The Incredible Hulk: Death in the Family story
David continues on the run from Jack McGee and the authorities, with everyone believing that he was killed along with Elaina. Still trying to find a cure, David 'Benton' accidentally finds himself in the middle of a plot to kill a young, crippled girl named Julie Griffith so her unscrupulous family can inherit the fortune. He manages to save her life and provide her with help so that she can walk again.
17 total · 7 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| greedy heir | major | Margaret had murdered her wealthy husband and was trying to knock off his heiress daughter in an effort to inherit the family fortune. |
| human vs. self | major | David struggled to control the brutish creature within him. |
| mobility impairment | major | Julie was lame in her legs and mostly confined to a wheelchair. Her paralysis was psychosomatic but her stepmother and physician convinced her that it was a physical condition. |
| poison murder | major | Margaret Griffith tried to poison her heiress stepdaughter Julie and inherit her fortune. Her physician was injecting Julie with poison the he claimed was medicine. |
| stepmother and stepdaughter | major | Margaret Griffith tried to knock off her heiress stepdaughter Julie and inherit her fortune. |
| super strength | major | David transformed into a green-skinned savage creature, with a sub-human mind and superhuman strength whenever he got angry. |
| what if I underwent a physical metamorphosis | major | David transformed into the Hulk whenever he got angry. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | minor | Denny and Julie. |
| coping with the death of a child | minor | Michael grieved over the loss of his son in the Vietnam War. |
| coping with the death of a parent | minor | Julie was having trouble getting over her father's untimely death in a butane explosion. |