In a deserted
town outside the abandoned church, a wooden tombstone for Sister Sadie has a
fiery hand burned into it and the grave starts to open. Meanwhile, there’s something
down in the local mine with a huge purple eye….
Bruce Banner awakens
to find the runaway girl Charlie waiting for him; she knows who he is and wants
to see the Hulk. She throws a small rock to hit him in the head and make him
angry but he warns her that summoning Hulk is suicide. Then a walking corpse passes
them by, telling them he is going home to Red Creek to see Sister Sadie,
summoned by Brother Deep….
Charlie tells
Bruce that she wants to be Hulk’s kid sidekick like Captain America had Bucky.
Bruce reacts angrily and she steps back and trips over her backpack. Bruce
apologizes and asks about her bruised face; Charlie responds that she got it at
home which is why she wants to be strong like the Hulk. Bruce reminds her Hulk
is a monster; Charlie knows but she wants the awesome parts too….
That night,
Charlie dreams of hymns summoning her to a spooky church; a monster in a tree
that resembles her father tells her Brother Deep is calling for her because she
is with the Fractured Son (Hulk). She responds that she has already defeated
him as she is the strongest one there is….
Bruce dreams
that he is trapped in the ribcage of a dead giant crow. He falls out into a
river and Hulk, vowing revenge, reminds him that soon, Hulk will be all that’s
left of Banner….
The local
sheriff finds Bruce and Charlie hiding under the bridge and warns them that it’s
dangerous out there. He offers to give them a ride to a safer place, ready to
persuade them at gunpoint if necessary. They get into his car and he announces
he is taking them to Red Creek and we realize the sheriff is also one of the
walking dead….
The church at
Red Creek is having a revival meeting, full of corpses, led by Sister Sadie,
singing the praises of Brother Deep. Brother Deep’s been resurrected by the
Eldest and the church is called on to dig to free Brother Deep and restore to
him the kingdom he had before the time of man. The sheriff arrives with Bruce
and Charlie and presents them as the offering. As Bruce is put on the sacrificial
table, he sees the Hulk reflected in the big knife, refusing to help him. Bruce
is held still and the knife plunged into his chest. Then his blood turns green
and he transforms into the Hulk….