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[[Image:Bulletpoints.jpg|thumb|left|Cover to issue''Bullet Points'' #2.]]

The series begins on December 8, 1940. Dr. Abraham Erskine is killed by a German spy, along with MP [[Uncle Ben|Benjamin Parker]], before the Super-Soldier Serum was to be used for ''Project: Rebirth''.

Due to the assassination, ''Project: Rebirth'' is canceled. The US government activates ''Project: Iron Man'' and asks Steve Rogers to participate in it. Steve accepts, and is permanently bonded to the [[Iron Man's armor|Iron Man armor]]. Iron Man debuts during the [[Guadalcanal campaign|Battle of Guadalcanal]], going on to help win the [[World War II|Second World War]]. Rogers goes on to become an essential part of American military tactics over the resulting decades, drafting Dr. [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]] to provide technical support.

Meanwhile, lacking the guidance of a role model who taught him the value of responsibility as a result of [[Uncle Ben|Benjamin Parker]]'s death, [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker]] grows up to become a disaffected, trouble-making punk. At one point, Peter decides to sneak out of a field trip to a desert base and goes joyriding with friends in a stolen jeep. After the jeep breaks down, Peter goes off to find fuel, but accidentally wanders into a test site just as a gamma bomb is detonated. Soon after recovering from the explosion and returning home, Peter is confronted by the two friends, who accuse him of getting them into trouble. Peter becomes angry and turns into the [[Hulk]], destroying property around him. The Hulk is confronted by the police. [[Aunt May|May Parker]] recognizes the Hulk as Peter and suffers a heart attack, which causes him to flee in distress.

As a result of Peter's transformation, the recently retired Steve Rogers is drafted back to wear the [[Iron Man's armor|Iron Man armor]] to capture Peter. After visiting Aunt May in hospital to say goodbye before running away, Peter is confronted by Iron Man and several army troops. Rejecting Rogers's attempts to calm him, Peter turns into the Hulk and confronts Iron Man. After a long fight outside the hospital, the Hulk eventually kills Iron Man; realizing what he has done, Peter flees in terror.

[[Galactus]] arrives on Earth alongside his herald the [[Silver Surfer]], intending to consume the planet as he has consumed others over the millennia. The US Army and Air Force are wiped out as they confront the Silver Surfer. Earth's superhumans attempt to stop Galactus, only to be killed or injured ''en masse'', with only a few managing to come through the battle unscathed. The Hulk emerges from seclusion, attacks Galactus, and dies after being blasted by the Power Cosmic. Parker's death inspires the Silver Surfer to attack Galactus, who eventually leaves Earth after killing the Silver Surfer. The series ends with an epilogue at Steve Rogers's and Peter Parker's gravestones.