"The X-Men work to protect people, even though most hate and fear them. This fact is worsened by a number of mutants, most notably the teams arch-nemesis Magneto, who use their powers to try to disrupt and control human society"--P. [4] of cover.

Dr. Bruce Banner, a scientist who turns into the Hulk whenever he is provoked, heads for Texas after seeing a news report that a green monster is terrorizing the state, and finds Bionsky, a former colleague who tried to continue Banner's work with gamma radiation and only succeeded in turning himself into a monster.

High school student Peter Parker is forced to assume his Spider-Man identity when a living brain robot being demonstrated in his physics class is accidently switched to defense mode.