Soon... all of mankind shall be sightless... unable to stop the Mole Man from conquering the entire planet! 
Appearing in "The Madness of the Mole Man"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- ⏴ Mole Man (Harvey Elder) ⏵
- Slave-Master ⏵ (First appearance)
- other Skrulls (Voice only)
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- Alicia Masters (Mentioned)
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Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
- Skrull Saucers (First appearance) (Fleet of four starships)
- Slave Ship (First appearance) (Personal craft of the Slave-Master)
Synopsis for "The Madness of the Mole Man"
Blinded by devices implanted in their house by the Mole Man, the Fantastic Four try to stop him without their vision. As the clumsy battle rages on, a fleet of four Skrull starships stealthily approach the far side of Earth's Moon, having come on a mission to find and collect a warrior which they can take from the planet for the Games.
Back at the Richards' home, the FF continue to struggle to fight the Mole Man, who reveals that his plot will eventually blind the entire world as revenge for being treated as an outcast. When Reed gets hold of the Mole Man, he takes a near fatal blast from Mole Man's staff. A stray blast from the same staff also damages the device that makes the FF blind. Enraged by what the Mole Man did to Reed, Sue lashes out at him.
The Mole Man manages to get away, however, but is soon caught by the Human Torch and brought back. The Torch berates the Mole Man for wallowing in his misery and not facing his problems like the Thing or Alicia Masters. With Ben's help, Reed revives and recovers from the attack. As the FF settle down after the fight, a single Skrull craft touches down on Earth.
Solicit Synopsis
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
- The Mole Man states that he is getting revenge against humanity for treating him as an outcast. This was documented in Fantastic Four #1, Daredevil (Vol. 3) #10 and Marvel Universe #4–7.
- As the four Skrull saucers approached the dark side of the Moon, they observed a "primitive human-type rocket" that was hovering nearby, having just ejected its second stage to put itself in orbit around the Moon. The rocket looks like an Apollo command and service module. Since there was no sign of an Apollo Lunar Module, this rocket would seem to have been modelled on Apollo 8 that had orbited the Moon almost five months before this issue went on sale. However, due to the Sliding Timescale of Earth-616, this manned mission should be considered a topical reference.
- This was the first Marvel comic in which Skrull spacecraft that closely resembled the popular concept of disc-shaped "flying saucers" ever appeared.