Incredible Hulk by Peter David Omnibus #1

In "Piece of Mind," Bruce Banner finds himself on a lonely desert road when he stumbles upon an old man desperate to avoid an assassin hired to kill him. The Hulk intervenes, but as the fight unfolds, reality itself begins to unravel in ways that defy explanation.

In "Inconstant Moon," Peter David crafts a tense, emotionally charged tale as the Hulkbusters close in on the Rick Jones Hulk. When Banner transforms again to save him, he emerges not as the familiar green rage-monster, but as a grey, calculating Hulk—intelligent, deliberate, and eerily different.

In "Dance with the Devil!", Rick Jones finds himself caught in a deadly game when LaRoquette targets him, only to be intercepted by Doc Samson. As tensions rise, Betty is drawn back into the past by a call from her ex-husband, while the grey Hulk manipulates events from the shadows—leading the new Hulk into an abandoned bunker where a shocking transfer of power unfolds. The consequences ripple through the lives of those entangled in gamma’s web, setting a course no one could have predicted.

In "Grave Circumstances," Bruce Banner returns to Gamma Base only to find Rick has been freed from the Hulk’s influence and Betty is nowhere to be found. When Bruce finally tracks her down, he discovers she’s with her ex-husband, and the two are forced to confront the past they’ve both been running from. As tensions rise and old wounds surface, a sudden transformation sends the Hulk fleeing into the night—only to face a new threat in the form of the gamma-powered Half-Life.

In "X-Tremes!", the Hulk’s latest rampage brings SHIELD to Clay with a deadly order: eliminate the beast. When a man sees the Hulk revert to Banner and hopes for a reward, he calls X-Factor to intervene. The team fights their way through the chaos, subduing the Hulk and deciding to contact SHIELD at Gamma Base to hand him over.

In "Crossroads," Betty’s sudden departure with her ex-husband sets off a chain reaction that pulls the Hulk into a deadly crossfire. With SHIELD poised to terminate the Hulk at Gamma Base, X-Factor and a reluctant Clay intervene, leading to a desperate escape that ends in the destruction of the base and a new path forged in chaos.

In "Mercy Killing," Bruce Banner and his allies Rick and Clay are on the run from SHIELD, desperate to locate a hidden cache of gamma bombs. As the Hulk battles the enigmatic figure known only as Mercy, the line between salvation and destruction blurs—she claims she’s offering him peace, but her intentions are far from clear.

In "Native Son," the Hulk and his allies track down a cache of Gamma bombs, only to stumble upon a SHIELD agent shielding a young boy with unstable mutant abilities. The Hulk, usually a force of rage, finds himself drawn to the boy’s quiet resilience, setting off a tense, emotional journey that tests his instincts and what it means to be a protector.

In "The Savage Bull Doth Bear the Yoke!", the Hulk answers a call to protect a small town where the new and improved Man-Bull has turned violent—just as Clay visits his brother. With the Leader manipulating Craig, John, and Trump, the Hulk must confront not only a rampaging foe but the twisted minds behind the chaos.

In "Beyond Redemption," Bruce, Rick, and Clay stumble upon Betty fleeing from a swarm of giant robots, forcing them into a desperate fight. As the battle unfolds, the Leader reveals his latest scheme: turning former Hulkbusters into new super-villains—Rock and Redeemer—pushing the team to their limits.

In "Pyrrhic Victory," the Leader orchestrates a high-stakes assault on Yuma Base, dispatching Rock and Redeemer to seize gamma bombs. As tension mounts, Betty confronts the Hulk in a raw, emotional moment, sharing the life-changing news that she’s pregnant—forcing the Hulk to grapple with his dual nature in the face of a future neither he nor she can fully control.

In "Closing Curtain," Bruce Banner and his team arrive at Yuma Base to find gamma bombs missing, only to be confronted by the Leader, who threatens to detonate one in Middletown at 10 P.M. The Hulk takes on the forces of Rock and Redeemer alone, but when he defeats them, the Leader springs a trap—detonating the bomb early, leaving Rick and Betty watching in horror as the Hulk is caught in the blast.

In "Crap Shoot," the Hulk, presumed dead, takes on the Joe Fixit persona in Las Vegas, running a casino as a hired enforcer. When a mob boss threatens Berengetti’s territory, Joe steps in—but the fallout sends Tony Gold scrambling to the Absorbing Man for protection.

In "Job Security," Tony Gold hires the Absorbing Man to dismantle Berengetti's casino empire, but when Creel arrives and begins his rampage, the Hulk intervenes to restore order—just as the stakes and the chaos begin to escalate.

In "Before the Fall," the Thing faces off against Doom’s towering green Hulk robot, a mechanical menace built to crush the real Hulk. Though outmatched in size and strength, the Hulk holds his ground, proving his resolve—and when the moment comes, he chooses not to aid Dr. Doom in reclaiming Latveria.

In "Total Recall," the Hulk—still bearing his grey form after his ordeal with the High Evolutionary—finds himself haunted by memories of Jarella's world, a realm where he was once worshipped as a deity. Now returned, he is met not with welcome, but with fervor as warring factions vie to claim his legacy and control the myth surrounding his divine status.

In "Fervor," the Hulk, still reeling from his time on Jarella's world, is manipulated by a religion that worships him as a god—only to be betrayed when the men he helped rise up against the tyrant betray him in turn, leaving him stranded on Earth with a curse that keeps Bruce Banner at bay. Now, three months after becoming a Vegas enforcer for Berengetti, the magic finally fades, and Banner awakens—his mind clear, his body changed, and the past suddenly very present.

In "Down and Out in...Las Vegas," Bruce Banner wakes up disoriented in a Las Vegas casino, quickly realizing he’s being hunted by Maggia enforcers who’ve come to kill someone called Fixit. As he tries to stay hidden, he reaches out to Marlo, a woman who claims to be Fixit’s girlfriend—only to slowly piece together the shocking truth: Fixit is the Hulk, and three months have passed since the Gamma bomb explosion that was supposed to end him. When the Maggia moves in on Berengetti’s operation, the Hulk steps in, protecting his boss and revealing a new chapter in a story that’s far from over.

In "The Sure Thing," Bruce Banner struggles to adjust to his return after three months away from his Hulk persona, while his friend Marlo digs into the mystery of her new connection to Bruce—and her boyfriend, Joe Fixit. When Berengetti attends a tense meeting between the Maggia and Vegas casino owners, the mob makes its intentions clear: takeover, by force if needed. The Hulk arrives in the midst of the threat, facing off against twelve of the Maggia’s elite Persuaders, with bets flying as the crowd watches the outcome unfold.

In "Now You See It . . .", Bruce Banner returns to his Vegas hotel suite after a film convention with Marlo, unaware that nightfall will trigger his transformation into the Hulk. As the Hulk sleeps, he’s ensnared by Glorian’s surreal illusion—a dream world tailored to his primal desires, where he pursues the Leader in a roaring limo. When the spell breaks, the Hulk awakens to a brutal reality, confronting Glorian in a violent clash that leaves Marlo stunned and shaken.

In "Control Problems," the Hulk, still reeling from a violent encounter, wanders the neon-lit streets of Las Vegas seeking a worthy fight, while Glorian—unexpectedly resurrected—grapples with a cryptic offer from Nick Cloot, a man claiming to help the Hulk find peace. As Glorian signs a blood pact under mysterious circumstances, the line between healing and manipulation blurs, leaving both man and monster caught in a game with no clear rules.

In "Possibilities," Bruce Banner takes a job as a janitor at a radiation testing center, trying to stay under the radar while navigating the fallout of strained relationships with Marlo and Berengetti. Meanwhile, Glorian stirs chaos, and Cloot unleashes the Ghoul—a demonic entity fueled by hatred—into the world, setting the stage for a confrontation that tests Banner’s control and resolve.

In "Soul Man," the Hulk finds himself caught between a casino owner’s wrath and a desperate man’s soul when Glorian, panicked and cornered, reveals he’s made a pact with the devil. With midnight approaching and the stakes higher than ever, the Hulk must decide whether to act—no matter how unlikely it seems—when Satannish arrives to claim Glorian’s soul, and even the Shaper of Worlds steps in to settle the matter.

In "Iron Tears," the Hulk and Iron Man team up on a high-stakes mission to dismantle the Maggia and confront Madame Masque, driven by Tony Stark’s personal vendetta. As tensions rise and secrets weigh heavy, Tony grapples with the painful truth that Betty Banner has miscarried Bruce’s child—though he keeps it from Bruce, knowing the emotional toll it could take.

In "Phasing Out," the Hulk finds himself in the Nevada desert, caught in a brutal clash with the Werewolf by Night. As dawn breaks and both shift back to human form, Bruce takes on his quiet role as a janitor at a nuclear testing facility, where he crosses paths with scientist Phil Sterns. Tensions simmer when Bruce is forced to confront his past with Marlo, who arrives to meet him after her car breaks down—only to be attacked by the Werewolf once more. With the dust settling, the moment between Bruce and Marlo reaches its final, quiet reckoning.

In "Still Life," Bruce Banner finds an unexpected connection with scientist Phil Stearns while working as a janitor at a nuclear testing facility. As the Gray Gargoyle, sent by Doctor Doom to strike at the Hulk, begins his campaign, Banner must navigate both the growing tension at the facility and the quiet, fragile bond forming with Stearns.

In "Countdown Abomination [Part 1]," scientist Phil Stearns sets a deadly trap for Bruce Banner, unaware that the janitor has no idea he’s been poisoned and has only sixteen hours to live. When Abomination arrives at the nuclear testing facility, he finds only Banner—and in a moment of contempt, he blasts him with gamma radiation, triggering a daytime transformation into the Hulk. The resulting clash turns violent, with the Hulk unleashing a torrent of toxic chemicals that leave Abomination horrifically disfigured, but the transformation takes a terrible toll on the Hulk himself, as the poison begins to take its deadly course.

In "Countdown Fantastic 4 [Part 2]," the Hulk journeys to Phoenix seeking help from Reed Richards to unravel the mysterious illness consuming him—only to be met with confusion and conflict when he mistakes Ms. Marvel for a corrupted Thing. Meanwhile, Doc Samson tracks the Hulk to Yucca Flats, where tensions rise before a critical medical assessment reveals a grim truth: the Hulk's radiation poisoning will prove fatal when he reverts to Bruce Banner at sunrise.

In "Countdown The Leader [Part 3]," the Hulk is caught in a deadly game of manipulation as the Leader offers a glimmer of hope—an antidote to his deteriorating condition—if he'll carry out a brutal task: kill Madman. With Betty's whereabouts tied to the promise, the Hulk must weigh the cost of survival against the price of vengeance.

In "Countdown Madman [Part 4]," the weakened Hulk, poisoned and racing against time, is forced by the Leader to confront Madman—only to discover the man is his long-lost brother, Phil Stearns. As the clock ticks down, the Hulk battles not just a foe, but a fractured mind shaped by a shared past, each personality a mirror of their broken history.

In "The Main Event," the Hulk steps into the ring not for glory, but to reclaim his name from a rival who’s stolen it—only to prove, in a brutal and unforgettable showdown, that no man, no gimmick, can ever truly wear the green.