Indestructible Hulk 7, Red She-Hulk 65

Indestructible Hulk 7
Waid (w) and Simonson (a) and Mossa (c)

Fake out, you guys. Hulk didn't pick up Thor's hammer, Thor's hammer picked up Hulk. Apparently Thor called to Mjolnir right as Hulk attempted to pick it up, sending him along for the ride back to Thor. Fortunately, Thor doesn't seem bothered by Hulk's sudden appearance and finds it pretty hilarious that the monster rode the hammer back to Thor's side. They fight off a few more Frost Giants while a pair of the giants in another area discover the portal back to present day Midgard. They try to break in but are forced out by Maria Hill and Coulson as Hill blows the portal's control panel, sealing the Frost Giants (and the team) in Jotunheim for the time being. One of the Frost Giants, dismayed by being blocked from Midgard, casts an illusion over himself to appear as one of the team members and rejoins the group, set on returning with them. With the imminent danger subsiding, Hulk reverts back to Banner and he explains what's happening, including the fact that they've travelled in time, before they begin to speculate on why the portal is gone. Meanwhile, Leucenstern is back at the lab trying to restore the portal and get the team home under the watchful and threatening eye of Maria Hill. Banner reveals to team member Patricia that he knows she's depressed and he's trying to pull her out of the depression, though she reveals that she's terminally ill and is dedicated to suicide by Hulk.
So a bit of a fake out after the last issue's thrilling conclusion but I suppose it's for the best. I'm not sure any of us really want to see Hulk with the ability to wield Thor's unbelievably powerful hammer. Seems like bad news all around that. Still, can't say it wouldn't have been interesting. Regardless, we get a couple of nice interactions between Banner and Thor and we get a great picture of the young Thor, thrilled by the challenge of the Frost Giants and endlessly amused by the actions of humans. It's a neat little look into why Thor is so protective of Earth, even from the days before he really split time between Asgard and Midgard. On top of that we get another look at Banner as the scientific leader of the expedition and his methods as both a scientist and as a leader. As this book seems more interested in creating Banner as a character than it is in showing Hulk all the time, these interactions are important. The way that he views his team and the way he acts around them both give us a deeper look into his character. What suicide by Hulk could entail is worth checking in for again.

Red She-Hulk 65
Parker (w) and Pagulayan, Height, and Alves (a) and Staples (c)

Another sort of fake out, though this one is perhaps more on me. Despite all my hyping it up, Red She-Hulk and Machine Man have not been transported to another dimension with Mt. Rushmore replaced by the four carved heads of Dr. Doom, Loki, Red Skull, and Ultron. Instead, the Terranometer simply sent them to Mt. Rushmore in our dimension which houses another important piece of the Terranometer, one protected by a likeness of each of the four villains, who have all at some point attempted to enter and had an imprint of themselves taken and left to guard the place. Now the image of their heads on Mt. Rushmore may fluctuate on to the rockwall if someone knows what they're looking at. It's a little complicated, but it also gives a chance for our two heroes to fight copies of four of the biggest villains in the Marvel Universe (arguably the four biggest villains). Not one of them is nearly as strong as his real-life counterpart, though they contain the same knowledge and experience, as they have to dedicate part of their processing power to keeping their own personality separated from the machine. Red She-Hulk takes down Dr. Doom, Loki, and Red Skull with some difficulty while Machine Man outwits and outlasts Ultron in a battle that takes place in cyberspace. Finally they enter the Terranometer and discover how the four outside were created (Tesla's version of self-defense for the Terranometer). Machine Man plugs himself in and is quickly overwhelmed by the power and the feeling it leaves him with. He's unable to disconnect from they system, but Red She-Hulk is soon distracted by the four villains' return but now meshed together as one stronger villain, calling itself the Yologarch. She confuses it with some logic, telling it that it's still a slave to its creator, which it denies. However, to kill Red She-Hulk would be to serve the Terranometer still, so it decides not to do it and flies away, swearing revenge on her. Red She-Hulk pulls Aaron out of the Terranometer and passes out to be awakened five hours later, as Betty, as they drive away to the Florida Everglades, home to the nexus of all realities according to what Aaron saw. Meanwhile, She-Hulk has joined up with Fortean who has also accepted the Thinker's help in improving the Echelon forces. Next issue promises a showdown between Red She-Hulk and regular-type She-Hulk in the midst of Man-Thing. Lotta hyphens here.
So not exactly an alternate dimension which is alternately too bad and pretty swell with the addition and the freedom of this new and potentially very dangerous villain to the Marvel roster of villains. The secrets of the Terranometer are still mostly unrevealed but at least Machine Man seems to have a better sense than he did before of what the machine is used for. Also, She-Hulk's arrival finally seems imminent after having it teased for a couple of issues. Jen is a reasonable lady and She-Hulks are more reasonable by nature than their male counterparts so it's still up in the air whose side she'll land on when Echelon comes calling on Betty. Two Hulks and Machine Man teamed up would make a formidable enemy for anyone, even tailor-made Echelon super soldiers. Exciting things coming up.