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Synopsis for “The Monster and the Machine!”
Betty Ross is milling about the Desert Base. She reflects upon recent events, particularly the lives of Bruce Banner, Rick Jones and the incredible Hulk. She finds her father General Ross who is testing the effectiveness of his prototype “Iceberg Rocket” against a facsimile of the Hulk. A jet-powered faux Hulk is launched into the air and the rocket targets the projectile, encasing it in a block of ice. Ross is satisfied with the test, confidant that this rocket will succeed in capturing the real Hulk. He then sends his soldiers out to track down the Hulk.
Rick Jones meanwhile is inside his cottage with the true Hulk, who is still under his mental control due to an accidental overdose of cosmic radiation. When Rick sees soldiers coming to capture him, he orders the Hulk to flee. Without a word, the Hulk leaps away and lands in a nearby town.
General Ross is convinced that Rick Jones knows more about the Hulk then he lets on. He interrogates Rick at length, but when the boy refuses to cooperate, Ross has him arrested. Rick sends out a telepathic S.O.S. to the Hulk. The Hulk turns back and super-jumps his way back to Rick’s location. He scoops him out of the army jeep and leaps away. Rick directs him to Doctor Banner’s secret cave. Once inside, he places the Hulk in front of a gamma ray projector. After reading some of Banner’s notes, he activates the device and the Hulk transforms back into Bruce Banner.
After careful study, Banner concludes that regulated doses of gamma radiation might give him the power to control his transformations. After making some adjustments to the projector, he has Rick used it upon him, this time instigating the change into the Hulk. The Hulk now has the intelligence of Bruce Banner, but he still maintains the machismo brutishness of the Hulk. Rick is happy for the Hulk and more than a little scared.
The Hulk decides that he wants to commit good deeds. He goes outside of town where he finds a farmhouse on fire. The Hulk tears away the burning wall of the house and pitches them into the distance. Though the family inside are now safe, they are terrified of the monster’s presence. The Hulk then takes Rick back to the secret cave where another dose of gamma rays turns him back into Bruce Banner.
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