Appearing in "Man With a Plan"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Intelligencia
- A.I.M.
- ⏴ Glenn Talbot ⏵ (Secretly a LMD)
Other Characters:
- ⏴ Skaar ⏵
- ⏴ Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) ⏵
- ⏴ Pulsar (Monica Rambeau) ⏵
- Mighty Avengers
- New Avengers
- ⏴ Korg ⏵
- ⏴ A-Bomb (Rick Jones) ⏵
- ⏴ Sub-Mariner ⏵
- ⏴ Thor ⏵
- ⏴ Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) ⏵
- Black Panther (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Beast (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Red Hulk (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Thing (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Lady Dorma (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Hiroim (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Gwen Stacy (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Hercules (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Mariko Yashida (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
Locations:
- Intelligencia Headquarters
- Infinite Avengers Mansion
- New York City
- New Orleans
- Navajo Nation
Items:
- Doctor Doom's Armor
- Black Widow's Gauntlets
- Captain America's Shield
- Mjolnir
- War Machine Armor Model 4
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Man With a Plan"
Doctor Doom is imprisoned by the Leader and M.O.D.O.K., his intelligence diminished by a neural anesthetizer so that the only thing on his mind is revenge against Bruce Banner. The leader gloats at how pathetic and ignorant Doom is. However, M.O.D.O.K. is concerned that Banner is a bigger threat to them and believes they should capture him next. The Leader dismisses the thought, feeling that as long as he's at liberty, they can Banner to unwittingly aid them in their schemes. Just then, Henry Pym barges in, disabling their base's temporal shift tech and gathering data to counter the anesthetizer. However, the Leader reveals that they've already corrected the vulnerabilities and have dispatched Red She-Hulk to deal with the Avengers. The two villains then leave Pym in the middle of the ocean.
Pym races back to save the Avengers, safeguarding them in the Infinite Mansion. However, Banner and Skaar have turned up too, to protect him from the Leader. Pym feels confident that Red-She-Hulk won't be able to simply punch her way through the mansion's defenses, however, his estimation is soon proven wrong. Skaar and Red She-Hulk immediately begin fighting, while Banner attempts to extract Pym. Unfortunately, Pym refuses to go, revealing to everyone that Banner has been working with the Red Hulk, who has helped M.O.D.O.K. and the Leader capture Mr. Fantastic. Banner states that the Leader is just feeding this misinformation.
Meanwhile, as Skaar and Red She-Hulk tear up the place, a dimensional vortex opens up, ready to swallow everyone else, forcing the former Skaar to save them. This gives Red She-Hulk the opening to attack Pym with the anesthetizer, which he unsuccessfully attempts to block. Banner's tech determines that the device is killing Pym and tells She-Hulk that her bosses want their prize back alive. He asks for a truce so that he can save Pym's life. Unfortunately, as soon as they shake hands, Pym calls upon the Avengers assemble,who arrive in short order. Banner and Amadeus Cho use War Machine's repulsors as a makeshift defibrillator, saving Pym's life. However, it fails to reverse the anesthetizer's effect on this mind. An overconfident Pym attempts to grow giant-size, only to instead shrink small enough for Red She-Hulk to capture and escape with him.
Banner blames the Avengers for fouling up his plan. He demands a Quinjet so that he can solve the mess with a team of his own choosing: Skaar, Cho, Rick Jones, Namor, Wolverine, Spider-Man and Korg along to help him rescue his ex-wife Betty. He explains on the flight that he selected each of them because, with the exception of Rick, they had lost a close loved one and would be genuinely motivated to help him avoid the same fate. Skaar, Wolverine, Korg, Rick and Namor then assault a military base. Meanwhile, inside the complex, Glenn Talbot leads the Red She-Hulk away, she tells him that Banner won't stop.
The Leader and M.O.D.O.K watch this, before powering up their Helicarrier to "save the world."
Appearing in "The Right Decision"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Intelligencia Headquarters
- New York City
Items:
- Elektra's Sai
- Domino's gun
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Right Decision"
The Leader and M.O.D.O.K. watch the footage detailing what happened after Red She-Hulk strangled She-Hulk. She is approached by Doc Samson, who reprimands her for killing their prisoner. As a reprimand, he alters her psyche to contain a deep layer of paranoia. Red She-Hulk angrily engages him, demanding to know if She-Hulk was the real deal or a Life Model Decoy. Samson gets her in a headlock, reminding her that her job is follow orders, rather than ask questions. Red She-Hulk throws him against the wall, refusing to be subjected to any more of his mind games. M.O.D.O.K. suddenly appears, subdues her with his forehead beam, and tells her that they have a job for her.
Near Hell's Kitchen, New York, Domino is attempting to catch up with Elektra, while trying to get to Silver Sable before the Red Hulk does. At that moment a firetruck comes flying directly at them, smashing into a building. They presume that it's the Red Hulk, so Elektra tells Domino to find Sable. However, their real attacker is Red She-Hulk, who proceeds to lift a cement truck.
Solicit Synopsis
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
Man With a Plan
- Intelligencia infected Doctor Doom with a virus that has given him brain damage. He is later cured in FF #2. Leader and M.O.D.O.K. refer to Doom as their "old foe", this is a reference to how Doom betrayed them years earlier as seen in Fall of the Hulks: Alpha #1.
- Leader and M.O.D.O.K. are focusing on capturing their next targets. They are referring to Black Panther and Beast, who are captured in Hulk (Vol. 2) #20.
- Wasp mentions the capture of Reed Richards, this happened in Hulk (Vol. 2) #21.
- Bruce mentions that he was married to Betty Ross, this happened in Incredible Hulk #319. Since Incredible Hulk #466, Bruce believed Betty to be dead after she was killed by radiation poisoning. However, as revealed in Hulk (Vol. 2) #22, Banner had just recently discovered that Betty was alive.
- Bruce recruits his heroes because they had all lost loved ones by the time of this story:
- For Sub-Mariner, it was Lady Dorma who was murdered in Sub-Mariner #37.
- Korg lost Hiroim in World War Hulk Aftersmash: Warbound #5.
- Spider-Man suffered the loss of his first love, Gwen Stacy, who died in Amazing Spider-Man #121. Although she is later briefly resurrected in Clone Conspiracy #1–5 before dying again.
- Amadeus Cho is still mourning the recent loss of Hercules who died in Incredible Hercules #141. However, he is later brought back to life in Heroic Age: Prince of Power #4.
- Wolverine lost his lover Mariko Yoshida when she was murdered in Wolverine (Vol. 2) #57.
- The man who appears to be Glenn Talbot in this story is actually a LMD as revealed in Hulk (Vol. 2) #23.
The Right Direction
- Red She-Hulk's activites in this story happen behind the scenes of the events of Hulk (Vol. 2) #15.
- The woman who appears to be the She-Hulk here is actually a Life Model Decoy, as revealed in World War Hulks #1.
- Domino mentions how Red Hulk punched out Thor and the Watcher, this happened in Hulk (Vol. 2) #4.
Chronology Notes[]
As the events of this story takes place during the Fall of the Hulks event, a number of characters seen here appear in other stories. The affected characters are:
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Page 23:
- ⏴ Bruce Banner ⏵
- ⏴ M.O.D.O.K. ⏵
- ⏴ Leader ⏵
Legacy Numbering[]
- Based on the Marvel Legacy renumbering infographic, this issue is actually Incredible Hulk Vol 1 606. A different editorial count resulted in its publication as Vol 1 607.
See Also
Links and References
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