Comics:Rampaging Hulk Vol 2 1

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August, 1998

"The Monster or the Man?"
Writers Glenn Greenberg Pencilers Rick Leonardi Inkers Dan Green Colourists Tom Smith Letterers Bill Oakley Editors Jaye Gardner

"Outsiders"
Writers Glenn Greenberg Pencilers Denys Cowan Inkers Tom Palmer Colourists Tom Smith Letterers Bill Oakley Editors Jaye Gardner

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Rampaging Hulk Vol 2 #2

Stupid, puny soldiers! Still you hunt Hulk! Try to capture Hulk! Don't you realize by now -- Hulk is the strongest one there is?!

-- The Hulk

Appearing in "The Monster or the Man?"

Featured Characters:

Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Also in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

Betty Ross Talbot
Rick Jones (Appears in flashback and main story)

Villains:

Other Characters:

None

Locations:

Illinois

New Mexico

Gamma Base

Items:

Gamma Accelerator
Gamma Bomb (Appears in flashback and main story)

Vehicles:

None

Synopsis for "The Monster or the Man?"

General Ross shows a video presentation to military leaders, providing a threat assessment of the incredible Hulk. Major Talbot supplements the presentation by showing a pictorial history of the Hulk's origins, including the initial Gamma Bomb explosion. Suddenly, an officer enters the room interrupting the presentation. He tells General Ross that Bruce Banner has been sighted outside Chicago. Ross tells him to mobilize the troops.

In Chicago, Bruce Banner sneaks into a laboratory at a Brand Corporation facility. Hiding under a false identity, Bruce works at the Brand Corporation as a janitor. He begins modifying a device called the Gamma Accelerator in the hopes that it might cure him of turning into the Hulk. Something goes wrong however, and Bruce begins to change. His metamorphosis halts in mid-transformation, and he is stuck in a half-Banner/half-Hulk form.

Ross, Talbot and a squad of army personnel arrive on the scene and open fire on him. Although his strength is greatly weakened, Banner/Hulk is still tough enough to resist gunfire. Talbot somehow manages to fire a tranquilizer dart into Banner/Hulk's back, knocking him out.

When he awakens, he is still stuck in mid-transformation and contained within a special holding cell. Inside the creature's mind, a war of egos takes place. Banner's psyche battles that of the Hulk. On the psychic plane, Banner is every bit as strong as the Hulk, but the Hulk still manages to overcome him. The physical result is that Banner/Hulk transforms completely into the Hulk. He pounds his way out of the holding cell and leaps away into the desert.

Appearing in "Outsiders"

Featured Characters:

Hulk (Bruce Banner)

Supporting Characters:

Jennifer
Stilwell

Villains:

Brad "Hulk" Bedford

Other Characters:

None

Locations:

Montana

Billings

Items:

None

Vehicles:

None

Synopsis for "Outsiders"

In Billings, Montana, a high-school jock named Brad "Hulk" Beford torments a weaker kid named Stilwell. Brad is angry because he thinks Stilwell was trying to flirt with his girlfriend, Jennifer. A shadow falls across the field and Jennifer and Stilwell run away. When Brad turns around, he finds the Hulk standing in front of him. The Hulk asks him why he was tormenting the other boy, and Brad tells him that Stilwell is an outsider - an outcast. These are the same things that people often call the Hulk. The Hulk bellows at Brad, and the jock runs away.

Notes

This story takes place several six years ago.

Trivia

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