Appearing in "An Intruder in the Mind!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- ⏴ Doc Samson (Leonard Samson) ⏵
- ⏴ General Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross ⏵
- ⏴ Betty Ross Talbot ⏵
- ⏴ Clay Quartermain ⏵
- ⏴ Glenn Talbot ⏵
Antagonists:
- A Mental Block in the Mind of Glenn Talbot
- "Manifested Phantoms"/Memories of:
- Missing Link (Lincoln Brickford) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Juggernaut (Cain Marko) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Abomination (Emil Blonsky) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Leader (Sam Sterns) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Sandman (Flint Marko) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Mandarin (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Hercules (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Doc Samson (Leonard Samson) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Harpy (Betty Ross) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- MODOK (George Tarleton) (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Gremlin (Illusion or holographic simulation)
Other Characters:
- Henry "Hank" Pym (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Neanderthals (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Zenn-Lavians (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Mutant Atlantean-Human Hybrids (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Human-Olympian Hybrids (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Cyborgs (Illusion or holographic simulation)
Locations:
Items:
- Micron Cannon
- Encephalo-Helmet (Destroyed)
- Crimson Cosmos Armor (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Rhino Armor (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Mandarin's Rings (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Power Cosmic (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Iron Man Armor Model 4 (Illusion or holographic simulation)
Vehicles:
- Silver Surfer's Surfboard (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- MODOK's Doomsday Chair (Illusion or holographic simulation)
Synopsis for "An Intruder in the Mind!"
The Hulk has been captured by Gamma Base and, thanks to an Encephalo-Helmet designed by Doc Samson, Bruce Banner's mind now operates in the Hulk's body. Using a shrinking device, they intend to send the Hulk into the brain of Glenn Talbot, repair the damage caused to his mind by the Gremlin[1] and revive him from his catatonic state, as the Hulk's unique physiology would protect him from the harsh electrical activity in Glenn's brain. After being wished luck and promising everyone that he will do his best to restore Glenn to normal, Banner/the Hulk gets shrunken down and implanted inside Talbot's brain.
Almost immediately after his arrival, Banner is assaulted by the electrical fields of Glenn's brain and tries to adjust the helmet to deal with them. He is then attacked by manifestations of his old foes the Missing Link, the Juggernaut and the Abomination. Although these phantom versions of his old foes try to stop him, the Hulk manages to fight them all off, causing them to dissipate into immaterial smoke. He is next attacked by phantoms of both the Leader and the Rhino, an attack that slightly damages his helmet, causing Banner to slowly begin losing his temper.
After a fight with phantoms of both the Sandman and the Mandarin, Banner cannot take the feedback from the helmet any more and rips it off, submerging his mind and releasing the Hulk's mind. The Hulk is then attacked by more constructs, this time of the Silver Surfer, Iron Man, the Sub-Mariner, Hercules and Doc Samson. These he just as easily fights off, even as they are joined by illusions of the Harpy, MODOK and the Gremlin, the last of whom is huge. The Hulk smashes them all until he comes across the creature inside Glenn's mind that is keeping him in his catatonic state.
When the creature attempts to consume the Hulk, he easily rips it apart, killing it. The creature's death causes Glenn to suddenly sit up and scream before passing out again. Before they can see if Glenn is okay, an alarm goes off, warning Doc Samson that, without the helmet to control the shrinking process, the Hulk is beginning to grow, threatening to kill Talbot in the process. With no other choice, Samson fires the shrinking ray, targeting the Hulk and causing him to shrink so small that he disappears from their readings. Glenn awakens alive and well and is reunited with his wife Betty. Samson informs them that, while they have saved the life of Glenn Talbot, it seems they have done so at the expense of the life of Bruce Banner.
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
- The reason why Glenn Talbot is in a catatonic state is because he was put in that state by the Gremlin during a rescue mission in Russia, as seen in Incredible Hulk #188.
- The Hulk faces illusions of many of his old foes, which include:
- The Hulk had fought the Missing Link twice in Incredible Hulk #106–107 and Incredible Hulk #179.
- The Hulk first met and fought the Juggernaut in Incredible Hulk #172.
- The Abomination has had a long history of clashes with the Hulk. These clashes by this point were in Tales to Astonish #90–91 and Incredible Hulk #136–137, 159, 171 and 194–196.
- The Leader has been the Hulk's most prolific foe to date, having fought him by this point in Tales to Astonish #62–66 and 68–75, Incredible Hulk #115–117, 123–124, 139, 146–147 and 157–159 and Marvel Feature #11.
- The Rhino had clashed with the Hulk four times by this point in Incredible Hulk #104, 124, 157–158 and 171.
- The Mandarin had fought the Hulk twice in Incredible Hulk #107–108 and 114.
- The Sandman had also fought the Hulk twice in Incredible Hulk #113–114 and 138.
- The Silver Surfer had been the Hulk's uneasy ally in the Defenders since Marvel Feature #1; however, the two had clashed once in Tales to Astonish #92–93.
- Iron Man has also had a number of uneasy alliances with the Hulk when they were both founding members of the Avengers in Avengers #1. When the Hulk left the group in the following issue, the group hounded him in Avengers #3 and various other issues. Iron Man had personally fought the Hulk alone once by this point in Incredible Hulk #131.
- Namor the Sub-Mariner was yet another uneasy ally, the pair first having worked together in Avengers #3 and had been occasional allies since forming the Defenders in Marvel Feature #1. The two had also clashed twice by this point in Tales to Astonish #100 and Incredible Hulk #118.
- Hercules had fought the Hulk once by this point in Tales to Astonish #79.
- Doc Samson had clashed with the Hulk twice by this point, in Incredible Hulk #141–147 and throughout the course of Incredible Hulk #192–199.
- MODOK had clashed with the Hulk once by this point in Incredible Hulk #167–169. The Harpy was a Gamma Mutate that was created by MODOK when he exposed Betty Ross Talbot to gamma rays. She battled the Hulk in the same story until Bruce Banner was able to cure her.
- The Gremlin had fought the Hulk twice by this point in Incredible Hulk #163 and 187–188.
Publication Notes[]
- 30 cent variants of this issue were also published.
- This issue features a letters page titled Greenskin's Grab Bag. Letters were published from Lawrence J. Deyab, Kerry Held, Barry Bedwell and Parul Spataco.
- This issue also contains a Series "B" Marvel Value Stamp: Vol. 1 #52, Spider-Man.
Trivia
- Editor Marv Wolfman is listed on page 1 as "Jolly Good Fellow".
- Seven characters depicted on the cover do not appear in the actual story. They are the Fantastic Four (Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Girl, the Human Torch and the Thing), Captain America, Thor, and Rick Jones.
See Also
Links and References
- The Grand Comics Database: Incredible Hulk Vol 1 [1]
References
- ↑ Back in Incredible Hulk Vol 1 188