The Incredible Hulk Omnibus #1

In the shadow of a nuclear explosion, scientist Bruce Banner makes a desperate rescue that changes everything—saving a young boy named Rick Jones, only to be consumed by gamma radiation. Now a man caught between two lives, Banner struggles to control the monstrous alter ego that emerges each night, drawing the attention of General Thunderbolt Ross, his daughter Betty, and a mysterious figure named Igor. The first chapter of a legend begins with a scientist’s accident, a boy’s survival, and the birth of a rage that cannot be tamed.

In "[The Coming of the Hulk] Part 5: The Hulk Triumphant!", the Hulk and Rick Jones are captured by the Gargoyle and taken behind the Iron Curtain, where a desperate man with a monstrous curse seeks a way to reclaim his humanity. With the Hulk transformed into Bruce Banner, a fragile alliance forms as Banner offers to cure the Gargoyle—only to discover that true strength lies not in power, but in the choice to be free.

In the shadowed depths of an uncharted cave, Rick Jones and Bruce Banner—haunted by the night’s transformation—search for a way to contain the Hulk’s rage. Above Earth, the mysterious Toad Men drift through space, their eyes fixed on the planet’s greatest minds, drawn by a hunger for brilliance.

In "Banished to Outer Space," Rick Jones finds himself caught between loyalty and conscience when General Thunderbolt Ross manipulates him into helping launch the Hulk into space aboard an experimental rocket. With the Jade Giant trapped in a capsule hurtling beyond Earth, Rick must confront the consequences of Ross's deception—and the terrifying new reality that the Hulk can no longer return to human form, bound to Rick's will as long as he stays awake.

When Rick Jones trades his Hulk-monitoring duties for a night at the circus, he walks into a trap set by the hypnotic Ringmaster and his Circus of Crime. With Rick under their spell, the Hulk is captured and forced into the act—until Rick breaks free with help from the FBI, turning the tide against the troupe’s sinister show.

In "The Monster and the Machine!", Bruce Banner, still reeling from his latest transformation, finds himself trapped in the Hulk's form—until Rick Jones and Betty Ross help him use Banner's own gamma ray machinery to reclaim his human mind. With the machine now allowing Bruce to switch between his two selves at will, the line between man and monster blurs in a way that could change everything.

In "The Gladiator from Outer Space!", the Hulk answers an alien's challenge to single combat, only to uncover a far more dangerous game orchestrated by the Russians. With Rick Jones at his side and a mysterious warrior named Mongu emerging from the shadows, the battle for Earth takes a shocking turn—just as the real threat begins to rise.

When underground tyrant Tyrannus abducts Betty Ross and traps the Hulk in his subterranean realm, the Jade Giant must navigate a kingdom of twisted alliances and hidden dangers to protect her. With Rick Jones playing a crucial role in the rescue, the fate of the group hinges on a single moment of courage and cunning.

In "The Hordes of General Fang!", the Hulk faces off against the ambitious General Fang, a would-be conqueror seeking to seize control of the remote Asian province of Llhasa. With Rick Jones by his side and Thunderbolt Ross watching from afar, the green giant must outwit a foe who’s more cunning than brute—though a brief disguise as the Abominable Snowman might just tip the scale.

In a pulse-pounding clash of science and strength, the Hulk—still wrestling with his unstable transformations—faces off against the alien menace Metal Master, whose power proves overwhelming. With Betty Ross and General Thunderbolt Ross on the scene, and Rick Jones rallying a new generation of heroes, the Teen Brigade is born as the Hulk fights to break free and deliver one of his most daring standoffs yet.

In a high-stakes gamble at Gamma Base, Bruce Banner completes an indestructible robot capable of surviving a nuclear blast—only to transform into the Hulk under the strain. With the machine now piloted by a foreign spy who seized the moment, the Hulk gives chase across the desert, pushing himself to the limit. Exhausted and transformed back into Banner, he’s found in the wreckage by Betty Ross and Thunderbolt Ross, who witness his vow to build a stronger robot to reclaim what was stolen.

When the Hulk confronts the indestructible Banner Bot he realizes brute strength won’t win—until a sudden missile attack forces him to make a desperate save. Captured in a Stark-designed restraint by Thunderbolt Ross, the Hulk faces a new threat as Glenn Talbot arrives on base with orders to monitor Bruce Banner. With Betty Ross caught in the crossfire of military suspicion and gamma-powered chaos, the line between ally and enemy blurs.

In "Enter...the Chameleon!", the Hulk is captured and restrained—only to break free when he reverts to Bruce Banner. Rick Jones, hearing the news, leaves Captain America’s side to help his old friend, while the mysterious Leader dispatches the Chameleon to Gamma Base to investigate a missing agent. As the Chameleon impersonates Banner and attempts to steal a gamma grenade with Betty Ross as a hostage, tensions flare between Talbot and Banner, and the Hulk must stop the deception before it’s too late.

In "A Titan Rides the Train!", the Leader, haunted by his origins, unleashes his monstrous Humanoid to confront the Hulk. As Banner travels by train under Talbot’s watchful eye, the Humanoid attacks—forcing Hulk into a desperate fight. When the nuclear device tumbles off the train, Talbot finds Bruce barefoot and in tattered pants beside it, sealing his fate as a traitor.

When Bruce Banner is imprisoned and forced to suppress his Hulk persona with tranquilizers, Rick Jones takes matters into his own hands, pleading with the President to free him. Sent to Astra Island to oversee the Absorbatron, Banner soon faces a terrifying new threat: a horde of Humanoids unleashed by the Leader, testing the limits of the Hulk’s strength and resolve.

In the midst of a fierce clash with the Humanoids, the Hulk plunges into the ocean, reverting to Bruce Banner only to be captured by a Russian submarine. Held prisoner and told he’ll be forced to serve the Soviet cause, Banner finds a way to transform back into the Hulk—only to break free and flee, pursued across the deep by a relentless enemy armed with a proton gun.

In "The Power of Doctor Banner!", the Hulk, still reeling from the loss of a fellow fugitive who sacrificed himself to save him, channels his rage into a determined mission against his Russian captors. With Betty Ross, Thunderbolt Ross, Glenn Talbot, and the cunning Chameleon watching from afar, the Hulk's path crosses with the brilliant but twisted Leader, setting the stage for a clash of wills and power.

In the remote Himalayas, a weary Bruce Banner—transformed back from the Hulk—finds himself in the grip of a local bandit chieftain, Kanga Kahn, while Glenn Talbot arrives on the scene, tracking the Hulk’s path. When a rival raiding party attacks, the two men are forced to flee, tumbling down a treacherous cliffside into an unknown fate.

Back from the Dead! finds the Hulk returning to Gamma Base after a desperate rescue, only to be imprisoned once more as a traitor—despite Rick Jones’s efforts to clear his name. With Betty Ross and Thunderbolt Ross watching from afar, Bruce Banner and Glenn Talbot are sent back to Astra Island to continue the Absorbatron test, but the Leader’s forces are already waiting, ready to strike.

Trapped in the Lair of the Leader! sees the Hulk, Rick Jones, Thunderbolt Ross, Glenn Talbot, and the Leader entangled in a high-stakes showdown after the Leader steals the Absorbatron. With the machine in his grasp and the Hulk determined to stop him, tensions explode as loyalties fracture and deadly choices loom—especially when Talbot orders his men to open fire, leaving Bruce Banner's fate hanging in the balance.

When Rick Jones drags his dying friend to an old underground lab and activates the gamma machine, Bruce Banner is reborn as the Hulk—still brilliant, still burdened, but now dependent on the device every 48 hours to keep his mind intact. With the Leader sending a massive humanoid to destroy Gamma Base and Talbot closing in on Betty Ross, the Hulk must fight both a towering foe and the ghosts of his past.

In the aftermath of a devastating clash, the Hulk and Rick Jones barely escape the blast of Ross’s "Sunday Punch" missile, only to find themselves hunted through the wilderness. Cornered and pursued by military forces, they seek refuge in an underground cave—just as the Leader emerges, offering the Hulk a shocking deal: serve him and be freed from his current torment.

In "Within the Monster Dwells a Man!", the Hulk finds himself torn between his rage and the fragile remnants of his humanity, as the Leader and the big brained one whisk him away just as Thunderbolt Ross destroys Banner's underground refuge. With Rick Jones watching from afar and Glenn Talbot close behind, the Hulk grapples with the lingering pain of a bullet in his head—threatening to end Bruce Banner’s life even as the monster fights to stay in control.

In "Another World, Another Foe!", the Hulk, still burdened by Banner’s mind but trapped in his monstrous form after a dangerous gamma surge, is manipulated by the Leader into a desperate alliance. Transported to the Watcher’s planet, he’s drawn into a high-stakes mission to claim the "ultimate machine"—a prize coveted by the galaxy’s most formidable being.

In "The Wisdom of the Watcher!", the Hulk confronts the galaxy’s most dangerous alien threat in a battle that tests both strength and resolve. After the fight, the Watcher grants the Hulk a mysterious machine holding the sum of cosmic knowledge—only to see the Leader’s ambition prove fatal when he tries to wield it.

In "Not All My Power Can Save Me!", the Hulk, still reeling from the Leader's defeat, turns to the Watcher's ultimate machine in a desperate bid to understand his own fate—only to learn that Rick Jones has been captured once more by the military, this time to exploit the link between Bruce Banner and the Hulk. With no time to spare, the Hulk leaps into action, only to be hurled through time by the T-Gun’s blast, landing in a future where the stakes are higher than ever.

In a pulse-pounding clash across time, the Hulk—stranded in a distant future—fights valiantly against King Arrkam’s alien forces, only to be captured and awakened to a new threat: Arrkam’s own enemy, the Executioner. With the fate of a world hanging in the balance, the Hulk must decide whether to stand with Arrkam or face the true danger looming in the shadows.

In a high-stakes clash across time and tide, the Hulk faces off against the Executioner in a battle that could reshape the fate of Earth. With Rick Jones desperate to uncover the truth and the military closing in, secrets long buried begin to surface—especially when Rick finally reveals the shocking link between the Hulk and Bruce Banner.

When the Hulk suddenly returns from the future and is captured by the military, tensions flare as Rick Jones finally reveals to Betty Ross the truth about Bruce Banner and the Hulk being one and the same. Meanwhile, Doctor Konrad Zaxon, the new head of Gamma Base, sees the Hulk’s power as the key to his own global ambitions. With secrets unraveling and a dangerous plan in motion, the fate of the Hulk—and those he cares about—hangs in the balance.

In "The Titan and the Torment!", the Hulk finds himself locked in a deadly game of wits and strength when the cunning Doctor Konrad Zaxon attempts to drain his power for his own twisted ambitions—only to meet a fatal end in the process. With his freedom restored, the Hulk unleashes his rage on a squadron of fighter jets, sending train tracks flying through the air, just as Hercules arrives on the scene, riding a speeding locomotive. The two titans clash in a thunderous battle that ends in a hard-fought stalemate, leaving the Hulk to leap away—ready for whatever comes next.

In the depths beneath the earth, the Hulk finds himself trapped in the crumbling realm of Tyrannus, once a mighty tyrant now reduced to a frail old man. With Rick Jones, Betty Ross, and Glenn Talbot held captive, Tyrannus pleads for the Hulk’s help in reclaiming the Fountain of Youth from his ancient rival, the Mole Man—only for the battle to erupt before the plan is even set. As the Mole Man unleashes his monstrous Octo-Sapien robot, the Hulk’s rage reaches a breaking point, leading to a shocking transformation that changes everything.

In "The Stage Is Set!", the Secret Empire enlists Boomerang to steal the Orion missile plans, setting off a high-stakes chase beneath the surface. As Rick Jones, Betty Ross, and Glenn Talbot emerge from the subterranean kingdom of the Mole Man, Boomerang captures Betty, using her as leverage. With the forces of Tyrannus and the Mole Man locked in battle, Bruce Banner races through chaos, desperate to reach the surface and save his friends—only to find his way when he transforms into the Hulk and stumbles upon the key device.

In "The Battle Cry of the Boomerang!", the Hulk answers a desperate call when Boomerang attacks Betty Ross, setting off a chain of events that disrupts the Secret Empire’s larger scheme. With Rick Jones watching and Thunderbolt Ross on the scene, the Hulk’s arrival turns the tide—just as the true danger begins to unfold.

In the midst of chaos at Gamma Base, the Hulk shields Betty Ross from the Boomerang, only to be mistaken for a kidnapper by General Thunderbolt Ross. As military forces mobilize to hunt the Hulk, the Boomerang exploits the distraction to strike again—this time targeting the Orion missile. With tensions flaring and danger closing in, the line between ally and enemy blurs in a story where loyalty is tested and the real threat may not be the monster, but the man behind the mission.

The Hulk, searching for answers after finding Gamma Base abandoned, makes his way to New York City, hoping to reconnect with old allies—only to be met with hostility from the police. Meanwhile, Rick Jones takes a strange job driving a car to the city, warned not to look in the trunk, unaware that his journey is about to collide with the Hulk’s desperate quest.

When General Thunderbolt Ross tests the new Orion missile, a foreign spy named Gorki hijacks its trajectory by activating a device hidden in a car Rick Jones is driving to New York. As the missile hurtles toward the city, the Hulk intercepts it—only to be caught off guard when he reverts to Bruce Banner at the critical moment.

When Bruce Banner finds himself aboard a rogue Orion missile hurtling toward New York City, he narrowly avoids transforming into the Hulk long enough to redirect its course. Believing the Hulk responsible for the attack, General Thunderbolt Ross activates the Leader's most powerful humanoid robot—the Hulk-Killer—determined to end the threat once and for all. With Rick Jones and Betty Ross watching in dread, the stage is set for a clash between man, monster, and machine.

In a tense showdown that pits brute strength against cold machine precision, the Hulk faces off against the Hulk-Killer, a deadly android engineered by the Leader. As General Thunderbolt Ross and his allies grapple with the truth behind their own misguided mission, Rick Jones and Betty Ross find themselves caught in the crossfire—while Boomerang, sporting a fresh new look, tries to stay one step ahead.

When the President offers a pardon to the Hulk if the threat is deemed over, General Ross is caught between hope and fear—especially as Boomerang, the newly enhanced villain, strikes at the perfect moment to provoke the Hulk into a furious rampage. Now, with Betty Ross, Rick Jones, and Glenn Talbot watching, the Hulk must face not just a renewed enemy, but the consequences of being seen as a monster once more.

In "...Then, There Shall Come a Stranger!", the arrival of a mysterious alien figure sets the Hulk on a terrifying path as he's manipulated into becoming an agent of humanity's destruction. With Betty Ross pleading for reason, General Ross doubles down on his crusade, while Major Talbot's rage grows darker, fed by jealousy and a thirst for vengeance.

In the wake of the Stranger’s departure, a desperate Bruce Banner surrenders to Gamma Base, seeking to end the Hulk’s rampage by suicide through radiation. Instead, the gamma machine is hijacked by a foreign spy, transforming him into the monstrous Abomination—more powerful than the Hulk himself. With Betty Ross in peril, the Abomination escapes, leaving the base in chaos.

In the aftermath of a brutal clash, the Hulk—on the edge of death—struggles to rise, only to be pulled back by Rick Jones’s desperate plea. With Betty Ross in danger and the Abomination returning to Gamma Base, Bruce Banner must use his wits to turn the tide. As the battle reignites, a distant observer from another galaxy sees something unexpected: a new path forward.

In a moment of desperation, Bruce Banner—disguised and tormented by his past—transforms into the Hulk, bursting through a hotel wall in a fit of rage. Outside, he mistakes the Silver Surfer’s arrival for a flying saucer and leaps to intercept, hoping to escape Earth. What he brings down isn’t alien technology, but the cosmic rider himself—setting off a chain of events that will test the limits of strength, sanity, and what it means to be a hero.

In "He Who Strikes the Silver Surfer," the Hulk, convinced the Silver Surfer is an alien threat, launches a furious attack on the cosmic being—only to be effortlessly subdued. The Surfer, intrigued by the gamma-ravaged man beneath the green rage, probes his mind and learns the truth behind the transformation. As the Surfer prepares to heal Bruce Banner, the Hulk awakens and, misinterpreting the gesture as an assault, erupts in fury once more. Left disillusioned, the Surfer departs, while the Hulk vows to track him down and force a journey beyond Earth.

In the shadow of Wundagore II’s crumbling towers, the High Evolutionary faces a nightmare he never anticipated—his New Men, once his creations, now torn by primal instincts and turning on him. Desperate, he captures the Hulk, hoping the green giant’s strength might be the key to reclaiming control. But as the planet burns and chaos unfolds, even the Hulk may not be enough to face what the Evolutionary has unleashed.

In a twist of fate, the Hulk—now Bruce Banner—awakens on Wundagore II, stranded and transformed, only to face the enigmatic High Evolutionary. With the New Men poised as his monstrous adversaries and Sir Ram long gone, Banner finds himself caught in a future not of his making, as the Evolutionary offers a radical path: evolve into a man of tomorrow, even if it means becoming something entirely new.

Trapped and on the brink of transformation by the High Evolutionary, Bruce Banner’s fate hangs in the balance until the New Men rise to stop the experiment. As the Hulk emerges, he must confront both his creators and the Evolutionary’s desperate gamble—evolving himself into a being beyond time, leaving the Hulk alone on a silent Wundagore II, the last mind in a world of forgotten beasts.

In "The Legions of: The Living Lightning!", the Hulk, still reeling from a recent battle, rescues a downed pilot only to be captured and manipulated by the fanatical militia known as the Living Lightning. As his mind is twisted by their ideology, the Hulk becomes a weapon for their cause—leading a brutal assault on a nearby army camp, driven by a rage he no longer recognizes.

When Hulk, manipulated by a mind-control scheme, turns on his longtime enemy General Ross, chaos erupts as the military scrambles to contain the raging Jade Giant. While the base is thrown into disarray, the Lord of the Living Lightning seizes the moment to infiltrate and take control—leaving Betty Ross, Glenn Talbot, and the remnants of command scrambling to stop an unseen threat from within.

When the Monster Wakes! finds the Hulk and Glenn Talbot racing against time to reclaim a military base seized by the Lord of the Living Lightning, with Betty Ross and Thunderbolt Ross caught in the crossfire. As the threat of a missile barrage escalates, the Hulk must confront his electrifying foe in a desperate bid to stop the attack—no matter the cost.

When Namor seeks an unlikely ally in his war against the surface world, he turns to the Hulk—only for the Puppet Master to seize control and send the green giant straight into a clash with his old enemy. With Rick Jones caught in the crossfire and Betty Ross watching helplessly, the fate of both worlds hangs in the balance as ancient grudges and new manipulations collide.

In "Where Walk the Immortals!", the Hulk is dragged to Asgard by Loki, who forces him to battle the Warriors Three—Hogun, Fandral, and Volstagg—under the watchful eyes of Odin and Heimdall. Amid the clash, a rare moment of clarity lets the warriors see past their enemy, recognizing the Hulk not as a foe but as a being caught in a greater conflict. Enraged by their hesitation, Loki casts the Hulk into a bottomless pit, leaving his fate uncertain.

In a desperate fall through a bottomless pit, Bruce Banner is pulled from oblivion by the Enchantress, who brings him to Asgard out of curiosity. There, the Warriors Three seek answers from Oldar the Oracle about the Hulk’s origins, only to find themselves caught in a scheme that pits the Hulk against the Executioner and a horde of trolls. Though the Jade Giant proves his worth in battle, even earning Odin’s reluctant respect, the All-Father’s patience wears thin—and with a thunderous command, sends him back to Earth.