Appearing in "The '70s"
Featured Characters:
- Fantastic Four
- Mister Fantastic (Dr. Reed Richards)
- Invisible Woman (Dr. Sue Storm)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
- The Thing (Ben Grimm)
Supporting Characters:
- Franklin Richards
- Tony Stark (First appearance)
- Dr. Henry Pym (First appearance)
- Black Panther (T'Challa)
- Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers)
- Falcon (Sam Wilson) (First appearance)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (First appearance)
- Mad Thinker Android (First appearance)
- Ulysses Klaw (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- John Lennon (First appearance)
- Yoko Ono (First appearance)
- Stark Industries (First appearance)
- Galactus (First appearance)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Carl Sagan (First appearance)
- Betty Friedan (First appearance)
- United Nations (First appearance)
- Redwing (First appearance)
- Tony
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-21766
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- Puerto Rico
- Arecibo Observatory
- Florida
- United States of America
- Africa
- Ghana
- Accra
- Ghana
- Asia
- North America
- Earth
Items:
- Fantastic Four Uniforms
- Bonanza
- Panther Habit
- Vibranium
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings
- Falcon's Wings
Events:
- World War II (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "The '70s"
Life goes on. Reed, the Torch, and the Thing defeat the Mad Thinker--without Sue, who’s at home with Franklin, making dinner. Klaw tries to blackmail Ghana into leasing him its diamond mines until the Black Panther buys him off with a generous cache of Vibranium and tells him never to set foot on the African continent again. Captain America fights the Vietnam War--helping Vietnamese people who are being abused by American troops. The Sub-Mariner surfaces in Florida--and hangs out at a public library. Sue tries to campaign for the ERA, but Reed complains that being alone with Franklin is taking valuable time from his work on the Galactus problem and insists she come home. Reed’s obsession with Galactus and his friendship with Victor Von Doom both deepen. Von Doom is becoming an influence as unhealthy as Reed’s persistent visions of worlds being annihilated by the planet-killer. And it’s only going to get worse.
After Sue and Johnny have a brother/sister bonding moment, Johnny mentions the “thing” that the world’s heroes are attending the next day--to which Sue has not been invited. After angrily confronting Reed about the “meeting of heroes” that he didn’t tell her about, Sue goes to Johnny’s place, where she meets Captain America, the Black Panther--and the Sub-Mariner. Just as he did in our world, Prince Namor finds himself instantly attracted to Sue. He personally encourages her to join them at the United Nations, where they will speak to the General Assembly about the state of the world and what super-people can do about it. Sue tells Namor that she thinks of herself mostly as a Mom. But later, at a book signing by Betty Friedan, the feminist author signs Sue’s copy of The Feminine Mystique with, “Don’t stay invisible forever”--which brings all of our heroine’s conflicted feelings to a head.
Sue is present at the UN along with Johnny, the Panther, and the other heroes. At the same time, at Reed’s lab, Reed and Von Doom have finished their construction of a powered suit of armor that Von Doom declares they will use to attack the UN and the heroes gathered there. Reed suddenly realizes that his “friend” from Latveria has been using him all this time, but it’s too late. Now fully emerged as Dr. Doom, Victor blasts Reed and heads for the fateful meeting. By the time Reed has caught up with him, Doom has blasted his way into the UN and immobilized all the heroes--except one. The Invisible Girl has cloaked herself and grabbed Captain America’s shield, and now uses it to tackle Dr. Doom, bringing him down single-handedly, saving the UN and all the champions of humanity.
Mr. Fantastic is humbled before the world by his own wife. Sue leaves him, takes a resentful Franklin--and moves in with the Sub-Mariner. Reed gets an urgent message from the Arecibo Observatory that “something big” is heading right for Earth.