Incredible Hulk Epic Collection #5

In "Many Foes Has the Hulk!", the Leader unleashes a mental enhancing machine that floods the day with every one of the Hulk’s enemies, testing just how much the Green Goliath can endure. With foes from every corner of his rogues’ gallery converging at once, the battle for survival becomes a relentless test of strength and will.

In "The Summons of Psyklop," the world's greatest scientists attempt to contain the Hulk, only to see their plan unravel when an ancient alien warrior abducts him for a sinister purpose. With a blend of science, ancient mysticism, and cosmic dread, the Hulk is drawn into a battle far beyond Earth—where forgotten gods stir beneath the stars.

In "The Brute... That Shouted Love... at the Heart of the Atom!", the Hulk is shrunk to the size of an atom and thrust into the hidden realm of Jarella, where he unexpectedly recovers Bruce Banner’s intellect, earns the admiration of its queen, and is drawn into a fated bond—until the arrival of the menacing Psyklop threatens to unravel everything.

In "His Name Is... Samson!", General Ross recruits Dr. Samson to harness the Hulk’s power, hoping to free Betty from her crystalline state and finally cure Bruce Banner once and for all. When the procedure succeeds, Samson uses the excess energy to transform himself into a superhero—only to find his new fame comes with a complication: Betty’s attention. As Samson begins to court her, Bruce’s jealousy flares, reigniting the rage within him and sending the Hulk roaring back to life.

In "They Shoot Hulks, Don't They?", the Hulk becomes an unexpected guest at a high-society party hosted by the Parringtons, where tensions rise when their daughter, newly empowered by the Enchantress with the might of the Valkyrie, takes on the green giant in a clash of wills and strength. The story blends social satire with superhero spectacle, placing the Hulk at the center of a confrontation that tests both power and perception.

In "Sanctuary!", Bruce Banner finds himself caught between the law and a far more dangerous game when he’s rescued from the police by Dr. Doom’s limo and whisked to the Latverian embassy. With General Ross and his forces closing in, Doom unleashes a Hulk robot to distract them—only for Bruce to face a new threat when the villain imprisons him, using a subliminal inducer to try and bend both his mind and the Hulk’s will to his own.

In "The Monster and the Madman!", the Hulk’s apparent demise sets the stage for a chilling scheme as Dr. Doom manipulates Bruce Banner into building a gamma bomb under his mental control. With Betty, General Ross, Glenn, and Samson believing the Hulk is gone, Doom’s plan to dominate a neighboring nation seems unstoppable—until Valeria steps in, disrupting Bruce’s programming with a single act of love. The resulting clash between mind and monster ignites a battle that will leave Doom reeling and the Hulk free to vanish into the horizon.

In "Godspawn," the Hulk, after dragging a Russian warship to the ocean floor, finds himself stranded in the Sahara Desert, where he stumbles upon a surreal movie set. When a director tries to cast him in a film, the Hulk’s transformation into Bruce Banner leads to his abduction by alien spectators observing a gladiatorial contest—leaving the Hulk to face the Colossus alone. Meanwhile, back at Gamma Base, General Ross reveals his new military project aimed at capturing the Hulk.

In "And the Measure of a Man Is... Death!", the Hulk, still lost in the Sahara, finds himself hunted by the Israeli military—only to escape once more when he commandeers a plane bound for the U.S. Meanwhile, back at the base, General Ross oversees the development of Project: Greenskin, while Jim, driven by growing unease, approaches him with alarming intel about the Leader’s plan to replace high-ranking figures, including the president, with androids.

In "The End of Doc Samson!", the Hulk and the scientist-turned-legend Doc Samson launch a desperate assault on the Leader’s gamma-powered fortress, facing down a threat that looms over the nation. As the battle reaches its peak, Samson absorbs a devastating gamma blast—shattering his transformation and revealing the man beneath the strength.

In "But Tomorrow — the Sun Shall Die!", Bruce Banner’s cure for his gamma radiation comes at a terrifying cost: the sun itself begins to destabilize. With Earth facing an impending cosmic crisis, Jarella is sent to Earth to help confront the unfolding disaster.

In "... And Who Shall Claim This Earth His Own? The Inheritor!", Bruce Banner finds himself trapped in the high-tech confines of Project Greenskin, working toward a cure for his Hulk condition—until a bizarre and terrifyingly intelligent cockroach emerges, driven by a grand, world-altering ambition. The story unfolds with a mix of scientific tension and absurd menace, as Banner must confront an enemy far more calculating than any brute force he’s faced before.

In "Cry Hulk, Cry Havok!", Hulk’s desperate search for Jarella leads him to misidentify Lorna Dane—mistaking her green hair for his lost love—triggering a brutal clash with her powerful boyfriend, Havok. As Bruce lies unconscious in the desert, his fevered confession to Betty reveals a heart torn between memory and reality, blurring the lines between love and loss.

When Monsters Meet! finds Bruce Banner in Washington D.C., desperate to enlist Hank Pym’s help in shrinking himself small enough to reach Jarella’s subatomic realm. His search for Ant-Man turns violent when the Hulk erupts in rage—only to face a monstrous remnant of a U.S. senator, transformed by gamma-irradiated blood into a toxic, unstable abomination.

In "But Who Will Judge the Hulk?", the Hulk’s aftermath from a devastating rampage in Washington D.C. lands him in the hands of a military tribunal, with Nick Fury and Captain America leading the capture. Transported by plane to face trial, Bruce Banner’s lawyer, Matt Murdock, fights to secure his client’s rights—only to find Bruce too sedated to speak. When Murdock demands a stimulant to allow a coherent defense, the resulting transformation unleashes the Hulk mid-flight, sending him hurtling toward the waiting Fantastic Four at JFK.

In the tense atmosphere of JFK’s runway, the Hulk stands trial for his actions, facing a courtroom assembled by Mr. Fantastic and a jury of global opinion. With testimony swirling and the stakes sky-high, a legal twist exposes the Hulk’s mental state as unfit for judgment—only to have the courtroom erupt when Reed Richards arrives with a device promising to cure him. The World, My Jury! delivers a gripping courtroom showdown where justice, science, and raw power collide.

In "Hell Is a Very Small Hulk!", the Hulk, desperate to shrink himself to subatomic size after breaking into Ant-Man's lab, accidentally triggers a chain of events that leaves him tiny and vulnerable. Chameleon, seizing the moment, captures the pint-sized hero and delivers him to Hydra, who send plague-ridden rats to eliminate him. Ant-Man arrives to help, but can't stop the Hulk from vanishing into the air ducts—out of sight, and out of control. Meanwhile, Betty leaves Project Greenskin, seeking a new path for herself.

In "Destination: Nightmare!", the Hulk finds himself trapped in a twisted alternate reality where World War II rages on, a world shaped by the twisted fantasies of a former Nazi and manipulated by the enigmatic Shaper of Worlds. As the Hulk battles the monstrous Captain Axis, a transformed Kronsteig unleashed to stop him, he must confront not just a war machine, but the dark dreams that fuel it—before the Shaper redirects him to a final, unknown destination.

In "Holocaust at the Heart of the Atom!", the Hulk arrives on Jarella's world with Bruce Banner’s sharp mind, only to find the city of K'ai in ruins and his beloved Jarella taken by the treacherous Lord Visis. As he leads her people in rebellion, Visis allies with the deadly assassin Krylar, whose weapon forces the Hulk to confront his deepest fears—his own monstrous past. With Banner’s intellect faltering under the strain, Jarella’s magicians intervene, undoing the spell that kept the Hulk aware, and as Pym’s serum wears off, the battle’s true cost begins to unfold.