Betty finishes developing a nutrient bath that can separate Bruce Banner from the Hulk. Doc Sampson attempts to capture the Hulk and the two fight in the desert. Betty and Rick arrive to stop the fight - but the Hulkbusters arrive shortly thereafter. With the help of the gamma irradiated desert Outcasts, they manage to escape. After heading to the lab, Hulk is convinced to go into the nutrient bath. After interference from Glenn Talbot the experiment goes awry, but Banner and Hulk are separated. SHIELD takes the Hulk's unconscious body from General Ross. Doc Sampson tries to rescue to Hulk but only manages to break him free. Hulk attacks Sampson and escapes without Banner's influence to control him.