Incredible Hulk #65

The INCREDIBLE Hulk #65

Date: March 2004
Title: Double Exposure: Split Decisions 6 of 6
Writer: Bruce Jones
Penciler: Mike Deodato Jr
Inks: Mike Deodato Jr.
Letters: Randy Gentile

Colorist: Studio F
Editor: Axel Alonso
Cover Artist: Mike Deodato, Jr.

Samson, Betty, and Sandra are in the helicopter heading towards Home Base. Betty looks at the monitor and doesn't see any life forms. Samson mentions that the chopper has been through a lot and might be malfunctioning and Sandra still believes her son is alive down there. Betty says that she knows Sandra is looking for a miracle but asks her to look at the place as they come up the destroyed Home Base. They land the chopper and manage to find a way into the wreckage. As soon as they go in, Sandra starts yelling for her son, which causes they way they came in to collapse and Betty and Sandra cut off from Samson. Sandra looses her flashlight but they keep going and hear some animal noises, not sure if it is a rat or maybe a Krill. Suddenly Sandra sees a small hand coming out of some wreckage and runs over to it.

At the desert house, Nadia is cleaning up some Krill body parts when she sees Bruce come stumbling out of the desert. She asks about the others and Bruce says he never saw them.

Sandra grabs the body and holds it close but then throws it to the ground, saying that it is really a droid and says the place is crawling with them, including Krill which now surrounds both of them. Betty shines her flashlight but wonders why the weak light is holding all of them back. Sandra figures is is an overriding command. and suddenly a figure with an unseen face welcomes the ladies, holding the Krill with the Hulk's blood. He says he expected better from Sandra than to be just a mother and from a double agent like Betty. He asks them if they really think that the Hulk managed to end the whole Home Base operations but then clicks a button to reveal bodies floating in tanks behind a wall.

Back at the house, Bruce is explaining to Nadia how Home Base grew the Krill and other clones from a tiny drop of blood.

Back at the ruined Home Base, the mysterious leader is explaining to Betty and Sandra how he has tried growing numerous clones due to false starts but eventually figured it out. Sandra asks if he grew he like a piece of seaweed. They even see clones of the two cops at the Last Chance Cafe. Sandra points the gun at the leader and tells him he better tell her where her son is or she is going to shoot him. A hand in the shadows holds a lighter.

In the desert house, Bruce tells Nadia that the Hulk saw Ricky alive before the accident, namely the droid. He tells her he knew it was a droid just there to lure the Hulk and get some of the Hulk's blood. Nadia asks where the real Ricky is.

The mysterious leader shows Ricky on a monitor and offers Sandra a deal: he will give Sandra her real son back if she helps him make it out of the wreckage along with the Krill with the Hulk's blood. Betty says no deal, she doesn't want him to get away with the Hulk's blood. Sandra tells Betty to stay out of it. In the shadows, the hand flicks the lighter.

Nadia asks what they would want with the Hulk's blood. Bruce explains they would build an army of Hulks and that they had acquired a sample of his blood months ago and grew another Bruce but no Hulk. Nadia is still confused and starts to ask another question but Bruce just leans in an kisses her, much to her surprise.

Betty sees an empty container, noticing it is small. The leader says that one was used for payback on Nadia for her indiscretions. He mentions the bargain to Sandra again and she agrees but first she sees Ricky. Betty tells Sandra she can't allow that and shots the Krill with the Hulk's blood. The leader tells them that act is gonig to cost them as the nearby Krill close in on them. Just then, the mysterious person in the shadows puts the lighter up to the sprinkler system, setting it ouff. The water starts to dissolve the Krill just as they start to attack the women. Samson, the mysterious person in the shadows, comes out and finishes off the rest of the Krill. He then turns and shots the leader in the face but then realizes it turn out to be just a droid body with a tv monitor for a face. Sandra looks at hte monitor showing her son and sees a number listed. Betty tells Sandra where it is located and she goes running off to find him. Just as she takes off, another collapse occurs and keeps Samson and Betty from following her. Samson tries to follow her but Bettty says they have to leave taht the place will go nuclear shortly to eliminate all records and equipment.

At the house, Nadia pushed Bruce off and asks about Samson, Sandra, and Betty. Bruce says he doesn't want Betty but wants her. Nadia pulls away and says they have to help them but Bruce reaches out and grabs her leg, making her fall.

Sandra makes her way to the room and finds her son Ricky.

Betty and Samson make it out of the Home Base wreckage and run to the helicopter, figuring they have less than 60 seconds to clear ground zero.

Nadia asks Bruce what he is doing. Bruce asks Nadia if he is so different now and that he must not be living up to the original. He pins her on the ground and tells her he is the new and improved model, full of extras Home Base gave him.

Sandra is over joyed at finally being reunited with Ricky. One of Home Bases operatives steps out of the shadows and tells Sandra to step away from the child.

Samson tries to go back for Sanrda but Betty hits him with some knock out spray.

The clone Bruce starts to attack Nadia when suddenly he is grabbed from behind and yanked up. The Hulk busted through the house roof and squished the clone Bruce in his hands.

Sandra tells the operative to go ahead and shoot, that she will never leave her son again.

Samson wakes up in the helicopter and looks back to see the Home Base exploding.

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