Giant spiky future Hulk is trapped
in a pit in Antarctica, being engulfed by molten metal from the Earth’s core
and it is making him angry. The continental plate he is standing on collapses,
dropping him even further into the Earth, which makes him even angrier. Then
the broken pieces of the plate collapse, burying him. Incredibly angry Hulk
lifts it all on his back….
The assembled heroes watch as the
planet’s molten core shoots a geyser into space. Reed Richards estimates they
have only minutes to come up with a solution. Thing has an idea to buy some
time: he jumps into the pit and joins an insanely angry Hulk, offering to help
hold up the Earth. Hulk wants to be alone; Ben tells him they can be alone
together, which calms the green giant….
Soon, Human Torch arrives in the
pit to draw heat from the environment. On the surface, Invisible Woman creates
a force field around the molten core and Doctor Strange and Scarlet Witch create
a portal in the center of the Sun to send a torrent of pressurized plasma to
turn the force fields back into the Earth where Johnny absorbs the extreme
heat, preventing Hulk and Thing from being cooked. The continents move back
into position and Wanda opens a portal to send the plasma back to the Sun…and
everything is good….
One final portal by Wanda brings
Hulk, Thing, and Torch to the surface. Hulk shouts, “Leave Hulk alone!” which
angers the heroes who just saved Earth from him but Ben assures Hulk they won’t
bother him and Hulk walks away. Strange notes that Hulk, pawn of the villain,
is a victim too. So he goes out on an icy outcrop, pets a cute penguin and
eventually falls asleep….
Bruce Banner wakes up and finds the
Fantastic Four camping out nearby. They assure Bruce that what Hulk did was
taken care of, the person responsible punished, and the consequences mitigated.
But he did almost destroy the planet, though the heroes fixed it. Bruce asks
about their son Franklin, having the oddest feeling he saw him somewhere recently….
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