Infernal Hulk returns to his base,
a desecrated church in North Carolina, with captive X-Men Glob Herman and
Multiple Man. Hulk calls to the victims of the mad Reverend Jonah Devereaux to
rise and thorny plants burst from the ground, tangling Glob and Madrox in their
prickly growth. A minion informs Hulk that Banner is on the move; Hulk does not
care, he now has the Pious Gardener….
At the Baxter Building, Bruce Banner
works with Reed Richard and others to find a means of defeating the Infernal
Hulk but nothing works out. The consensus is that they need a bigger Hulk to
fight the Infernal Hulk and ask Bruce if he would be willing to…but Bruce declines,
explaining that when Eldest split Bruce and Hulk, Bruce was made immune to
gamma radiation. He has been irradiating himself but there is no response.
Bruce suggests they find the cave system where Hulk faced the Eldest, maybe
they will find something. Just not a better Hulk….
Bruce phones Betty at work but she
is angry and bitter at his having forced her into this secret life while he has
gone off to be Hulk again. She hangs up on him, quits her job, and calls her
father to set up a visit as she scratches a bloody spot on her arm….
Bruce Banner, Reed Richards, Tony
Stark, and Vision fly down into the cave system, accidentally crash through the
floor, and are attacked by Skaar, Son of Hulk, who threatens to kill them if
they don’t leave. Then the cavern is filled with the small, goblin-like
Rutlings, who spot the wound on Tony’s scalp and lead him away. Skaar warns the
Rutlings about showing the visitors the tree, saying they would take it. The
Rutlings insist they are all friends and take Tony to a glowing tree of silver
and crystal and as he stands near it, Tony’s wound heals. The heroes plan to
take it to see if this is the weapon they need to stop the Infernal Hulk…
…who is growing soldiers like
peaches on a huge tree—and then he has a vision of a silver tree…
…while Betty is on her way to
visit her father…
…and Bruce arrives at Strange
Academy where he seeks out Doctor Voodoo, who is not happy to see him. Bruce
tells him he needs the Soul Cage….
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