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The Incredible Hulk, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1962, was a
transformation of Dr. Robert Bruce Banner, a former nuclear physicist,
top scientist in his field and creator of the G-bomb (or Gamma Bomb).
Testing ended abruptly and unexpectedly when a boy appeared at Ground
Zero. Banner tried to save the boy from his jealous assistant, Igor
Drenkov (who let the countdown continue), and was able to save both the
boy and himself. Covered in gamma rays, the Grey Beast is sent to the
hospital for testing. There, the boy who was saved, Rick Jones, sees
the first emergence of the great beast that has taken over Banner's
body. The beast breaks through the hospital walls and wreaks havoc on
the town, escaping into the darkness, with the boy following. Soldiers
on the scene christen him, "The Hulk." At his house, he find Igor
trying to steal plans for the G-bomb, and also finds a picture of Dr.
Banner. Aided by the boy, he learns who he really is. He turns back
into Bruce Banner before the soldiers can apprehend him. Igor, the
Russian spy is captured, and the G-bomb plans go to the military.
Banner, knowing that he does not have much time until the sun sets and
he turns into the monstrous creature again, is aided in his escape by
Betty Ross, daughter of the General in charge of the soldiers seeking
The Hulk. Igor's boss, the Gargoyle, finds out about The Hulk, hunts
him down and shoots the human monster and the boy with an anaesthetic
serum. The Gargoyle is intrigued by The Hulk, as he too was a product
of nuclear testing by the Russian army that led to an accident which
caused him to transform, the only difference being that he cannot change
back into human shape. Using high doses of gamma rays, Bruce Banner
helps the Gargoyle turn back into a human, who is thankful for being
saving, and turns his energies towards revenge onto Russian scientists.
