Incredible Hulk Epic Collection #3

In "The Legions of: The Living Lightning," the Hulk, after rescuing a downed pilot, is captured and manipulated by the radical militia known as the Living Lightning. Now under their control, he turns his rage toward an army camp, but the line between mind and mission begins to blur.

In "The Puppet and the Power!", the Hulk, manipulated by the Living Lightning’s mind control, turns on his longtime foe General Ross—only to be subdued by gas bombs and imprisoned alongside Betty Ross. With the military distracted and Thunderbolt’s base under the command of the enigmatic Lightning Lord, Ross is forced to choose between obedience and the fate of the woman he once loved.

When the Monster Wakes! finds the Hulk and Talbot racing against time to reclaim a military base overrun by the Living Lightning and his storm-powered forces, as a missile barrage threatens to destroy everything in its path. With the fate of the base—and countless lives—hanging in the balance, the Hulk must confront his electrified enemy in a battle that pushes both man and monster to their limits.

In "Let There Be Battle!", Namor seeks an unlikely ally in his ongoing war against the surface world—turning to the Hulk, only to find his potential recruit already under the Puppet Master’s control. With the Hulk now a weapon in the hands of a hidden enemy, Namor must confront the chaos before the clash between two titans turns deadly.

In "Where Walk the Immortals!", the Hulk is dragged to Asgard by Loki, thrust into a brutal clash with the Warriors Three. Though his rage drives the fight, a flicker of clarity reveals the truth: the warriors see beyond the monster, recognizing the Hulk not as a foe, but as something else entirely. Enraged by their hesitation, Loki casts the Hulk into a bottomless pit—where his fate remains uncertain.

In "--This World Not His Own!," Bruce Banner finds himself plummeting through a bottomless pit back to Midgard when the Enchantress intervenes, pulling him from the abyss. With the Warriors Three seeking answers from Oldar the Oracle, the truth about the Hulk’s origins comes to light, sparking a clash when Banner transforms—only to be met with fury from the Executioner, who’s fought the Hulk before. As the villainous duo unleash a troll army upon Asgard, the Hulk arrives just in time to help Odin’s forces turn the tide. Though proven a worthy ally, his unpredictable nature still earns the wrath of the All-Father, who banishes him back to Earth.

In "And Now... the Space Parasite!", the Hulk finds himself facing a cosmic threat when an intergalactic parasite arrives on Earth, drawn by the legend of his power and intent on draining him to fuel a galactic takeover. As the battle rages through New York, the tide turns not with brute force, but with a shocking revelation from the Parasite’s own people—whose recognition of his true nature leads to his ship’s destruction. The Hulk, caught in the aftermath, is subdued by the city’s police and taken into custody.

In "Ring Around the Rhino!", the Rhino, fresh from prison and lured by promises of a more powerful suit, launches a violent attack during General Ross’s transfer of Bruce Banner to a new facility. The Hulk, still dazed from sedation, rises to meet the threat in a brutal clash that leaves the Rhino seemingly defeated. With his mind still clouded, the Hulk then makes a reckless decision—abducting Betty Ross from her father’s side, setting off a new, unpredictable chain of events.

In the heart of New York, a wounded Bruce Banner flees with Betty in danger, only to face a new threat when the Missing Link—born from a forgotten nuclear test and brought to the city—unleashes chaos. As the Hulk struggles to fight back, Mr. Fantastic’s weapon, designed by Banner himself, is deployed by Talbot in a desperate hunt. When the device strikes, Banner is left vulnerable just as the Missing Link prepares to strike again.

In "Above the Earth — a Titan Rages!", the Hulk's rage reaches new heights as he battles the mysterious Missing Link, drawing the attention of Fury and SHIELD. When a Russian vessel intercepts them, the Hulk is imprisoned and subjected to experiments, but his strength and fury break free—leading to chaos across the Arctic and a final, explosive confrontation. As the Missing Link's radiation overload threatens to destroy everything, Yuri Brevlov faces a choice: finish off the Hulk or save the boy he once tried to kill.

In "Ten Rings Hath... the Mandarin!", the Hulk finds himself captured and tested by the enigmatic Mandarin, who subjects him to a series of brutal trials to determine if the jade giant is worthy to join his global conquest. With Nick Fury arriving just in time to confront the Russian mercenary Yuri, the stage is set for a clash of wills, as the Hulk must prove himself in a fight that could decide the fate of the world.

In "Monster Triumphant!", the Hulk, mind-controlled by the Mandarin, rampages toward a Red Chinese target, leaving destruction in his wake. With time running out, Nick Fury teams up with his old adversary Brevlov to stop the jade giant before he crosses the line. As the battle unfolds, the Hulk fights to reclaim his mind, and the true cost of control begins to show.

In "A Refuge Divided!", Black Bolt exiles six rebel Inhumans to the un-place, but when Lockjaw returns, he accidentally brings the Hulk into the same realm. Now stranded in the void, the Hulk is drawn into a scheme led by Maximus, who seeks to overthrow Black Bolt by harnessing an ancient power source. With the Inhumans fractured and the Hulk caught between loyalty and rage, the fate of the Great Refuge hangs in the balance.

In "The Monster and the Man-Beast!", Bruce Banner finds himself stranded in the Savage Land after stopping a missile launch, only to be rescued by Ka-Zar from the Swamp Men. With the planet’s weather spiraling into chaos, the jungle lord enlists Banner’s help to shut down a mysterious machine threatening to destroy Earth—though when the Swamp Men attack again, Banner’s transformation into the Hulk takes precedence, leaving the machine’s fate uncertain.

In "Umbu, the Unliving!", Ka-Zar and the Hulk clash as the jungle lord races to restore Bruce Banner before an alien machine unleashes catastrophic weather upon Earth. Captured by the Swamp Men, Ka-Zar is set to be sacrificed to the colossal, ancient creature Umbu. The Hulk battles the beast, only to be transformed back into Banner by a sudden gas attack. Now in human form, Banner must outrun Umbu and reach the machine in time to stop it—knowing that failure means the end of the world.

In "Shanghaied in Space!", Bruce Banner is captured by the same aliens who sent Umbu to destroy Earth, bringing him back from the dead only to face a far greater threat: the Incredible Hulk unleashed across the cosmos. As the Hulk battles through a furious space war, he's taken to the aliens' home planet, where he must confront the terrifying power of the Galaxy Master.

In "The Brute Battles On!", the Hulk finds himself caught in the crossfire of a galactic civil war when enslaved aliens rise up against their tyrannical master. As he battles a monstrous alien force, the Hulk becomes an unlikely ally in their fight—only to face a new danger when a rescue rocket sends him back to Earth, leaving him stranded in the vacuum of space, his human form exposed and vulnerable.

In "Where Fall the Shifting Sands?", the Hulk, barely clinging to life after a catastrophic crash, fights to reclaim his humanity—only to be manipulated by a cunning Sandman who poses as a loyal ally. As the Sandman steers the Hulk into attacking a military base, chaos erupts, but the truth behind the deception slowly dawns.

In "Lo, the Leader Lives," the Hulk is back in custody, and General Ross is desperate for a permanent solution. Enter the reformed Leader, who offers a shocking new idea: a prison made of unbreakable plastic designed to contain the Hulk forever.

In "The Eve of...Annihilation," the Hulk is trapped in a sleek, unbreakable plastic prison designed by the cunning Leader, who’s preparing to unleash a giant humanoid weapon at a missile base. With Betty listening in and the world hanging in the balance, she urges Talbot to act—just as the Hulk breaks free, forcing a brutal clash with the towering Super Humanoid to prevent a global catastrophe.

In "World's End?", the Leader's reckless gamble sets the world on the brink as he launches a missile at Russia, hoping to ignite global war. With time running out, the Hulk must race against destruction—first battling the unstoppable Super Humanoid, then facing a second strike with only Banner’s wits and a daring new weapon to save the day.