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While studying an Egyptian exhibit, Reed Richards reads off a hieroglyph about a substance which apparently restored the blindness of a pharaoh during a mostly unrecorded era of the Egyptian empire. Telling Alicia of this discovery, the Fantastic Four decide to use Dr. Doom's time machine to travel into the past and retrieve this element in order to restore Alicia's vision.

Fantastic Four (Earth-616) and Nathanial Richard (Earth-6911) from Fantastic Four Vol 1 19 0001

There the FF are attacked by an Egyptian army that takes them, prisoner, when their powers fail them. Brought before their master, the Pharaoh known as Rama-Tut, the FF learn that he is a time traveler from the year 3000 who came to this time because his future was one without conflict and adventure and he had grown bored. He explains that upon arriving in Egyptian times. Upon his arrival, Rama-Tut lost his vision but soon restored it with a radioactive isotope from his ship and was able to conquer the area and rule. Hoping to entice the Fantastic Four to travel back in time, he planted the hieroglyph so that he could battle the historic figures.

Nathaniel Richards (Rama-Tut) (Earth-6311) from Fantastic Four Vol 1 19 001

Making Sue his "queen" and putting the other members of the Four into slavery, all seems lost until the Thing spontaneously returns to normal due to exposure to the Egyptian sun. Escaping, he is able to get a hold of Rama-Tut's Diode-Ray and free Sue, however, the radiation from the weapon returns him to his Thing-form. Freeing the others, the Fantastic Four lead up a rebellion to bust up Rama-Tut's kingdom. With no means of defending himself, Rama-Tut fled this era in his time ship, leaving the FF to find the isotope that could restore Alicia's vision. The Fantastic Four then use their Time-Platform to return to the present. However, upon traveling through Dr. Doom's time machine, Reed realizes that it won't transport radioactive substances, and so they return from their mission empty-handed.

Appearing in "The Mysterious Molecule Man!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #20

Featured Characters:

Fantastic Four

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Molecule Man (First appearance) (Origin revealed)

Other Characters:

Yancy Street Gang
NYPD
- Pete (First appearance)
USAF
Bela Lugosi (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)

Races and Species:

Realities:

Earth-616

Locations:

Sol
- Earth
  - North America
    - United States of America
      - New York
        New York City
        Manhattan
        Midtown
        42nd Street and Madison Avenue
        Baxter Building
        
        Times Square
        
        ACME Atomics Corporation (First appearance)
        
        Lower East Side
        Yancy Street
        
        SoHo
        Alicia Masters' Home
- The Moon
  - Blue Area of the Moon
    - Watcher's Citadel

Items:

Synopsis for "The Mysterious Molecule Man!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #20

After examining an asteroid with proof of organic life in space, the Fantastic Four investigate a strange fireball that has appeared in the streets.

Owen Reece (Earth-616) from Fantastic Four Vol 1 20 002

Sucked into it, they find it's a device belonging to the Watcher. Inside, the Watcher tells the Fantastic Four of a man who was exposed to a nuclear accident which transformed him into the Molecule Man.^{[Continuity 1]} Warning of the potential danger of the Molecule Man's molecule altering abilities, the Watcher sends out the FF to stop him.^{[Continuity 2]}

In their initial conflict, the FF seem unable to defeat him and each attempt to stop the Molecule Man is met with failure. Fed up with the FF's interference, the Molecule Man erects a glass dome around Manhattan and demands that the people of the city help him capture the FF.

Owen Reece (Earth-616) from Fantastic Four Vol 1 20 004

Reed eventually realizes that the Molecule Man's powers don't seem to have any effect on organic material and so they lay a trap in which they pose as statues in Alicia's apartment, while Alicia alerts the Molecule Man of their location.^{[Continuity 3]} When the Molecule Man's powers fail to affect the FF, they are able to knock his wand -- the focal point of his power -- out of his hands and keep it away from him long enough for the Watcher to arrive and take the Molecule Man away. The Watcher takes the Molecule Man to an alternate dimension where time travels faster so that he would age soon and die.

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[Continuity 1]

[Continuity 2]

[Continuity 3]

Fantastic 4 (ES) Vol 1 10

Appearing in "Prisoners of the Pharoah!"

Synopsis for "Prisoners of the Pharoah!"

Appearing in "The Mysterious Molecule Man!"

Synopsis for "The Mysterious Molecule Man!"

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