Hulk fears the worst when his beloved pet Bambi goes missing. Nebulon explains his extraterrestrial plans to “Nighthawk”. What exactly is a Celestial Mind Control Seminar?
Nebulon explains his plan to Jack Norriss, whose mind is in Chondu’s brain, which is currently implanted in Nighthawk’s body. Nebulon escaped his seeming doom at the hands of the Defenders back in issue 14 when he was accidentally transported to the dimension of the Ludberdites, a peaceful reptilian race. Under them, he came to believe it was his duty to help humanity achieve salvation (according to his definition).
Nebulon thus has the Ludberdites capture some humans (as seen in previous issues) to learn more about them. He sends Norris/Nighthawk to the strange island where the others are being kept. There, a faun, in which the mind of Chondu now resides, attacks Norris/Nighthawk, wanting its brain back. The other humans hold it back.
Dr. Strange and Hulk get out of the Headmen’s goop. A neighbor, whose house Hulk wrecked a long time ago, berates them, so Hulk throws some debris at his new house, knocking it apart. Strange teleports them back to his mansion, where they catch up with Valkyrie.
Val, looking at Norriss’s body, feels empathy with him for the first time. Her spirit inhabits the body of Norriss’s ex-wife, and she has mostly felt nothing for him, but now starts to access some of Barbara’s feelings.
A flaming meteor crashes into Times Square, and a little old man emerges. He says he wants to help everyone access their mental powers. However, the Hulk is leaping by, and can see through the illusion—he knows this is Nebulon, who took the faun, which Hulk thinks of as his friend Bambi. He attacks Nebulon, whose real appearance is revealed. Nebulon quickly dispatches the Hulk by putting him in a bubble and sending him off towards space.
Nebulon returns to his nebbish illusion-self and quickly gains a crowd of people who want to learn from him. He says he is going to teach a seminar on Celestial Mind Control that night, and some women follow him as he gets ready.
The Hulk breaks his bubble and falls to Earth. He sees a leaflet for the seminar and brings it to Strange.
Jack and the other abductees start to feel weak due to the Ludberdites’ machines.
Val, Strange, and Hulk go to Nebulon’s seminar in disguise. When one of the security guards wants to get a little gropey with Val in the name of a security check, she makes it clear that she will not stand for such nonsense from a weak male.
Onstage, Nebulon (in his small bald man guise) berates the audience, telling them they’re all bozos, and are in need of his help. He has them all put on clown masks that he left under his seat. Strange is invited up on stage as a volunteer. Nebulon makes all the abductees appear, now under his mental control. They all mumble “bozo” while the women Nebulon found on the street dance around in cheerleader costumes. The Defenders confront Nebulon without much success.
However, “Bambi” uses Chondu’s magic powers to teleport himself and Nebulon away, leaving the Defenders without many answers, but finally in possession of Jack/Nighthawk, including Nighhawk’s original brain.
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