01x13 - Micro-Monsters

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A great naval task force
has surrounded lonely Astra Isle

and its silent occupant,
the giant absorbatron,

which still awaits its initial tests.

Far away at a m*ssile base,
its inventor, Bruce Banner,

the ill-fated young scientist,
is preparing to leave for Astra Isle.

After a last-minute conference
with his friend, Rick Jones,

who shares the strange secret
of his dual personality...

Dr Banner, what if you change
into the Hulk out there?

I've got to risk it.
I can't let my work go unfinished.

- But will you let me know?
- Wait at the cave.

I'll radio you
right after the test tomorrow.

Meanwhile, someone else
is concerned with the coming test.

The Leader,
that green-tinted supergenius,

who, like the Hulk, gained his power
through a gamma-ray accident.

There is my next prize,
the absorbatron.

Your capture will come another day,
brainless one.

Its capture will take place now...

..with my indestructible humanoids
reduced to microscopic size.

Get ready to respond to a radio impulse

to enlarge and do my telepathic bidding.

They will take over the test site
at my command.

I, the Leader, will possess
the absorbatron.

There, there,
my little seeds of destruction.

Soon you will be scattered
like a plague over Astra Island.

The clouds will shield my movements
from the task force.

A million microscopic humanoids
settle like a shroud over the island.

The Leader withdraws to a safe point

to activate his deadly pirate horde.

But meanwhile, Bruce Banner
is approaching Astra Isle.

Accompanied by Major Glen Talbot,
the man who has dedicated himself

to proving that Dr Banner
is an enemy agent,

who shares some strange alliance
with the Incredible Hulk.

OK, we're here. Just remember, I got
myself appointed to this mission

because I still think
you're a security risk.

What is this strange,
powdery substance?

Don't try any tricks. I'm just looking
for a chance to slap you in a cell.

- Come, let's get below.
- I still don't like it.

Even as they seal themselves
in the absorbatron control chamber,

the powdery substance begins
to expand, to grow and grow.

I thought you said we'd be alone
on the island.

Right. No one could've landed
so quickly. I'll go up and check.

Go, my sl*ves. Go!

Seize the absorbatron.

Let nothing stop you,
my loyal vassals.

Stay back, you rubber...

- The Leader's humanoids.
- Capture Dr Banner.

Or destroy him.

Seize the absorbatron.

You're not going to get it.

Banner's meagre strength
is not enough.

His heartbeat races.
His pulse pounds.

The frail body of the young scientist
changes with thundering force

into the Incredible Hulk.

Nobody attacks Hulk!

The Hulk!

What luck.

I shall capture two prizes today.

The absorbatron and the Hulk.

Release your gas vapours, my pets.

They will subdue him.

No. Nobody stops me.

But the Hulk's lungs cannot resist
the inexorable effect of the gas.

I've succeeded
beyond my wildest hopes.

Certain foreign powers
will pay me a king's ransom

for the absorbatron.

And if I can bring the Hulk's awesome
strength under my control,

I shall reign supreme
in all the universe.

Like a beam of cosmic light,
the Leader flashes back

into the hazy veil over Astra Isle.

Meanwhile, in Dr Banner's
secret cave laboratory,

hidden in the depths
of southwest mesa,

Rick Jones waits and worries.

Dr Banner would have radioed me
by now if the test were successful.

Something's happened.
I just know it.

Maybe he's changed
once more into the Hulk.

If Rick only knew.

Not only has Bruce Banner
changed to the Hulk,

but he has been captured
by the Leader.

Clearing skies reveal a strange scene
to the task force.

Look, those figures on the island.

Even as a thousand eyes
stare helplessly from the ships,

the absorbatron rises while the humanoid
horde melts into nothingness.

Observers watch the absorbatron
wafted away before their eyes.

Above it, another object is caught
in the departing ship's magnetic beam.

It's the Incredible Hulk.
Knock him out of the sky.

Get that aircraft.
Fire everything we've got!

But the Hulk is already too far away,

a helpless prisoner
of the diabolical Leader.

What will his fate be?