

Major Story Arcs FIghting the Hulk Family After that, his name was changed to Xemnu to avoid confusion. This was before the green Hulk we know today was created.

In his first appearances, he was called "The Hulk". Xemnu was created by Jack Kirby and first appeared in Journey Into Mystery issue 62. Xmenu attempted to attack again later on by brainwashing a smaller population into amping him up to his strongest telepathic level by using makeshift technology to blast him with star energy, but he was defeated again by Joe Harper when he was able to reflect Xemnu's own mind control rays back at Xemnu, destroying his body and thus setting the townspeople free. As the ship departed, Xemnu's hold over the people of Earth faded and they forgot he had ever existed. As Xemnu departed, Harper was released from Xemnu's telepathic hold and sabotaged the ship's electrical system, electrocuting him and causing him to fall into a coma-like state. When he came to, Xemnu used telepathy to control Harper and later, each and every other human being on Earth and forced them to build a new spaceship so Xemnu could return home. His unconscious body is discovered by an electrician named Joe Harper. Xemnu arrived on Earth after his spacecraft ran out of fuel and crashed. Xemnu was an intergalactic criminal who had been imprisoned on a prison planet, until he sneaked past guards and hijacked a supply ship.
