Shield dispatches Gabriel Jones to General Ross to assist in the acquisition of the Hulk. Betty Ross recruits Doc Samson to help save Bruce Banner. Meanwhile, Bruce Banner works with a a nuclear worker Mitch McCutcheon to cure him of the Hulk. Unfortunately, the effort goes astray and Mitch becomes Zzzax a dangerous being of pure energy.

Ghost Rider appears and tracks the Hulk down, believing him responsible for the destroying of a town. Bruce Banner is hiding in a shelter in Chicago. When an accident at the shelter endangers a nun, Hulk tries to save her. Ghost Rider, however, attacks Hulk and chases him away. Major Talbot goes to Chicago with a tranquilizer ray but he fails to capture the Hulk who only grows angrier. Rick manages to convince Ghost Rider that Hulk is innocent. Ghost Rider and Doc Sampson help the Hulk stay conscious long enough for the effects of the tranquilizer to wear off.