IND. I--I CAN'T TURN INVISIBLE FAST ENOUGH! HOW CAN WE STOP THIS CREATURE, TORCH? JUST WAIT AND SEE, SISTER! THE FANTASTIC FOUR HAVE ONLY BEGUN TO FIGHT! fapproven By THE FEATURING: i at ae ee ae UB td ig eT) TR oa Ti eke sala. FOR THE FIRST TIME ey a caied MAGAZINE! THAN ROPES TO KEEP MISTER FANTASTIC OUT ff Ol /OR. REED RICHARDS JOHNNY ‘STORM WITH THE SUDDEN FURY OF A THUNDERBOLT, A, FLARE |S SHOT INTO THE SKY OVER CENTRAL CiTy,!| THREE AWESOME WORDS TAKE FORM AS IF BY MAGIC, AND A LEGEND IS BORN! (Look! Iw THE sky-- \ x DUNNO, BUT THE WHAT'IN BLAZES DOES | CROWDS ARE GETTIN! EAN: PANICKY! RUMORS ARE FLYIN' ABOUT AN ALIEN, INVASION! ABOVE ALL THE HUBBUB AND EXCITEMENT, ONE STRANGE FIGURE HOLDS A STILL-SMOKING FLARE GUN ONE STRANGE MAN WHO IS SOMEHOW MORE] THAN JUST A MAN--FOR HE IS THE LEADER OF, THE FANTASTIC FOURS IT 1s THE FIRST TIME T HAVE FOUND iT NECESSARY TO GIVE THE SIGNAL! PRAY IT WILE BE THE LASTS (c) 2009 Marvel Characters, Inc. 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I TOLD YOU we HAVEN'T 4 ANYTHING: WHAT A RELIEF YO GET RID OF THOSE TIGHTWHY MUST THEY BUILD, DOORWAYS SO NARROW? HOLY SMOKE // A--A-- MONSTER! PETE, LOOK / aS rear? ANY CHANCES wane eer I DUNNO,.. BU TL AIN'T TAKIN HALT HALT OR V OKAY, HIS FIRST SHOT MISSED VLU SHOOT Ed BECAUSE HE Was. WARNED] | so NERVOUS! BUT HELL yous NOT GET ANOTHER, CHANCES Dio YOU SEE THAT?) HE RIPPED THE IMANHOLE COVER OUT OF THE GROUND WITH His BARE HANDS) r THERE I HAVE GONE FAR ENOUGH! T SHOULD BE UNDER MY DESTINATION By NOW! SUT 1S NO MANHOLE ABOVE MAE == NO OPENINGS BAH! I CANNOT DELAY! TLL MAKE AN OPENING ]Foo! pio Y Powuar, IS THAT... RIGHT 222 You NOT RE OAT OH, NOW IT'S ALIVE! Tr AIN'T HUMANS IT'S TOO Bic. TOO STRONG!| TT--1TS IT's A WALKING NIGHTANABE !! HELPY HELP Lity- LIVERED. cowaRDs/ MINUTES LATER, THE POLICE RIOT Reaces THe SCENE... STREET'S DESERTED! T DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT, BUT THERES SOMETHING WEIRO HAPPENING IN CENTRAL CITY./ THOSE WORDS in THE SKY... THOSE SCATTERED REPORTS OF MONSTERS WALKING THE STREETS... WHAT DOES IT ADD UP T0,INDEED? PERHAPS: IF THE POLICE OFFICERS COULD WITNESS: STILL ANOTHER SCENE INA LOCAL SERVICE STATION, THEY WOULD FIND YET ANOTHER CLUE--AS WILL WEY -—— Goop! THAT'S THE, WE GoT HER WAY £ LIKE HERS, PURRIN' GENTLE AS ALA 5 yk THERE'S ONLY ONE, THING IN THE WORLD THAT INTERESTS ME MORE THAN CARS! WHAT'S sonny?HEY, JOHNNY. Looky IN THI Sky! THOSE WorDS! THEY'RE ALL. COMIN! TOGETHER! THEY'RE TURNIN! INTO A NUMBER! JOHNNY! THAT HEAT! REMEMBER WHERE'S IT COMIN’ ME SAYING. FROM? WHA--2 WHAT'S THERE WAS HAPPENING TO You? ONLY ONE THING I CARE ABOUT MORE THAN CARSe ThPossis.c? INCREDIBLE? CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL, BUT THE FIGURE WHICH HAD BEEN JOUNNY STORM, SCANT SECONDS BEFORE, IS NOW A CAREENING HUMAN TORCH, ‘FLASHING THRU THE SKIES ABOVE LIKE A FLAMING METEOR! LOOK! A BLAZING,SecONDS LATER, THE avon oF CENTRAL. CITY ISSUES AN EMERGENCY ove. ‘ Cau THe GOVERNOR! HAVE Rin Abeer ‘me NATIONAL GUARD!) (AND BEFORE THE HOUR IS OUT, WASHINGTON HAS ALSO TAKEN AMEDIATE ACTION! RED 006 TO SQUADRON LEADER. "ATTACK UNKNOWN FLAMING OBJECT OVER CENTRAL CITY... FLAMING OBTECT? HUH, SOMEONE MUST HAVE FLIPPED HIS f{ vios oF ALL THE WIL@ Goose CHA=- HEY! Wart WHAT'S THAT? FLAMING FLYING oBsect! LET'S GET IT, Guys! T WARNED THEM TI TRIED NOT TO BURN THEIR PLANES, BUT THEY CAME 700 cLosel/ AT LEAST Suey ALL THAT. paracuuTeo | souno- TO SAFETY! IN THE Distance! IT LOOKS ‘A HUNTER MISSILE! I1'S ZEROED IN ON ME! TTS ATTRACTED TO MY FLAMES T CAN'T ESCAPE (Tee IT'S TOO. FAST IT HAS | A NUCLEAR WARHEAD... LE | IT EXPLODES, UM A GONER/SUDDENLY, THE HUMAN TOROS] FLAME BEGINS TO DIMINISI AND, AS THE MISSILE 1S. ABOUT TO STRIKE HIM, TWO UAPOSSIBLY LONG ARMS. REACH ABOVE THE ROOF~ [MOVING WITH DAZZLING SPEED, ONE OF THE IN- CREDIBLE ARMS HURLS THE JMIGHTY MISSILE FAR FROM. SHORE, WHERE IT EXPLODES, IHARMLESSLY OVER THE SEA BUT, AS THE FLYING BOYS FLAME, FLICKERS OUT ALTOGETHER, HE BEGINS TO PLUMMET TOWARD EARTH... IOWARD A CERTAIN Doom GRAB ME, JOHNNY Boy.// THAT'S IT! WHO I$ THIS UNBELIEVABLE STRANGER WHO HAS SAVED| SHE HUMAN TORCH? YOU'RE SAFE NOW, LAD! YOU'RE SAFE! IN FACT, WHO ARE ALL FOUR OF THESE STRANGE AND ASTONISHING| HUMANS? HOW DID THEY BECOME WHAT THEY ARE 2 WHAT MYSTIC QUIRK OF FATE BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER, TO FORM THE AWE-INSPIRING GROUP KNOWN AS THE FANTASTIC YOu ALL HEEDED My SUMMONS! GOOD !! THERE 1S A TASK THAT AWAITS US... A FEARFUL TASK/Bur, Tere 1s YOU KNOW We HAVEN'T. | TIME! ENOUGH 7 Bl FLY To THE stars, |[ DONE ENOUGH RESEARCH UBARN OF THE & THEN YOU PILOT INTO THE EFFECT OF COSMIC TASC WHICH THE sHip/ COUNT / \ RAYS! THEY MIGHT KILL US ACES THE 7 Me Our! ‘ALL OUT IN SPACE/ FANTASTIC FOUR!) Piesy eras" [ DISCOVER MORE ™ ABOUT THEIR. {I ones a sehaettar TE YOU WANT TO. ‘BEN, WE'VE GOT To YI-~T NEVER THOUGHT) [ A COWARDI/ NOBODY CALLS ME A TAKE THAT CHANCE...) THAT YOU WOULD. | | COWARD! GET THE SHies TUL FLY UNLESS WE WANT BE A COWARD HER NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS./, THE COMMIES TD BEAT US TO IT/ AND 30, LED By A DETERMINED [Link]] 7] ICHARDS, THE LITTLE GROUP SPED CFFICIAL CLEARANCE! TOWARD THE SPACEPORT ON THE OUT— CONDITIONS ARE 7 SKIRTS OF TOWN DONT Say Ti RIGHT TONIGHT: REED! Tin YOUR FIANCEE! WHERE YOU Go, t GOL BEFORE THE GUARD CAN STOP THEM, THE | [SHES BEHAVING LIKE A BABY! EVERYTHING MIGHTY SHIP WHICH REED RICHARDS Hab] | 1S PERFECT! SPENT YEARS CONSTRUCTING IS SOARING| YEAH, EXCEPT THE INTO THE HEAVENS.,.JWARDS OUTER, COSMIC RAYS NO ONE 5 KNOWS WHAT THEY'LL DO, SPACE J = Read more FREE comics on ReadComicOnliHIGHER AND HIGHER, LIKE A SILVER BULLET, ROARS THE SLEEK SPACE’ CRAFT. HEAVIER SHIELOING! THEY'RE: BuT_L DON'T PENETRATING) Te, sup!” TA ANYTHING! ‘Our SHIELDING p> ISN'T STRONG Enoucn/§ TOO. HEAVY-- GOT To LIE DOWN=— CAN'T MOVEL!ATIC PILOT TOOK OVER, AND MANAGED TO WERE ALL ALIVE! ) AFTER ALL SOUR WORK! RETURN THE SLEEK ROCKET SAFELY TO EARTH, | (IT WAS MIGHTY A_ YOUR DEDICATION... IN A ROUGH, BUT NON-FATAL LANDING! cLoge/ WE FAILED! THAT MOMENT, THE POWERFUL SHIP'S AUTO- ( GRATEFUL, \ BUT, REED...WE FAILEDJ! BuT We'ge STILL Not | [ SUSAN LooK COMPLETLY SAFE/ WE AT SUSAN! STILL HAVE TO'SEE | b~ RAYS AFFECTED US IN) "ANY WAY OH, REED., EFEEL SS ‘STRANGE! TIM MYSELF AGAIN! TT HAPPENED SO SUDDENLY... ACL SOMEHOW THE COSMIC RAYS HAVE ALTERED YOUR ATOMIC STRUCTURE... MAKING YOU GROW INVINSIBLE/ Sis/ i CANT? SEE YOUAT ALL. ANY MORE: THERE'S NO WAY oF KNOWING!THANK ALL RIGHT, EH? HOW BEN, IAA SICK AND I'M SICK OF YOU.,,. HEAVENS // BOVE RNow, wise] [ AnDltiees oe Y Akgiad? EN pAcT Fan YOURE Act Guys Hew be you | | YOuR'INaULTS... \ GONNA PASTE YOU RIGHT, my Now SHE wonrT Or your Bich IN THAT SMUG DARLING! TURN INVISIBLE COMPLAINING! AGAIN? HOW 00 you T DION'T. KNOW WHATICL PURPOSELY cause [feen, st0P! warr!? Noe WHA HAPPENING TO vou/| [Oe tE mister! ta YOU'RE--CHANGING?| | GONNA mor UP fhe Peace wine YOU'VE HAD THISY COMING TO YOU WHAT AM T. Fi PRES? DOING? WHAT You THAT You LOVE THE FOR A LONG TIME || HAPPENED TO WRONG MAN, BEN / MEL TO ALL SUSAN/ TLL: HEY WHAT-SOU'VE TURNED INTO MONSTERS... BOTH OF You. IT'S THOSE RAYS! THOSE TERRIBLE ‘COSMIC RAYS! jOW T KNOW WHY IVE BEEN PEELING SO WARM! LOOK AT MEM THeyve AFFECTED ME, 700!| WHEN I GET EXCITED) 1 CAN FEEL My eo0y BEGIN“ To BLAZE’, TIM LIGHTER THAN AIR! I CAN Pty?! TINaTES LATER, SOUNNY STORMS FLAME SuesibED AND He LANDED Neae f Me omer THREE! SILENTLY ff Hey WATCHED [i He Sac UNDERBRUSH BURN ITSELF ‘Outs SILENTLY oceurieD WIT THEIR Own STARTLING THOUGHTS! MEANS YBU TOO, BEN TOGETHER THERE'S ONLY ONE STILL MISSING... Vz ain't BEN ANYMORE -- TM WHAT SUSAN CALLED ME-- THE THING 1 AND_SO WAS BORN "Tle FANTASTIC POUR" AND FROM THAT MOMENT ON, THE, WORLD. WOULD NEVER AGAIN BE THETHE FANTASTIC FOUR MEETTHE E THING THAT HAPPENED TO THE: THAT'S JUST IT! IT'S HAPPENING TO OTHER ATOMIC PLANTS ON THOSE PHOTOS/| | ATOMIC PLANTS ALL OVER THE WORLO! NO ONE KNOWS HOW--OR WHY, AND THIS IS WAIT ACCORDING THIS ONE 1S IN SOUTH T0, THE STEADY. IN AUSTRALIA! AMERICA! IS ABOUT DUE TO TAKE PLACE! \ i Ah AAG hl wal vl wl AND, EVEN AS REED. RICHARDS SPEAKS, HALF- WAY AROUND THE WORLD, IN FRENCH AFRICA, THE FOLLOWING SCENE IS TAKING PLACE. WHAT IS, WRONG, PIERRE? TT |S AN EARTHQUAKE! WAIT! THE GROUND SUT HERS IN THE ey) EMBL IN \OESERT#? IMPOSSIBLE! sei eae sacre eeu!THE ENTIRE But THE worst is yet To comel! INSTALLATION! FOR, LESS THAN THIRTY SECONDS. ETT IS LATER, CAVING Ind ak’ gueee wens ~ THATS WHAT INDEEO2? TT IS A GIGANTIC PAIR OF CLAWS, THE LIKE OF WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN ON EARTH, OR ON ANY PLANET IN THE UNIVERSE / UNBELIEVABLE... MIND STAGGERING.. ARTILLERY! OF WHAT USE isarTiLLeRy| [ARTILLERY! oF wHaT use] [But nist AS IT SEEMS. AGAINST A CREATURE WHOSE HIDE is | |‘is ARTILLERY AGAINST | [THAT NOTHING IN THe WORLD POWERFUL ENOUGH TO DIS ITs WAY UP | | A MONSTER WHO CAN | |WILL HALT THE NIGHTMARE THRU COUTLESS TONS ,,| | CRUSH A HEAVY TANK | |MENACE, THE SHRILL SOUND OF ROCK-HARD EARTHS? | WITH ONE HAND?? | JOF A COMMANDING VOICE IS HEARD... AND THE GOLIATH STOPS IN ITS TRACKS/ ENOUGH! RETURN To. EARTH'S CORE! OUR MISSION HERE (3 FINISHED! GOM For EVEN SUCH 4 MONSTER JHEEDS ITS MASTER! A JAASTER| THE MOLEMANS) Read more FREE comics on ReadComicOnlineBut we sHact eeTuen| To THE MOLEMAN. BEFORE LONG! F1RST, fl LET US TURN OUR EQUITORIAL ATTENTION BACK TO. i AFRICA! “ite FANTASTIC FOUR, ] its ey ence w or are ) Son smenet At \ ) on Ree ees aes J , q Spee ceNetive A RADAESCOPE. \ | "MONSTER ISLE! THAT'S TUST APAIRY TALE! THERE'S NO. SUCH PLACE) yf Pras WHAT Vl WE'VE GOT TO FIND our! BY STUDYING THE CAVE-INS CAREFULLY, I'VE PIN= POINTED ‘AN. ISLAND LOCATED EXACTLY, BETWEEN THEM! THAT 15, WHERE WE WILL FIND CuR ANSWER! IT 1S KNOWN As ‘MONSTER 1SLE/ AND FIND OUT THEY DO! HOURS LATER, ABOARD THEIR SRRLO peIVATE Ter, Tie PANTASTIC FOUR SCE A STRANGE MOUNTAIN RISING FROM THE SEA, LIKE AN LINEARTHLY GROTESQUE FACE "Tey Haye HUNG MONSTER ‘SupoeNLy, A LIVING. THREE-HEADED NIGHT MARE HURLS ITSELF ar] THEM FROM OVER THE EDGE OF THE PEAK (OF MONSTER ISLE! Lirtce DREAMING WHAT. AWAITS THEM, THEY CLIMB. TO THE Top OF THE FORBIDDING PEAK.. HOLD ITT HEAR ‘SOMETHING[SEEING ONE OF mS INTENDED VICTIMS VANISH BEFORE ITS EYES, THE MONSTER HALTS... BEWILDERED!!! THERES JUST Time Gog Mi sECOME: frastie ACAING| TILL MAKE A LUGE, (ASSO OUT OF MY Bur BEFORE Ma, FANTASTIC AND THE HUMAN TORCH Caren THER BREATHFINALLY, THE AMAZING DUO | FLOAT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT... rs MOVING! BLINDING! CAN'T. SEE! TT MIGHT BE MINUTES, OR HOURS LATER, WHEN THE TWO MEN REGAIN THEIR SENSES ONLY TO FIND THEMSELVES GARBED IN STRANGE, | JADHESIVE-TyPE SUITS WHICH PROTECT THEM FROM THE’ BLINDING, UNEARTHLY GLOW! (THe Licur--rr ACTUALLY y CAUSED US TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS/ BUT HOW DID WE GO, YOU HAVE RECOVERED, Have yous TT 1s_ABotir TIMEd! AND WHERE ARE THE REASON YOu CANNOT. SEE IS... You ARE BLINDED BY THE GLARETHE MOLEMAN'S SECRET’ JEFORE WE WITNESS THE BREATHTAKING CON- BESSe Ste NESS nee ere FETUS GATHER WHO DID 'NOT FALL BELOW DURING THE CAVE Nar REED... AND JOHNNY.-.GOT TO FIND “THEM! ye Foune ae | |( Hee!) ( Heme ui r e Me THE THING}: nee? ANE THE FRIGHTENING Stent as e\THE SECOND GIGANTIC GUARDIAN OF MONSTER 'T BE STOPPE! WHAT DID. T'M THE THING, You 'EXPECT?? ‘AIN'T TPE ISLE 1S POWERFUL BEYOND BELIEF... BUT HE S| FIGHTING AN ENEMY WHOSE EVERY ATOM HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH COSMIC [Link] ENEM NOW LET'S GO. AND FIND THAT SKINNY, LOUD MOUTHED BOY-FRIEND OF, yours! YOU'VE DONE IT, BENS YOU'VE BEATEN HA) (OH, BEN=-IF ONLY YOU \ COULD'STOP HATING ED FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO YOL AND WijsT OF REED RICHARDS? AND SUES BROTHER, SONNE We AGAIN DESCEND TO IE DEPTHS OF mor NSTER ISLE WHERE WE FIND THEM CON- FRONTED BY THE STRANGEST MENACE OF ALL TIME... THE MOLEMAN/ 50, YOU HAVE NEVER BEFORE HEARD OF THE WROLEMAN, EE U WELL, SOON THE WORLD SHALL” FOR SOON, THE MOLEMAN WILL Mave THE ENTIRE WORLD IN HIS POWER! HOw DID you GET HERE? WHAT 1S THis, PLace?"IT ALL STARTED LONG AGO BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF THE SURFACE WORLD MOCKED ME, FINALLY, I COULD STAND 11] NO LONGER/'I DECIDED TO STRIKE OUT ALONE... SEARCH FOR A NEW WORLD ta:THE LEGENDARY LAND iT THE CENTER OF THE EARTH! A WORLD WHERE ECOULD BE KING! MY TRAVELS TOOK ME ALL ‘OVER THE GLOBE..." WHAT? ME GO. OUT WITH YOU? 7 EVEN THIS LONELINESS {is BETTER THAN THE CRUELTY OF ‘MAY FELLOW KNOW YOU'RE QUALIFIED, BUT YOU CAN'T WORK HERE! YOu'o SCARE OUR OMER EMPLOYEES HEY, |S THAT yout FACE, OR ARE YOU WEARIN' A MASK ? HAW HAW! "AND THEN, JUST WHEN I HAD ‘ALMOST ABANDONED HOPE... WHEN MY LITTLE SKIFF HAD BEEN WASHED ASHORE HERE ON MONSTER" ISLE, I FOUND IT/’ THAT STRANGE. CAVERN! WHERE CAN IT LEAD TO? IE SOON SAW WHERE IT LED... IT LED 10 THE LAND OF MV DREAMS..." DOWN THERE... BELOW- “BUT IN THE DREAD SILENCE| OF THAT HUGE CAVERN, THE SUDDEN SHOCK OF MY LOUD I'VE FOUND it! rr's EARTH'S CENTER! "L,WHEN IT WAS OVER, THAD "SOMEHOW MIRACULBUSLY SURVIVED THE FALL... BUT, DUE TO THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH, I HAD LOST MOST OF |[fuer was To Be THE LAST OF MAY MISFORTUNES! MY LUCK, BEGAN TO TURN I MY BAVORe/'T MASTERED THE CREATURES DOWN HERE™- MADE THEM DO WY BIDDING —~ AND WITH THEIR, [ANOTE OF MaDNeEss creeps | [WAH T SENSED THAT BLOW INTO THE MOLE'S VOICE AS COMINGS NOTHING CAN TAKE HE SPEAKS OF HiS POWER! | | ME BY SURPRISE! AND, T AND THEN, HE MAKES HIS HAVE DEVELOPED OTHER FIRST FATAL MISTAKE, SENSES 700, LIKE THOSE HELP, I CARVED OUT AN UNDER- GROUND EMPIRE! (OF THE Bar- T CONQUERED EVERYTHING ABOUT ME! T EVEN LEARNED) TO SENSE THINGS IN THE DARK=-LIKE A MOLE/ HERE, HLL SHOW YOU! TRY TO STRIKE ME WITH THAT T POSSESS A NATURAL RADAR) SENSE... A WARNING SYSTEM WHICH ENABLES ME TO EVADE WHATEVER DANGER STRIKES| AT MES MAN, YOU ARE SLOW, CLUMSY HAH HAH! WHO TRY TO DEFY, Me! MASTER PLAN SEE THIS MAP OF AY UNDERGROUNG EMPIRE! EACH TUNNEL LEADS 10 A MAJOR CITY/ AS SOON AS T HAVE WRECKED EVERY ATOMIC PLANT, EVERY SOURCE OF EARTHLY POWER, AAY MIGHTY MOLE CREATURES WILL ATTACK AND DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT LIVES ABOVE THE SURFACE! [Row, BEFORE t SLAY You ALL, BEHOLD MY AND NOW, AT MY SIGNAL, THOSE CREATURES OF DARKNESS, MY DENIZENS OF EARTH'S CENTER, SHALL DISPOSE OF ALL OF YOU WITLESS INTRUDERS!TOO LATE, FOOL! THE DIE IS. cast! THERE Is NO TURNING BACK! OUT... BEHIND ‘AND THEN. THE FANTASTIC THING #! LOOK) HEARING THE MOLE'S SIGNAL, THE LARGEST AND MOST DEADLY OF HIS UNDERGROUND CREATURES PONDEROUSLY. RAISES ITSELF INTO THE ROOM... ITS BRAINLESS RAGE DIRECTED AT THE FOUR ASTONISHED HUMANS FOUR FLY INTO BLAZING ACTION. LOOK OUT, REED/ TM GONNA BURN MY WAY OUTTA THIS AMONKEY SUIT) STAND ASIDE, GANG! IT'S GONNA GET MIGHTY WARAA ‘AROUND HERE! [BACK AND FORTH, BUZZING AROUND. THE MONSTER'S HEAD LIKE A HORNET, FLIES THE HUMAN TORCH, AS THE GIGANTIC CREATURE VAINLY TRIES TO GRASP HIS FIERY FOE/ REED! THE MOLE MAN! HE'S ESCAPING!CAN'T YOU EVEN, HOLD ON TO ONE LITTLE GUY? MOVING LIKE A WELL-} OILED FIGHTING MACHINE, THE FANTASTIC FOUR, WITH THE DEADLY GRASP, RACE FOR THE! SURFACE... BUT THEN THEIR EVIL_ANTAGONIST SEIZES THE SIGNAL CoRD AGAIN, AND... AND THEN THEY COME... LIKE FIGMENTS OF A MAD NIGHTMARE, ROARING, RUNNING, SNARLING,.. THE MOLEMAN'S ENTIRE ARMY ‘OF UNDERGROUND GARGOVLES// BUT THEY HADN'T = THIS WILL_CAUSE A COUNTED ON THE fag ROCKSLIDE, SEALING UNBELIEVABLE : US OFF FROM THOSE POWER OF THE CREATURES / HUMAN TORCH! FLYING BETWEEN HIS FANTASTIC. ALLIES, AND THE PURSUING HORDE, HE BLAZES A FIERY SWATH WHICH MELTS THE SOFT EARTH... T'S BEST THAT WAY! THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR HIM IN OUR WORLD | tesPERHAPS HE'LL FIND) BEACE DOWN THERE... T HOPE SO! MAONENTS LATER... BUT WHERE 1S THE MOLEMAN? WE DID 17... WE'RE FREE! AND THE ENTRANCE TO THE MOLEMAN'S. EMPIRE 1S SEALED FOREVER! “AND THE WORDS OF MAR. FANTASTIC ARE INDEED PROPHETIC... AS, SECONDS LATER, HE'S DESTROYED THE ENTIRE ISLE! HE'S SEALED HIMSELF, BELOW-FOREVER!, LEFT HIM BEHIND--HELL| NEVER TROUBLE| ‘ANYONE, T JUST HOPE WE HAVE SEEN THE LAST OF HIM Bur, WHETHER WE'VE SEEN] Tue LAST OF THE MOLEMAN OR NOT, WE WILL SEE ‘MUCH MORE OF THE MOST] AMAZING QUARTET IN HISTORY, INTHE NEXT. GREAT ISSUE OF—- THE FANTASTIC Four,!!, DONT MISS ITH