Appearing in "Incredible Hulk"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Artificial replicas of:
- Xemnu (Apparent death)
Other Characters:
- U.S. Army
- 5th Cavalry Regiment
- Third Armored Division
- Colonel Harrison (First appearance)
- McGuire (First appearance)
- Sgt. Coltrane (First appearance)
- Third Armored Division
- 5th Cavalry Regiment
- Joe (First appearance)
- Morris (First appearance)
- Defenders (Mentioned)
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Colorado
- Rocky Mountains
- Fort Carson (First appearance)
- Rocky Mountains
Synopsis for "Incredible 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 "Black Knight"
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Synopsis for "Black Knight"
Merlyn the Magicain has answered the challenge of Mandrac, giving the Black Knight the strength to beat the second of Mandrac's children. Sensing his children's defeat, Mandrac summons them back. He then demands that Merlyn show himself in the flesh. Merlyn complies, appearing in his human form, which is that of a frail old man.
As a show of power, Mandrac takes his massive club and uses it to smash open the ground. The Black Knight and his Elven friends rush to each other's aid to prevent each other from falling into the massive chasm that is opened up. With his opening salvo complete, Mandrac charges at Merlin prepared for battle.
Appearing in "Ant-Man"
Tales to Astonish #45
(originally printed as The Terrible Traps of Egghead!)
Featured Characters:
- Ant-Man (Henry Pym) (Main story and recap)
- The Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Egghead (Elihas Starr) (Main story and recap) (Impersonates Professor Carl Striker)
- Ape (First appearance)
- Twister (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- U.S. Government Atomic Energy Board (Only in recap)
- NYPD (Only in recap)
- Unnamed gangsters (Only in recap)
- Achilles (Mentioned)
- Vernon Van Dyne (Referenced) (Deceased)
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- Croesus (Mentioned)
- Anton Myers (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Sol (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- North America (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- Washington, D.C. (Only in recap)
- New York State (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- Bowery (Main story and recap)
- a flophouse (Main story and recap)
- City Zoo
- Janet's Apartment
- Maiden Lane (First appearance)
- Diamond Cutter's (First appearance)
- Bowery (Main story and recap)
- Egghead Laboratory
- Manhattan (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- New Jersey
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- North America (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
Items:
- Ant-Man's Suit and Helmet
- Wasp's Suit and Wings
- Reducing Gas
- Electronic Dewelding Gun (First appearance)
- Sleeping Gas Gun
Synopsis for "Ant-Man"
Tales to Astonish #45
(originally printed as The Terrible Traps of Egghead!)
Recapping Egghead's first battle with Ant-Man (In Tales to Astonish Vol 1 38), we find that Egghead is still living in the Bowery flophouse where he ended up after his first defeat. There he is stirred out of his rantings when he overhears some crooks talking about Ant-Man and the Wasp. He approaches them asking them who the Wasp is, and after being informed on his old foe's activities, Egghead talks the two thugs into helping him devise a plot to defeat Ant-Man, using his partner the Wasp as bait.
Egghead builds a device that scrambles the messages that Ant-Man's ants transmit and then develops the disguise of Professor Carl Striker, a Zoologist that specializes in insects and begins giving lectures to rouse the interest of Ant-Man and the Wasp. Later, after hearing about a local diamond cutter being given the Middleton diamond to turn into a pendant for Princess Elisabeth, Egghead formulates his plan. Planning a wasp exhibit at the local zoo for the next day, Egghead has the thieves steal the pendant (using his device to scramble the ant's impulses so that Ant-Man doesn't learn of the theft until later).
The next day, Egghead stashes the pendant in the wasp nest he has on display in the hopes that the Wasp -- intrigued by the exhibit -- will visit the zoo and hopefully discover the pendant and attempt to get it back. Doing so by herself (because she wants to show Hank that she is a woman, "A woman in love!"), the Wasp is easily kidnapped. As per Egghead's plans she sends out a distress to Ant-Man who comes to her rescue.
Lured into Egghead's trap, Ant-Man battles a lizard, an anteater and Egghead's hired thugs, and manages to free the Wasp and the two of them defeat the crooks. However, during the battle Egghead manages to escape to plot his revenge anew.
Appearing in "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D."
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #8
(originally printed as Thus Speaks Supremus!)
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Supremus (First appearance; dies)
- Half-Man
- Mindless Ones
Other Characters:
- Fatima
- Cedric Twigg-Smythe
- Pierre St. Cyr
- Tumumba
- Pepe Soulange
- Giuseppi Valenti
Locations:
- Washington, D.C.
- Caves of Hercules
Items:
- Aerial Sled
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Synopsis for "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D."
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #8
(originally printed as Thus Speaks Supremus!)
A new villain calling himself Supremus attempts to take out Nick Fury and end S.H.I.E.L.D. as part of a mad plan to take over all the world. Supremus, having been mocked all his life for his crippled body and deranged mind had eventually grown to hate all humans and wanted to make the entire world his mindless slaves. Fury, with the help of Supremus' sister Fatima is able to save the day.
Appearing in "The Eternals"
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Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Delphan Brothers (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Nezzar
- Russian Military
- General Greshkov (First appearance; dies)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Eternals"
Zuras summons all the Eternals to Olympia. The Polar Eternals arrive and cause a raucous battle with the Delphan brothers. The Russian military attacks a Celestial and are severely taught a lesson in strength.
Appearing in "What If Rick Jones Became the Hulk? Part Five: Trapped in the Negative Zone!"
What If? #12
(originally printed as What If Rick Jones Had Become the Hulk?)
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Doctor Bruce Banner
- Medical Doctor who examined Rick
- The Avengers
- Captain America (Steve Rogers)
- The Intelligence Supreme
- Lou-Ann Savannah
- Reed Richards
Antagonists:
- General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
- Army men under Ross' command
- Loki
- Space Phantom
- HYDRA Agents
- Annihilus
- Megaton (Jules Carter)
Other Characters:
- Uatu the Watcher
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda)
- Quicksilver (Pietro)
- Vision
- Mordecai Boggs
- Professor Benjamin Savannah
- Negative Zone Natives
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-7812 (Reality)
- Earth
- United States of America
- New Mexico
- Desert Testing facility
- Washington, D.C.
- Virginia
- New York
- New Mexico
- An Undersea Examination Chamber
- United States of America
- Asgard
- Negative Zone
- Halla
- Hall of Judgement
- Halla
- Earth
Items:
- Three Generations of Gamma-Ray beam Machines (Gammatron)
- Captain America's Shield
- Compound Thirteen
- Reed's Negative Zone Portal
Vehicles:
- Rick's car
- Army Jeeps
Synopsis for "What If Rick Jones Became the Hulk? Part Five: Trapped in the Negative Zone!"
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.
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
Black Knight
- Although Captain Britain is dead here, he is resurrected in Hulk Comic (UK) #29.