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Issue #401 -
Hulk takes Rick and the resurrected Marlo to Betty. He thinks her fainting is all in stride.

Rick IS mad at Hulk for interrupting the process but he also wants his help.

First, Agamemnon wants to meet to discuss the Pantheon's leadership...
As in he wants Bruce to run it!

Meanwhile, the 'trusting fools' vote Omnibus to rule Freehold...

Issue #400 - Part 2…
Hydra attacks Freehold!

‘Aggy’ tells Leader ‘help’ is on the way.
Hulk shows up. Ready to put a stop to whatever the villain has planned!

Turns out, Stein’s not trying to help Marlo but gain immortality!

Hulk kind of loses it and trashes Leader and the lab.

In the end, as Rick stares as an inanimate Marlo and Hulk stares at his mess. They both question what they have done…

Issue #400 - Part 1…
Agamemnon turns to Betty to retrieve Bruce.

They share a moment of grief for Marlo. And seemingly mend whatever’s going on between them.

Rick is in Freehold. A settlement created by the Leader for ‘survivalists’.
That Hydra wants to attack!

Later, Agamemnon tells Bruce he didn’t intend to keep his promises to the Leader…

And Leader is about to bring Marlo back?!

Issue #399 -
Rick goes around the super community trying to find anyone to bring back Marlo.
They all give the same response… That it cannot be done.

Meanwhile, Hulk has these weird hallucinations that take him back to New Mexico.

Until he’s right back where he was last ish. In front of Agamemnon and mad because he made a deal with the Leader.

Then Leader ‘ports to Rick. And says he wants to help Marlo!

Issue #398 -
Oh my gosh! Poor Marlo…
And go, Betty! Definitely not a damsel-in-distress anymore.

Why did they do this? I hope it’s more to do with Marlo’s character than about Rick.

Hulk puts on an impressive display when he survives and is able to get close enough to Vector.
Though, he does lose his pants…

Meanwhile, Leader and Agamemnon struck an ‘accord’.

Issue #397 -
For a second there, I thought it was a Pantheon comic instead of a Hulk one!

I did like that Hulk was beating his U-Foes (get it?) through science and not just brute force.

They made a deal with… Leader! Who wants a chat with Agamemnon, for some reason.

And Rick has gotten into some trouble!
Lucky Marlo and Betty happened to pass by at the right time…

I skipped the Return of the Defenders storyline.

I don’t think I read any of the original series. And while it may have been cool to see the ‘current’ iterations of these characters (as they were in the 90’s), I decided I could do without.