Comics:Fantastic Four Vol 1 16
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Appearing in "The Micro-World of Doctor Doom"
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- Ant-Man (Henry Pym)
- Janet van Dyne (Earth-616) (Cameo)
- Pearla
- King of Sub-Atomica
- Lizard Men of Tok
- Molly Margaret McSnide
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Synopsis for "The Micro-World of Doctor Doom"
When the Fantastic Four are plagued by a series of incidents where they suddenly shrink to minature size and suddenly return to normal, the call on Ant-Man for help, when Ant-Man arrives he gives Reed a sample of his shrinking gas and leaves to see what he can figure out in his own lab.
After experimenting while the other FF have some leasure time, Reed completes a new version of the formula and the FF injest it shrinking down to mircoscopic size. Finding themselves in a Microverse where a kingdom has been taken over by Dr. Doom, the Fantastic Four are defeated by Doom's warriors and taken prisoner. When Ant-Man returns and finds the FF missing, he shrinks down to microscopic size, and finds himself captured as well.
When the FF free themselves from their prison, they free Ant-Man as well and the five heroes work togeather to fight off Dr. Doom and his followers. Doom retreats by resuming his normal size, and all his minions are rounded up. The restored king of the land thanks the Fantastic Four and Ant-Man for ousting Doom, and the heroes return to their normal size.
Notes
- Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Girl, the Human Torch and the Thing last appeared in Strange Tales #111; They all appear next in Fantastic Four #17.
- Ant-Man last appeared in Tales to Astonish #45; He appears next in Fantastic Four #17.
- The Wasp last appeared in Tales to Astonish #45; She appears next in Tales to Astonish #46.
- Doctor Doom last appeared in Fantastic Four #10; He appears next in Fantastic Four #17.
- Pearla and the Lizard Men of Tok both appear next in Marvel Two-In-One #87.
- Mister Fantastic tells Ant-Man that he may be able to develop a shrinking serum himself, but it would take time. What about the Shrinking Gas (supposedly based on Ant-Man's formula) that he manufactured on Planet X in Fantastic Four #7? What happened to Doctor Doom's reducing ray - the one that sent him to Sub-Atomica back in Fantastic Four #10 in the first place?
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- Cover gallery for the Fantastic Four series
Recommended Reading
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