They are two of the mightiest beings ever to walk the Earth ... two men who each lead Double Lives! The Hulk ... half a ton of raging, primordial fury ... the unleashed Id of Doctor Robert Bruce Banner, given form and substance by the power of a thermonuclear explosion. Superman ... the last son of the doomed planet Krypton ... sent ot Earth where, as Clark Kent, he grew to adulthood with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. What if they met? Would it be as friends or foes ... allies or enemies? Reaching from the earliest years of their superhuman lives to the world both have helped shape today, this is the story of the fateful first encounter of the Incredible Man-Monster and the Man of Steel. Roger Stern, the New York Times best-selling author of The Death and Life of Superman, and Steve Rude, the award-winning artist and co-creator of Nexus, join forces to tell an unforgettable story of power and intrigue which ranges from the towering skyscrapers of Metropolis to the vast deserts of the Southwest!