NEURON-MAGNET

Classification: Terrestrial technology

Creator: Unrevealed (see comments)

User/Possessors: U.S. armed forces under the command of General Thaddeus Ross

First Appearance: Incredible Hulk I#5/1 (January, 1963)

Powers/Abilities/Functions: The Neuron-Magnet was designed to attract and hold living beings.

History:
(Incredible Hulk I#5/1 (fb) - BTS) - Under unrevealed circumstances, U.S. soldiers had the Hulk caught by the force of the Neuron-Magnet, but the jade giant's superhuman strength enabled him to smash the magnet just when the soldiers thought they had him--these events were filmed by a cameraman.

(Incredible Hulk I#5/1) - General Ross showed a top-secret film featuring scenes of the Hulk's recent rampages to an audience made up of his daughter Betty, Rick Jones, and Bruce Banner--the film included footage of the Neuron-Magnet incident.

Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

Okay, not much of a profile... but it only appeared in this one panel.

I'd speculate that maybe the Neuron-Magnet was built by Stark Industries (which was working on a lot of government contracts at the time).

Thanks to Gammatotem for pointing out the appearance in the Hulk/Superman crossover story and for providing an image.

Improved main image by Ron Fredricks.

Profile by John Kaminski.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Neuron-Magnet has no known connections to:

Neuron-Magnet
of Earth-7642

The U.S. military caught Hulk with the Neuron-Magnet, but he exerted a force in excess of 25 tons to escape.

--Incredible Hulk vs. Superman#1 (fb)

images: (without ads)
Incredible Hulk I#5/1, p2, pan2 (Neuron-Magnet with Hulk)
Incredible Hulk vs. Superman#1, p25, pan1 (Earth-7642)

Appearances:
Incredible Hulk I#5 (January, 1963) - Stan Lee (writer/editor), Jack Kirby (pencils), Dick Ayers (inks)
Incredible Hulk vs. Superman#1 (July, 1999) - Roger Stern (writer), Steve Rude (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Glenn Greenberg, Tom Brevoort & Joey Cavalieri (editors)

First Posted: 02/08/2008
Last updated: 11/05/2024

Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.

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