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Ben, if it's just you and Johnny left, I have a favor to ask you... explore. Don't stop. You may not think you need it, but you do. And Johnny certainly does. The Multiverse is grand and the four of us only scratched the surface.
Appearing in "Fast Burn"
Featured Characters:
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Main story and flashback)
- The Thing (Ben Grimm) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Team Storm
- Fantastic Four (On-screen in main story and appears in flashback)
- Invisible Woman (Sue Storm Richards) (On-screen in main story and appears in flashback)
- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) (Hologram in main story and appears in flashback)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
- Iron Man (Dr. Victor von Doom)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Underwood (a race car driver) (First appearance)
- Jordan (a race car driver) (First appearance)
- Evans (a race car driver) (First appearance)
- Franklin Richards (On-screen in main story and appears in flashback)
- Valeria Richards (On-screen)
- Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie) (On-screen)
- The Wizard (Bentley Wittman) (Mentioned)
- Rachna (First appearance)
- Daily Bugle (Named only)
- Galactus (Named only)
- Illuminati (Only in flashback)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids (On-screen)
Locations:
- Multiverse (Main story and flashback)
- Earth-616 / Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America
- Gibson Speedway (First appearance)
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Midtown
- 42nd Street (On-screen)
- Baxter Building (On-screen)
- 42nd Street (On-screen)
- Midtown
- Queens
- Unidentified warehouse (First appearance)
- Manhattan
- State University, Hegeman (Mentioned)
- New York City
- Wyoming County (Mentioned)
- Earth Orbit (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Multiplane (Mentioned)
- Earth-616 / Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Cosmic Radiation (Mentioned)
- Fantastic Four Uniforms (On-screen in main story and appear in flashback)
- Trident of Neptune (On-screen)
- Fantastic Award (First appearance)
- Spider-Man's Suit
- Web-Shooters (Behind the scenes)
- Panther Habit (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man Armor Model 51 (Model-Prime Armor)
- Multisect (First appearance; hologram)
Vehicles:
- Marvel-1 (Mentioned) (Unnamed)
- Future Foundation's Life Raft (Only in flashback)
- Fantasti-Car
Events:
- Secret Wars (Only in flashback)
- Incursion (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "Fast Burn"
At a race, Johnny Storm passes all his opponents; however, to do so he pushes his car to the limit, causing the engine to overheat and burst into flames. As his crew asks if he's alright, Johnny comes out of the car, in flames, looking afflicted.
In New York City, during a gala inauguration for the "Fantastic Award," a woman called Rachna introduces the story of the Fantastic Four to the audience and invites Ben Grimm a.k.a. The Thing to make a small speech after the disappearance of Reed Richards, Sue Richards, and their children Valeria and Franklin Richards. After that, Ben goes to meet some people, but they seem to be more interested in his handsomer ex-teammate Johnny. Irritated, Ben exchanges some words with Rachna and they seem to get along, when suddenly Spider-Man appears at the entrance of the location, thrown around by a very angry Piledriver. Ben effortlessly knocks the villain out, so Spidey can explain why he's there. He's come to support him for the night, but the main reason for his presence is to talk about Johnny. Spidey has seen him recently and he seemed more somber than usual. He gives Ben the keys to the old Baxter Building stuff he put in a warehouse in Queens: as Johnny is near Wyoming County, he could go see him in a Fantasti-Car or something.
At the warehouse, amongst all the FF relics, Ben finds a Daily Bugle paper commemorating the defeat of the "World Devourer" by the team, which sparks in him a memory from some time ago, during the final moments of the old Multiverse. Susan had realized that this time she wouldn't make it, so she trusted Ben to take care of whomever survived, be it Franklin, Valeria, or Johnny. As Ben loses himself to these memories, Iron Man enters the warehouse to give Ben something he stole from the Baxter Building when the Multiverse got restored and Reed Richards disappeared: it's an orb that only Ben can access and it contains Reed's last words in the chance of his death. Ben attacks Doom for breaking into their home, but he's tamed by the foe's powers. Doom seems to jump from an assertive to a classic, aggressive and arrogant persona, even switching from the third to the first person when talking about "Doom." Ben fears that this could be a trap, but he resolves to watch the clip inside the orb when Doom goes away.
As the orb activates, Reed Richards appears in a hologram in front of his long time friend, explaining with excess of technicalities how he was able to create different clips for different outcomes that may have occurred: this is the one where only Ben and Johnny are still around. Reed asks Ben to keep exploring the Multiverse, which they've only just scratched during their adventures together. To that end, Reed leaves him the Multisect, a tool that can access an area known as the Multiplane, a nexus for infinite universes. As it's a powerful device that cannot fall in the wrong hands, he hid it in a place only the two of them know: the location of their first adventure. Reed ends the video by telling Ben to live the life he's always lived: a fantastic one.
Johnny Storm flies outside the atmosphere, only to free-fall back to Earth and save himself at the last second reactivating his powers. Ben shouts at him, but Johnny seems uninterested to talk to him. As Ben insists, Johnny explodes in rage, telling him he doesn't want to be reminded of the Fantastic Four. He calms down and explains that he wasn't gambling with his life just to pass his time: his powers seem to be degrading, so he's testing his new, lower limitations. Johnny asks Ben if he loses his powers, too, what will be left for him. Ben decides to lie and tells him there's a chance their family is still alive.
Unbeknown to them, Ben and Johnny are being watched through a hidden camera by none other than... Victor von Doom, who wonders why Ben is lying to his friend.
Appearing in "Marvel Legacy Primer Pages"
Featured Characters:
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Origin in recap; joins and leaves the Fantastic Four and the Inhuman Royal Family)
- Thing (Ben Grimm) (Origin in recap; joins and leaves the Fantastic Four and the Guardians of the Galaxy)
Supporting Characters:
- Fantastic Four (Origin in recap)
- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) (Origin in recap)
- Invisible Girl / Invisible Woman (Sue Richards) (Origin in recap)
Antagonists:
- Kree Empire (Recap)
- Badoon Empire (Recap)
- Skrull Empire (Recap)
Other Characters:
- Inhuman Royal Family (Recap)
- Queen Medusa (Medusalith Amaquelin) (Recap)
- Magister Karnak (Recap)
- Triton (Recap)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (Recap)
- Rocket Raccoon (Recap)
- Groot (Recap)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Recap)
- Kree (Recap)
- Inhumans (Recap)
- Badoon (Recap)
- Halfworlders (Recap)
- Flora colossi (Recap)
- Skrulls (Recap)
Locations:
- Sol System (Recap)
- Earth (Recap)
- United States of America (Recap)
- California (Recap)
- Central City (Recap)
- New York (Recap)
- Ithaca (Recap)
- New York City (Recap)
- Manhattan (Recap)
- Upper New York Bay (Recap)
- New Attilan (Recap)
- California (Recap)
- Earth Orbit (Recap)
- United States of America (Recap)
- Earth (Recap)
- Lomora System (Recap)
- Moord (Recap)
Items:
- Cosmic Radiation (Recap)
- Fantastic Four Uniforms (Recap)
- Water-Circulation Apparatus (Recap)
Vehicles:
- Marvel-1 (Recap) (Unnamed)
Synopsis for "Marvel Legacy Primer Pages"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Solicit Synopsis
The Fate of the Four Part 1
THE FOUR ARE NO MORE, SO TWO MUST DO! Something is very wrong with THE HUMAN TORCH and only THE THING can help him! It’s the Marvel Universe reunion you’ve all been waiting for (well, HALF of it, at least!). Plus: What monumental secret has DOOM been hiding since the end of SECRET WARS, and how will it completely change the lives of Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm? PLUS: Includes 3 bonus MARVEL PRIMER PAGES!
Trivia
- This issue includes Marvel Value Stamp: Series C #6: Black Panther.
- The racer names Underwood, Jordan, and Evans are references to the actors that have portrayed the Human Torch cinematically.
- In a preview for this issue, when Spider-Man talks to The Thing, he jokingly describes him as "The world's second most well-known orange monster!" When the issue was released, said line was cut from the dialogue. It was more than likely that said line was a jab at United States President Donald Trump.[1]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Grebey, James (20 December 2017). Marvel Comics Cut a Joke Calling Donald Trump an “Orange Monster”. Inverse. Retrieved on 23 December 2017.
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- Comics
- Week 51, 2017
- 2018
- 2018, February
- Modern-Age
- Marvel 2-In-One Vol 1
- Marvel Legacy
- T (13 and up)
- Fate of the Four
- Axel Alonso/Editor-in-Chief
- Jim Cheung/Cover Artist
- Justin Ponsor/Cover Artist
- Chip Zdarsky/Writer
- Jim Cheung/Penciler
- John Dell/Inker
- Walden Wong/Inker
- Frank Martin Jr./Colourist
- Joe Caramagna/Letterer
- Tom Brevoort/Editor
- Alanna Smith/Editor
- Robbie Thompson/Writer
- Greg Land/Penciler
- Jay Leisten/Inker
- Frank D'Armata/Colourist
- Darren Shan/Editor
- Kathleen Wisneski/Editor
- Reed Richards (Earth-616)/Quotes
- Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Fantastic Four (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Susan Storm (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Reed Richards (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Peter Parker (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Victor von Doom (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Brian Calusky (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Franklin Richards (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Valeria Richards (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Namor McKenzie (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Bentley Wittman (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Rachna Koul (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Daily Bugle (The DB!) (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Galan (Earth-616)/Mentions
- Illuminati (Earth-616)/Appearances
- T'Challa (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Homo sapiens/Appearances
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids/Minor Appearances
- Multiverse/Appearances
- Earth-616/Appearances
- Earth/Appearances
- United States of America/Appearances
- New York (State)/Appearances
- New York City/Appearances
- Manhattan/Appearances
- 42nd Street/Minor Appearances
- Baxter Building/Minor Appearances
- Queens/Appearances
- State University (Hegeman)/Mentions
- Earth Orbit/Appearances
- Multiplane/Mentions
- Fantastic Four Uniforms/Appearances
- Trident of Neptune/Minor Appearances
- Spider-Man's Suit/Appearances
- Web-Shooters/Minor Appearances
- Panther Habit/Appearances
- Iron Man Armor Model 51/Appearances
- Multisect/Minor Appearances
- Marvel-1/Mentions
- Future Foundation's Life Raft/Appearances
- Fantasti-Car MK I/Appearances
- Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Fantastic Four (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Reed Richards (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Susan Storm (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Kree Empire/Minor Appearances
- Badoon Empire/Minor Appearances
- Skrull Empire/Minor Appearances
- House of Agon (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Medusalith Amaquelin (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Karnak Mander-Azur (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Triton (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Guardians of the Galaxy (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Rocket Raccoon (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Groot (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Homo sapiens/Minor Appearances
- Kree/Minor Appearances
- Inhumans (Inhomo supremis)/Minor Appearances
- Badoon/Minor Appearances
- Halfworlders/Minor Appearances
- Flora colossi/Minor Appearances
- Deviant Skrulls/Minor Appearances
- Sol/Minor Appearances
- Earth/Minor Appearances
- United States of America/Minor Appearances
- California (State)/Minor Appearances
- Central City/Minor Appearances
- New York (State)/Minor Appearances
- Ithaca (New York)/Minor Appearances
- New York City/Minor Appearances
- Manhattan/Minor Appearances
- Upper New York Bay/Minor Appearances
- New Attilan/Minor Appearances
- Earth Orbit/Minor Appearances
- Lomora/Minor Appearances
- Moord (Planet)/Minor Appearances
- Fantastic Four Uniforms/Minor Appearances
- Water-Circulation Apparatus/Minor Appearances
- Marvel-1/Minor Appearances
- Marvel Value Stamp (Series C)