What If Bruce Banner's Mind Stayed In Hulk? (Volume 1)
On Earth 982, Banner retained his mind after being exposed to gamma radiation and becoming the Hulk
Banner’s assistant Igor turns out to be a spy and sends intel on the gamma ray formula to a villain known as Gargoyle
Gargoyle arrives in America to battle Hulk but after being easily defeated, he changes his criminal ways after having a heart-to-heart conversation with Hulk and accepting his own monstrous features. He leaves America
Hulk reveals his identity to Betty Ross
Thunderbolt Ross in this reality is empathetic towards Banner’s condition and keeps the army from hunting him
As of right now, the transformation only happens with the change of night and day
He works on an antidote for himself
After getting married to Betty, Hulk is asked by the FF to help them on a project and reverse Ben Grimm’s transformation
After a successful transformation, the FF disband- Johnny goes to college, Reed and Sue stay together, and Ben leaves with his fiancee Alicia Masters
Loki’s plan fails in which he placed an illusion of dynamite on train tracks hoping the Hulk would smash it and thereby destroy the tracks as well which is what happened in 616 but here Hulk approaches the situation delicately prompting Loki to view him as soft and forsake his plan and altering events so that the Avengers never form (Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp confront Hulk in 616 then all team up together against Loki)
Bruce and Betty move into the Baxter Building
Prof X invites himself one day to join Richards and Banner in their work
For 3 years they work together, with Prof X never establishing his school for mutants thus his X-men will never be formed
Using Cerebro which now pinpoints energy signatures of any superpowered being instead of just mutants, Cerebro picks up Galactus’ energy signature who is in New York
The 3 fuse to become a powerful being named X-Man who’s just as powerful as Galactus. Galactus relents and leaves Earth
The 3 transform back into their separate selves at the cost of their elastic, telepathic, and transforming abilities
They see that Ben Grimm has transformed back into Thing by the gamma energy that X-man emanated and essentially becomes the Hulk’s parallel in this universe, just as strong and just as mindless