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| Publisher |
Marvel |
| Series |
Incredible Hulk |
| Published | July 1962 |
| Artist |
Jack Kirby |
| Writer |
Stan Lee |
Part One – Enter the Toad MenThe Hulk, now green in color, is seen staggering out of a swamp by a local police officer who races off to alert the town that the monster still exists. The Hulk responds to the local’s attempts to subdue him with violence but is eventually coaxed off the battlefield by Rick Jones.Meanwhile, the Earth is about to get several strange new visitors. Armed with advanced magnetic technology beyond human understanding and resembling amphibians, these aliens are known as toad men. Using a 'magnetic grappler' they are able to lock on to Dr. Banner’s vast scientific mind and land nearby to capture him. They hope by capturing the smartest man on the planet, they can force him to reveal how far the planet has come technologically.When the toad men arrive on Earth, Bruce and Rick are setting off from Gamma Base to conduct some scientific research. In truth, Bruce is leading Rick to an underground cave that extends below a lake bed. Within the stony walls he has built an isolation chamber in which to trap the Hulk each night before the transformation occurs. Their process is interrupted when they are captured by the toad men from outer space!SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.Part Two – Prisoners of the Toad Men!Trapped by the toad men's magnetic ray guns, Bruce and Rick are transported to the toad men’s spaceship and rocketed out of Earth’s atmosphere. Captain Torrak of the toad men explains that Bruce and Rick are his prisoners and that Earth is surrounded by their invincible fleet. He demands to know what technological advances the Earth has developed or he'll use their magnetic powers to knock cities free of the planet’s crust, empty the world’s oceans of life, or root everyone to the ground preventing them from moving.The toad men realize that Rick is of no value and transport him safely back to Earth. But, when the ship moves to the dark side of the Earth, the transformation begins - Banner once again becomes the...