01x36 - Bruce Banner Is the Hulk

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As sirens scream over Futura,

the Hulk attacks the moving pillboxes
of the Executioner.

But to his amazement, the Hulk discovers
his adversary is not an ordinary man,

but an immortal.

Back in the far-off future
the Hulk engages in mortal combat

with the Executioner.

I don't belong here and neither do you.

To the Hulk's great surprise,
the Executioner weathers his attack.

You're not battered.

You're getting up.
That's impossible.

Fool, I am invincible.

As the titanic struggle continues...

Speak up, boy.
Where's the Hulk and Banner?

How should I know?
You fired the time g*n, not me.

You're tied in with Bruce Banner
and the Hulk somehow.

Banner is a traitor, the Hulk a menace,
and as for you, a...

Guards, throw him out.
He's useless.

Yes, Rick Jones, the traitor's friend.

Keep that boy under surveillance
night and day.

Somehow I must get Rick Jones to talk
to solve the riddle of the Hulk.

Meanwhile the executioners watch

as their master and the Hulk
battle for supremacy.

Never have I fought such as you.

And you never will again.

Not for nothing
do men call me the Executioner.

From a nearby pillbox, the Executioner's
robots fire on the Hulk.

Mercilessly they advance,

showering their heat rays
over the beleaguered city,

while centuries earlier Rick Jones

aimlessly wanders
over the desert wastelands

until he suddenly realises
that he stands at the entrance

to the very cave which houses
Bruce Banner's secret laboratory

and which has also become
the Hulk's hidden refuge.

Doc., where are you now?
If only I could help you.

Are you the Hulk again
or are you Bruce Banner? Or did you...

No. No, I can't believe that.

No, no, you're not dead.

Come back.
Give me a sign.

The hysterical youth stumbles
along the dark passages.

You can't be dead.

That shadow.
There's someone here.

Who are you?

It's me, son.
Major Talbot.

You're white as a sheet, Jones.

Go away.
Why are you following me?

This secret you're harbouring,
it's cracking you up.

You must share it with someone.

No. No, I promised.

While in the distant, violent future...

Fire! Don't stop firing.

That does it.
I'll stop him now for sure.

And worry about getting back afterwards.

Look at them turn and run.

Executioner!

Where are you, Executioner?

He's unconquerable.

There is only one way to vanquish him.

I must send him back to his own time.

Suddenly the battle
takes a peculiar turn.

Afraid that the Hulk
will single-handedly seize the city,

hordes of soldiers pour out
of the gates, surrounding him.

Surrender or perish, mighty one.

What's the matter with you fools?

Whose side are you on?

- Yield.
- Never. I'll smash you all.

Look, sire. He changes.

What's happening to me?
My body, fading...

And in the present...

Son, you know that the Hulk
and Banner are both dead.

So it can't do any harm to tell me
what their connection was to each other.

You're right.
It's time the world knew the truth.

Exposure to gamma rays
changed Bruce Banner into the Hulk.

Dr Banner was never a traitor.

You mean that Bruce Banner and
the Hulk were one and the same?

Jones, wait.
I want to hear more.

There isn't any more.
It's over at last.

They're both dead.

Silently Major Talbot drives
the grieving and heartsick boy

back to the base,

unaware that out of the murky
shadows of the underground cave

a phantom whirlwind forms.

Taking on substance,
it becomes the Hulk.

I'm back from whatever
time I was trapped in.

Back to challenge the whole

human race once more.