After being arrested for vagrancy, David 'Baron' encounters a mentally ill man who believes himself to be Ernest Hemingway. After accidentally freeing the man as the Hulk, David races to save him from hurting himself and others.

Jack McGee is unwillingly saddled with an inexperienced junior reporter, who discovers and writes a story about a small, timid man claiming to be the Hulk in Santa Clara. Meanwhile, David 'Benton' works nearby as a janitor.