not astronomy. Realizing Pym isn't interested in the project, Van Dyne and his daughter leave.

Pilai (Earth-616) from Tales to Astonish Vol 1 44 001

Arrival of Pilai

Later that day, Van Dyne attempts to use his gamma ray beam and inadvertently transports a creature from the planet Kosmos. The creature states that it is an escaped criminal. It uses its powers to kill Dr. Van Dyne and then flees. Janet stumbles upon her father's body. In a panic she calls Henry Pym, who dismisses her once again as a bored ditzy girl and hangs up, but later learns his error when he finds out the truth from his ants.

Donning his Ant-Man identity, he travels to the Van Dyne house and finds that Professor Van Dyne was killed by pure fear. He tells Janet to report her father's death to F.B.I. agent Lee Kearns, and tells her to go see Henry Pym right after. On his way back to his lab, Ant-Man learns from his ants that there were large traces of an alien form of formic acid, which frightens his ants.

Janet Van Dyne (Earth-616) and Henry Pym (Earth-616) from Tales to Astonish Vol 1 44 005

Origin of the Wasp

Janet Van Dyne arrives at Dr. Pym's lab, where Henry reveals to her his identity as Ant-Man and asks her to become his sidekick, the Wasp. Agreeing, Janet is implanted with wasp wings and antenna that she can use while shrunken down by Ant-Man's shrinking gas. As Ant-Man and Wasp, the duo arrive on scene where the Creature from Kosmos is on a rampage. Before going into battle, Janet announces that she's in love with Hank, which he immediately dismisses, due to her age and his fear of a second tragedy in his love life. Even with the aid of the military, and Ant-Man's army of ants they are unable to stop the monster's rampage.

Pilai (Earth-616) from Tales to Astonish Vol 1 44 005

Pilai fading away

Realizing what he must do, Ant-Man and Wasp return to base where Ant-Man devises a compound to counteract formic acid. He then puts the compound into shotgun shells and, with the aid of his ants, succeeds in dispersing the creature by shooting it with a number of shells of the compound.

With the monster defeated, Ant-Man and Wasp return home, where Ant-Man calls F.B.I. agent Kearns to tell him that the menace has ended. When Kearns asks to be Ant-Man's partner, Ant-Man declines, telling the F.B.I. agent that he already has a partner. Janet thinks to herself that she'll certainly soon make him fall in love with her, and will stay with him so that he does.

Appearing in "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D."

Reprint of the 1st story from
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #7
(originally printed as Hours of Madness, Day of Death)

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  • Unidentified Enemy Agents
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    • Numerous unnamed agents

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Synopsis for "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D."

Reprint of the 1st story from
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #7
(originally printed as Hours of Madness, Day of Death)

While investigating an unnamed foreign embassy somewhere in New York, Fury is ambushed and injected with a drug that will cause madness, hallucinations and eventually death. Fury tries to get to S.H.I.E.L.D. but due to his heightened paranoia and occasional visions of past enemies no one on the street will help or even listen to him, believing him to be just another drug user. Finally a young woman who calls herself Sister Angela takes him in and, as the one person in the city who believes his story, drives him to the S.H.I.E.L.D. rendezvous point where S.H.I.E.L.D. medics have already whipped up an antidote.

Appearing in "The Eternals"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Eternals #9
(originally printed as The Killing Machine!!)

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Synopsis for "The Eternals"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Eternals #9
(originally printed as The Killing Machine!!)

Ikaris, Makkari, and Margo return to Olympia and are greeted by an array of illusions from Sprite. The Celestials start making their presence known around the world. Thena witnesses a duel between the Reject and Karkas which gets out of hand. The Celestial Eson attacks Lemuria and drains the power from the city.

Appearing in "What If Rick Jones Became the Hulk? Part Two: The Incredible Hulk No More"

Reprint of the 1st story from
What If? #12
(originally printed as What If Rick Jones Had Become the Hulk?)

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  • Rick's car
  • Army Jeeps

Synopsis for "What If Rick Jones Became the Hulk? Part Two: The Incredible Hulk No More"

Reprint of the 1st story from
What If? #12
(originally printed as What If Rick Jones Had Become the Hulk?)

Rick pushes Bruce Banner into the ditch first, causing his transformation into the Hulk. While Banner dedicates his life to curing the boy, Rick goes on to join the Avengers, become Cap's second Bucky, and swap atoms with Captain Marvel. Eventually, Banner manages to separate Rick from the Hulk while they're in the middle of a battle with Annihilus in the Negative Zone. Rick is rescued, and Hulk beats Annihilus into submission, becoming the new respected ruler of the Zone, admired and loved by the residents there.

Rick and Captain Marvel are also separated, causing Mar-Vell to live freely without having to return to the Negative Zone.

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