NEURON-MAGNET

Classification: Terrestrial technology

Creator: Unrevealed (see comments)

User/Possessors: U.S. armed forces under the command of General 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 unknown 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).

Profile by John Kaminski

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Neuron-Magnet has no known connections to


images: (without ads)
Incredible Hulk I#5/1, p2, pan2 (magnet)


Appearances:
Incredible Hulk I#5 (January, 1963) - Stan Lee (writer/editor), Jack Kirby (pencils), Dick Ayers (inks)


Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.

Last Updated: 06/07/04

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