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Appearing in "The Day of the Locust!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Incredible Hulk #194

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  • Ionic Stun Beam
  • Magnon Beam

Synopsis for "The Day of the Locust!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Incredible Hulk #194

The Hulk has been wandering in the wilderness following his escape from Doc Samson in New York City. Attracted by the smell of cooking food, he comes across a group of hobos reminiscing on the days when they were rich and affluent. When they detect the Hulk's presence they attempt to attack him but the Hulk scares them off. Inspecting their food, he finds that they were cooking up his favorite food: beans. He chows down on the beans and then falls asleep, reverting back into Bruce Banner. Banner wakes up the next morning wondering where he is and goes out to hitch hike on the streets. There he is picked up by Bob Hickman and his wife Carol. Despite their warnings that riding with them would be trouble, Bruce hops in anyway. They soon come to a town that is barricaded off. Allowed access into the town, Carol explains to the confused Banner that this is all their fault.

While back in New Mexico, Doc Samson returns to based following his failure to capture the Hulk where Clay Quartermain mocks him for being unprofessional in his attempt to capture the brute. As Samson loses his temper, a soldier one the site of the repairs on Hulkbuster Base tells Ross, Samson and Quartermain that there is something that they have to see.

Back in the Midwest, the Hickmans explain to Bruce that they married without Carol's permission while he was in jail and upon hearing of their marriage, and after destroying Bob's farm he has been causing a path of destruction across America's farmlands. Just then, a swarm of locusts begins to head toward the town and Bruce allows himself to transform into the Hulk in order to defend it from the locust attack. As the Hulk attempts to fight them off, he is confronted by Carol's father, the Locust.[1] The Locust sees the Hulk as a threat and attacks him with his ionic gun before using his devices to grow a giant insect army.

The Hulk fights off the insects, crushing them all one by one, but when a giant-preying mantis threatens Carol's life, the Locust realizes what he's done and goes to his daughters aid, and gets knocked aside by his mad creation. When he witnesses Bob come to his daughters rescue, he realizes that he is truly worth of his daughters love. The Hulk, having crushed the remainder of the bugs destroys the preying mantis saving Bob and Carol from danger. The Hulk then turns around to resume his aggressions toward the Locust, however he is stopped by Carol who tries to explain that she still loves her father and that he needs help. Confused, the Hulk expresses frustration and wanders off to leave the Locust to his fate.

While back on Hulkbuster Base, Samson, Ross and Quartermain stand for the Abomination, who was found in the rubble of the damaged base. When the Abomination revives they tell him that they have planted a bomb in his head and that in order to live to have it deactivated he must hunt down and capture the Hulk. The Abomination agrees to help them, but warns the trio that he owes them one, and that the Abomination always repays his debts.

Appearing in "Don't Mess With Black Mariah!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Hero for Hire #5

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  • Black Mariah's Fake Ambulance

Synopsis for "Don't Mess With Black Mariah!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Hero for Hire #5

When Frank Jenkin's is murdered in the Gem Theater, Luke Cage informs his widow of his demise. However, Luke is shocked when another ambulance arrives after one already picked up Jenkin's body. When Jenkin's widow shows up at the Gem, Luke tells her the bad news and tells her that he'll find her husband's body -- free of charge. As it turns out Jenkin's body was stolen by Black Mariah, an obese criminal who's men would pose as ambulance drivers and steal people who died in public and loot their possessions.

While tracking down Black Mariah, Luke Cage seeks information from the street informant known as Flea, who sells his information to Cage for fifty dollars. However, Luke refuses to pay until he checks out the information. After Flea's information turns out to be incorrect, Luke still manages to track down Black Mariah and battle her and her goons. During the battle, Luke makes short work of Mariah's men, while Mariah tries to escape in a boat. However, Luke pounces on the boat, destroying it and sending Mariah in the water.

After Black Mariah and her gang are turned over to police, Jenkin's widow arrives on the scene to thank Luke. Flea takes this moment to come to collect payment from Luke. Believing that Luke was trying to make her pay for his services she throws the 50 dollars in his face and storms off. Flea takes the money and leaves, and Luke ponders over his decision to be a "Hero for Hire"

Appearing in "When Titans Collide! / Chapter Two: A Clash of Titans / Chapter Three: Mind Slave / Prologue"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Captain Marvel #28

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Synopsis for "When Titans Collide! / Chapter Two: A Clash of Titans / Chapter Three: Mind Slave / Prologue"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Captain Marvel #28

Rick Jones is at Avengers Mansion. His girlfriend Lou Ann lies comatose. Her energy is slowing being drained by a small disc that cannot be removed without killing her. Rick Jones summons Captain Marvel via his Nega-Bands to tell the Avengers about the menace and plans of the evil Titan Thanos. While this discussion takes place, the Controller has slipped into the mansion. He stealthily separates and defeats all of the Avenges in short order. He then approaches Captain Marvel telling him that he has come to retrieve Lou Ann for his employer Thanos.

The story shifts to Louisiana where Thanos has discovered the hidden Cosmic Cube. The entity Death is also present. However, Drax the Destroyer opposes him. The two duel. Thanos places Drax through his "Time-Mind Sync Warp". Drax eventually frees himself, but the effort renders him unconscious. Thanos takes his prize: The Cosmic Cube.

At Avengers Mansion, Captain Marvel is defeated by the Controller. The Controller has had his powers greatly enhanced by Thanos and defeats Mar-Vell by pulling down a mountain of equipment down on the Captain. He takes Lou Ann. Under the rubble, Captain Marvel has reverted back to Rick Jones. Rick is pinned but safe. However, he does not understand where Captain Marvel has gone, as his Nega-Bands no longer work to summon his alter-ego.

The prologue shows Captain Marvel in space in the presence of the space entity Eon. Eon states that in order for Captain Marvel to defeat Thanos, Captain Marvel, the soldier, must die!

Appearing in ""Lo! The Lord of the Leopards!""

Reprint of the 1st story from
Daredevil #72

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  • Tagak (First appearance)
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Synopsis for ""Lo! The Lord of the Leopards!""

Reprint of the 1st story from
Daredevil #72
After a series of strange sightings of a Leopard skin-dressed man and a leopard running loose in New York City, Daredevil investigates and ends up befriending the being, known as Tagak, who came to our dimension through a magical mirror and is in pursuit of a criminal from his home world. DD helps Tagak capture the thief and return him to Tagak's reality to face punishment for his crimes, although Tagak's leopard (who facilitated his ability to see) was killed during the episode by police bullets.

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  1. ↑ last seen in X-Men Vol 1 24
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