Appearing in "Man-Trap!"
Incredible Hulk #146
(originally printed as Part One: And the Measure of a Man Is... Death! / Part Two: Man-Trap!)
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- The Leader (Impersonates Glen Talbot)
- Android Doubles of:
Other Characters:
- Army of Israel (First appearance)
- Ground Army (First appearance)
- Air Force (First appearance)
- Gordon
- Mr. Goldberg
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Northern Egypt
- Israel (First appearance)
- Tel Aviv (Mentioned)
- New Mexico
- Project Greenskin (Under Construction) (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Man-Trap!"
Incredible Hulk #146
(originally printed as Part One: And the Measure of a Man Is... Death! / Part Two: Man-Trap!)
As the Hulk trudges across the desert trying to find his way home, General Ross has begun construction of Project: Greenskin's headquarters. As they are talking, Jim Wilson is disgusted and asks to be taken home. Before they can react there is a sudden flash of light, however, General Ross dismisses their attention to it and suddenly has a shift in personality and snaps at Doc Samson before leaving with Major Glenn Talbot to prepare for the upcoming Presidential inspection of Project: Greenskin. Betty is concerned by her father's sudden change in temperament.
The Hulk meanwhile has found himself in Israeli territory and is attacked by a female soldier, pitting him against the Israeli army which the Hulk easily swats aside before leaping away. Jim Wilson meanwhile is taken off Project: Greenskin's location by a soldier who attempts to kill him. Moving fast, Jim deflects the killing shot from a ray gun back at the soldier which causes their car to drive off a cliff. Jumping clear, Jim scales down the cliff to inspect the wreckage and finds that the person who tried to kill him wasn't a man at all, but a life like robot. The Hulk meanwhile has found his way to an airport, recognizing an American commercial airline, the Hulk hops on the wing in the hope that it will bring him home. The incident gets the attention of the military who is monitoring the flight, the military has a plan for the Hulk and seeing as he's on the plane they wait to see what the Hulk will do next instead of potentially endangering the passengers by firing at the plane.
Jim Wilson meanwhile goes to warn General Ross about the robot that attempted to kill him, although Ross tells Jim that he will learn whatever he can about what happened, Jim is suspicious. That night he sneaks back onto the military base and hidden in the basement he finds life like robot duplicates of President Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. Jim is then confronted by whom he believes to be Glenn Talbot, but it turns out to be the Leader in disguise. The Leader and what in reality turns out to be a robot duplicate of General Ross take Jim captive and locks him up with the real General Ross and Glenn Talbot.
The Leader explains that he switched places with Glenn and replaced Ross with a robot duplicate earlier in the day and that he intends to replace the president and vice president with robot duplicates, however with news that the Hulk is on his way back to America, the Leader hopes to destroy the Hulk once and for all.
Appearing in "The End of Doc Samson!"
Incredible Hulk #147The End of Doc Samson!
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Leader (Samuel Sterns)
- "Thunderbolt" Ross (Robot\Imposter) (Destroyed)
- Composite Humanoid (First appearance)
Other Characters:
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Mark 12-Sonic Depressor
Synopsis for "The End of Doc Samson!"
Incredible Hulk #147The End of Doc Samson!
A robot duplicate of General Ross under the control of the Leader prepares a Mark Twelve Sonic Depressor to use against the Hulk before President Nixon and Spiro Agnew. When an airplane carrying the Hulk arrives at the airport, Ross has the device turned on to a level that will eventually kill the Hulk. Horrified by this outcome, Betty Ross goes to confront her father and catches the impostor talking to it's master, the Leader. The Ross robot then strikes Betty, but then the Hulk smashes through the wall and destroys the Ross robot. Confused by everything, the Hulk is rallied by Doc Samson to fight an army of the Leader's robots.
These robots pile on each other and merge into a giant robot that attempts to bombard the Hulk with a lethal blast of Gamma Rays. Initially weakened the Hulk is about to be destroyed when Doc Samson gets between the blast and redirects it back at the robot, causing feedback that makes the Leader's control device blow up in his face knocking him out.
With the leader defeated, Ross and Talbot manage to escape from their imprisonment just before the Leader's secret base explodes. As this is happening, the Hulk battles and defeats the giant robot causing it to split apart into it's various components. With the Leader's plot foiled, everyone notices that Doc Samson has reverted back to his original form, having lost his super-powers as a result of the Gamma Rays he was exposed too. Confused by everything, the Hulk leaps away in frustration.