Descrizione
HULK E I DIFENSORI
abbinamento in assemblaggio avventato e sconsiderato per due serie già accolte in italia molto freddamente e con indifferenza, sospetto e ritrosia, nella folle e delirante logica editoriale per cui due mezzi insuccessi possano unirsi a formare un fallimento unico e totale
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1975
CONDIZIONI : EDICOLA, L’ ALBO NON E’ DI BUSTA
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Other Characters:
- General Morris
- Schwartzberg
- Harvey
- cultists
- Barbara Norris (First appearance)
- Jack Norris (First appearance)
Locations:
- California
- Air Force Base
Items:
- Absorbing Man‘s ball and chain
Vehicles:
- X-890 Rocket
Synopsis
As the Hulk wanders, he tries to remember what he was doing, having vague recollections of his alter ego’s, Bruce Banner, near-marriage Betty Ross. However, due to a formulat hat Reed Richards
and Banner, the memories of Hulk had been altered and no longer
remembers that he is also Banner and istead Hulk remembers being encaged
by Banner. The memories of Banner’s failed wedding cause Hulk great
emotional pain, sending Hulk on a rampage, scaring off some beach-goers
before passing out and reverting back into Bruce Banner.
Meanwhile, at a California Air Force base, Major Talbot is called in, receiving word that a highly radioactive comet is heading toward Earth. He reports this to General Ross,
recuperating in the hospital after an injury from the Hulk. Glenn tells
General Ross and Betty of the impending danger. Ross orders Talbot to
call in all available troops.
Miles away, Bruce revives, overhearing on an abandoned radio of
the danger and rushes towards the base. Surrendering to the military and
offering his aid, Talbot agrees to let Banner pilot the new X-890
nuclear warhead to destroy the comet. Succeeding, Bruce takes aboard an
unknown stowaway: The Absorbing Man, exiled to the comet some time after his last battle against Thor.
As the rocket returns to Earth, the Absorbing Man tries to attack
Banner in the cockpit. Seeing the Absorbing Man in the rear monitor,
Bruce is upset enough to transform into the Hulk. The two fight on the
rocket until it crashes into the Earth.
The crash doesn’t phase the two combatants, the Absorbing Man
relying on his powers to best the Hulk in combat. During the fight, the
Absorbing Man continues to absorb the Hulk’s strength, turning it
against him. Knocking him out, the Absorbing Man is about to crush the
Hulk with a portion of mountainside. However, the Hulk reverts back to
Banner, causing the Absorbing Man to instead absorb Banner’s lesser
strength. Unable to support the weight, the stone begins to crumble as
Absorbing Man frantically reapplies properties. Reacting too late, he
breaks into pieces. Getting away but knocked unconscious by the
shockwaves, Bruce Banner is safe from danger… except, who are these
people watching from the shadows?
Continuity Notes
- The Absorbing Man recalls how he was trapped in space by Odin. This happened in Journey into Mystery #123 (in Italy in THC # 24).
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“The Way They Were!” / COME ERANO (2a parte)
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Synopsis
Continued from last issue…
Curious about her teammates past heroics, Val is given a glimpse of
their pasts via a spell cast by Clea. Little knowing that with each view
into the past, each hero is transported to a limbo dimension where they
relive the past adventure viewed. While Hulk deals with a mystical
confinement, Namor must battle phantom Nazi airships and Strange battle a
phantom Mr. Rasputin. Freeing themselves, Dr. Strange manages to break
the spell and warn Clea against using the spell ever again.
This story reprints the following stories:
Hulk’s temporary mental bonding to Rick Jones from Incredible Hulk #3, Sub-Mariner’s youthful battle against Nazi airplanes in Sub-Mariner Comics #41, and Dr. Strange’s battle against Mr. Rasputin from Strange Tales #145.
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- Various army personnel
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Synopsis
Continued from last issue…
In outer space, the rocket passes through a radiation storm and the Hulk is bathed in a massive dose of powerful celestial energy. The power surge arcs downward back towards Earth, striking Rick Jones. Rick appears to be fine, but cannot explain the sudden upsurge of energy. As night turns to day, the space capsule detaches from the fuselage of the ship and plummets back towards Earth. Rick races out to the impact sight, fearful that the crash may have killed Bruce Banner. It is not Banner who emerges from the ship however, but the incredible Hulk. Rick doesn’t understand how Banner is still the Hulk even though it is now daytime. The Hulk begins chasing Rick Jones, seeking to avenge himself against Rick’s betrayal. Rick runs and in a desperate bid to save his own life, orders the Hulk to stop. Miraculously, the Hulk obeys his commands. Rick now realizes that the energy surge he felt back at the desert base somehow created a connection between himself and the Hulk. He orders the Hulk to bring him back to his cabin and watch over him so he can get some sleep.
While Rick is asleep however, he loses his control over the Hulk. The Hulk breaks through the wall of the cabin and goes on a rampage in a nearby town. Rick catches up to him and orders him to take him to the sanctuary cave. There, Rick instructs the Hulk to enter the steel cell and secures the door behind him. Tired, Rick slumps to the floor on the other side of the door. He refuses to fall asleep however, less the Hulk goes berserk and breaks free.
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“Bird of Prey” / UCCELLO DI ACCIAIO
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Synopsis
At the age of 17, Namor was out flying in the air, showing off to his
young friends until they get fed up of his boasting and leave.
Suddenly, Namor flies into what he thinks is a large bird, but turns out
to be a Nazi war plane. The plane attempts to attack Namor, but he is
impervious to its weapons and causes it to crash. However the resulting
explosion knocks Namor out and when he wakes up he finds himself in his
room at the palace with his mother who has preserved the tail of the
plane as a trophy commemorating Namor’s first victory over the surface
world.
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“To Catch a Magician!” / IL MAGO PRIGIONIERO! (aka PER CATTURARE UNO STREGONE )
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Villains:
- Mister Rasputin (First appearance)
Synopsis
A new criminal named Mr. Rasputin, a descendant of Grigori Rasputin has appeared on the criminal scene, using his mystical powers for his own personal gains. One night Dr. Strange detects an evil menace, and thinking it’s his old foe Baron Mordo, tracks it to the home of Mr. Rasputin. The two mystics then battle, however Strange is still weak from his battle against Tazza, and when Rasputin has him on the defensive. Rasputin then pulls out a gun and shoots Dr. Strange.
Escaping and seeking treatment in the hospital, Dr. Strange sends out his astral form to attack Rasputin, unaware that Rasputin had hired a gunman to kill Dr. Strange in the hospital. Battling Rasputin, the villain tries to banish Strange to another dimension, however using his mental control over the Cloak of Levitation and the Eye of Agamotto, Dr. Strange is able to knock his foe unconscious and bring him back to the hospital. There Strange arrives just in time to stop the gunman as well. He then hypnotizes them into confessing their crimes and erases Rasputin’s mystic knowledge.
