—Invisible Girl (Sue Richards)I'm sick of adventure -- and peril!! I just want to live a normal life! I want to set up housekeeping as Mrs. Reed Richards -- I want to be involved with super-markets -- instead of super-villains! I'm sick of living in a ridiculous costume! I'm a woman! I want feminine dresses -- foolish hairdos!
Appearing in "--From Beyond This Planet Earth!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Kree Empire
- Supreme Intelligence (First appearance)
- Ronan the Accuser (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Sentry 459 (Mentioned)
- Triton (Mentioned)
- Lockjaw (Mentioned)
- Aunt Petunia (Mentioned)
- Bobby Kennedy (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- NYSP
- Unnamed Police Officer
- Simon & Garfunkel (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Paul Simon (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Art Garfunkel (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Jerome Hamilton (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- NYPD
- O'Malley
- Numerous unnamed police officers
- Tony Stark (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Realities:
Locations:
- Milky Way
- Sol
- Earth
- North America
- Unidentified Island (Mentioned)
- Kree Outpost Ten (Mentioned)
- Earth
- Sol
- Hala (Mentioned) (Unnamed)
Items:
- Fantastic Four Uniforms
- Universal Weapon (First appearance)
- "Dear Abby" (Advice Column)
Vehicles:
- Johnny Storm's Hot Rod
Synopsis for "--From Beyond This Planet Earth!"
After the destruction of Sentry 459, the Kree Supreme Intelligence has become interested in the planet Earth. The Intelligence probes the minds of the Fantastic Four as they sleep, warning them that their guilt or innocence in the matter will be determined by his agent, Ronan the Accuser. The Fantastic Four all awaken, surprised to learn that they all experienced the same exact dream, leaving them to ponder what it could really mean.
While out in deep space, Ronan the Accuser is in his ship en route. Arriving above Earth orbit, Ronan then uses his Matter Transmitter to teleport himself to the surface of the Earth. Materializing in the middle of New York City, Ronan then erects a Aura of Negativism in order to conduct his trial uninterrupted by outsiders.
Meanwhile, unaware of the dangers, the Fantastic Four begin going about their day. While Reed and Sue are out on a dinner date they suddenly vanish in the middle of their meal. Johnny is teleported away while out on a joy ride in his new hot rod with Crystal. Lastly the Thing is teleported away as he is on his way out to meet Alicia. They find themselves trapped within the Aura of Negativity with Ronan. When the Thing tries to attack the Accuser he is instantly felled by a blast form Ronan's Universal Weapon. He quickly downs Ben, Johnny and Reed. After this show of power, Ronan uses his Universal Weapon to change Reed, Sue and Johnny's street clothes into their Fantastic Four uniforms. He then tells them to prepare for sentencing while the Thing struggles to get to his feet, just as Ronan finds them guilty of crimes against the Kree Empire.
At that same time, Alicia waits for Ben to arrive, but becomes worried because he has never been so late before. Suddenly she is greeted by a stranger in her room who convinces her that to trust him as she is needed elsewhere. This stranger then leads Alicia out of the room as the two somehow manage to pass through the wall of her apartment. Back at the Aura of Negativity, the authorities have gathered and are trying to use high tech weapons to breach the barrier, but find that they are no use against it. Inside the cone, the Fantastic Four rush at Ronan, ready to fight for their lives. Both Johnny and Reed are knocked out in the initial fight, but Ben manages to grab hold of Ronan and pin him to the ground just as his Universal Weapon is being fired. The resulting blast causes Ronan and the Aura to disappear. As the Fantastic Four try to make sense of this encounter, Reed suspects that the Kree will be returning to their world very soon. As he is saying this, the Kree ship carrying Ronan the Accuser returns to its home galaxy.Appearing in "What Lurks Behind the Beehive?"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Enclave (First appearance) (Main story and flashback) (Unnamed)
- Hamilton (Appears in flashback) (First appearance as Hamilton)
- Zota (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Morlak (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Shinski (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Numerous unnamed members (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Ronan the Accuser (Mentioned)
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- NYPD
- Unnamed Police Officer
- Rock Hudson (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Him (First appearance) (Behind the scenes) (Main story and flashback)
- Unnamed Woman (Alicia's Landlady)
Races and Species:
Realities:
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- Atlantic Ocean
- Shard Island
- Beehive (First appearance)
- Lock 41
- Beehive (First appearance)
- Shard Island
Items:
- Fantastic Four Uniforms
- Electroni-Blade (First appearance)
- Heat-Image Tracer (First appearance)
- Electro-Shock Tube (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Events:
- Christmas (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "What Lurks Behind the Beehive?"
Ben has asked Reed and Sue to help him uncover the location of Alicia after she has turned up missing, starting at her apartment. When Ben begins beating himself up over his appearance and how Reed has apparently stopped trying to cure him. When Reed tries to console Ben, the Thing angrily swats him aside and storms out of the room. When Sue gets her husband up off the ground, he reveals that he hasn't stopped trying to find a formula that will cure Ben, and that he has been keeping his work a secret until he finds one that will work permanently.
Meanwhile at a secret facility known as the Beehive, Hamilton arrives with Alicia Masters with him through the Transfer-Grid via his Space Warpers. She is introduced to the other members of the Enclave: Zota, Morlak and Shinski. They explain to her that they are all experts in their scientific fields and have asked her to help them out with their latest creation. They then take her to a large slab of clay in order to test her ability to sculpt based on what she feels. When she succeeds in creating a perfect rendition of Morlak's face, passing the test that they wished to conduct.
Back in New York, the Thing spends his time brooding as he walks through Central Park. He runs into a police officer who notices that he is down and offers to help, but Ben isn't interested in the sympathy of others. His mood takes a bit of a turn for the better when a group of adoring fans come to meet him and one of the young girls in the group kisses him on the cheek and runs off to tell her friends. With his sense of self-worth renewed, Ben heads back to the Baxter Building. There on the roof, the Human Torch returns home to find that Crystal is unimpressed with how he suddenly abandoned her when the were out joyriding.[1] But the two manage to patch things up when Johnny starts to fool around. When they go into the building they find Reed hard at work on a device called a Heat-Image Tracer that will hopefully allow them to reconstruct the moments leading up to Alicia's disappearance.
Meanwhile, at the Beehive, Zota and the others take Alicia on a tour of the facilities when suddenly there is an explosion out in Lock 41, prompting the Enclave troops to mobilize to contain the danger. They explain to her that they have been working for years to try and create an artificial lifeform. When they succeeded their creation broke free from its tank and hid itself deep inside Lock 41, using its fantastic powers to force everyone out with it's blinding light. Alicia quickly realizes what they have asked her to do: They want her to go into Lock 41 and get an idea of what their creation looks like, as she is blind its defenses will have no effect on her.
In New York, the Thing returns to Alicia's apartment with some flowers and learns from her landlady that she hasn't returned, but his teammates are upstairs in her room. Going up to see, he finds that Reed has set up his Heat-Image Tracer to try and reconstruct what happened to Alicia. After scanning the room, they replay what they have captured and witness her kidnapping at the hands of Hamilton.[1] At the Beehive, Alicia and Hamilton begin suiting up to enter Lock 41. Inside, they push through the rocky terrain until they are held back by a flaming barrier. As Reed begins examining the footage he has captured, he notices that Hamilton was using Space Warpers and believes he can replicate the devices. While back at the Enclave, Alicia and Hamilton prepare as the creature known as Him begins to approach them.