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Quote1 You accepted each other for who you are. You were family. Just knowing that was possible...that it might be possible for me...it means a lot. It still does. Quote2
Spider-Man

Appearing in "Family Values"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Spider-Man / Fantastic Four #4

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Synopsis for "Family Values"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Spider-Man / Fantastic Four #4

The Thing's bubble bath is interrupted by Spider-Man who has come to the Baxter Building after getting a text message asking him for his help. The Thing didn't send the text message, so they go about asking everyone else didn't send the message either. With no emergencies to speak of, the Thing agrees to sitting down to a poker game with Spider-Man. No sooner have they sat down are they suddenly attacked by what appears to be Doctor Doom. As the rest of the Fanastic Four rush into the room they learn their attacker is actually Kristoff Vernard. The Fantastic Four are shocked to see Kristoff who they haven't seen since the Onslaught crisis. Kristoff explains that after a failed bid to reclaim Latveria, he forsaw the return of the Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom (who were believed dead at the time) and began plotting to retake Latveria and defeat the Fantastic Four.

Kristoff explains how he went back in time to utilize mystical texts from that were located in the Latverian embassy before they were destroyed. He then stole a sample of the Venom symbiote during the period in time that the Fantastic Four had it in their possession. Returning it to the present, Kristoff used it to set off a Venom bomb that Doctor Doom was blamed for and ultimately incarcerated. But his subsequent release at the hands of Norman Osborn led to Vernard to destroy the Doom directly. He stole a portion of the Technotroid and replicated its armor. He explains that he has come to seek the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man's aid in overthrowing Doom. However the Invisible Woman refuses to do so, pointing out that majority of people in Latveria worship Doctor Doom and that any time they have tried to dispose of him, things went poorly.

When Reed suggests that Kristoff needs help, and the youth lashes out at them. The Fantastic Four fight him back but one-by-one they all fall, leaving Spider-Man alone to fight him. Instead of fighting him, the wall-crawler pulls out one of the Fantastic Four's family albums. Seeing pictures of how happy he was living with the Fantastic Four was. Kristoff is shocked they kept photos of him. By this point the Fantastic Four have recovered and tell Kristoff that they searched for him after they returned and that they still consider him part of their family. Unwilling to accept them now, Kristoff is determined to meet his destiny and teleports away. In the aftermath of the battle, the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man feel pity for Kristoff who has nobody while they all had family they could rely on. This gets them to thinking that Spider-Man is part of their expanded family. While back at his hideout, Kristoff has wrecked all his machinery.

Appearing in "Three Part 2: Congratulations, Mister Grimm. You're Handsome Again!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #584

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Synopsis for "Three Part 2: Congratulations, Mister Grimm. You're Handsome Again!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #584

The Thing has returned from the Future City and waits for the evolutionary mutation to wear off and restore him back to his usual form. Looking at himself in the mirror, he is depressed that he's still his rocky self. Ben then goes into the kitchen and learns from Johnny that he and the children are helping see Sue off to Old Atlantis. He tells Johnny that he needs his help with something. In the hanger, Sue says goodbye to her children and tells then to behave themselves. She tells Reed that there shouldn't be any trouble brokering peace between the undersea kingdoms, and is soon takes off.

Meanwhile, Ben shows Johnny the vial of the serum that the Future Foundation developed. He explains that it should allow him to become human again once a year for an entire week. Grimm has decided to take the potion and wants Johnny around in case anything goes wrong. When the Thing takes the potion his rocky skin suddenly crumbles away revealing his human form underneath. Johnny jokingly says Ben is more hideous than ever before, which startles Ben until he realises the joke. The Torch then suggests that instead of spending his time being weepy and sentimental about the whole thing, they should go out and have fun like two normal guys. Soon they are walking through the streets of New York City and Ben is happy to see that nobody stares. First, they check out a football game, have dinner with old friends before playing a poker game with the New Avengers. On their way back to the car that evening, they cross paths with the newest incarnation of the Yancy Street Gang, which now consists of ex-Wall Street and failed dot-com types. The gang is looking to rob them, but Ben and Johnny are spoiling for a fight and take them on.

At that moment, the Invisible Woman lands on Utopia Isle on the Pacific Ocean where she is greeted by Cyclops and Emma Frost of the X-Men. After pleasantries are made, Sue is taken to Namor where his envoy is ready to meet with the delegation from Old Atlantis. The Sub-Mariner tells Sue that he is looking forward to establishing a new union between these realms.

Back in New York, Ben and Johnny have trounced the Yancy Streeters and are about ready to call it a night. Before returning to the Baxter Building, Johnny says they have one more place they need to go first. Johnny doesn't tell Ben where they are going, but soon finds out their destination is Alicia Masters' apartment. It doesn't take much prompting to get Ben to go up and see his old girlfriend. Alicia is happy to see Ben, and quickly discovers that he is human once again. The revelation brings her to tears. As the two embrace, Johnny watches Ben from the window, proud that he's finally doing what he has yearned to do for years.

In the early morning hours, Mister Fantastic is observing the Fault from one of his powerful telescopes. However, his work is interrupted by the arrival of the Silver Surfer who demands answers from Reed about the dead body of Galactus that he discovered buried below the Earth. The Surfer reveals that he knows that this Galactus came from the future and as such his master is the one who wants answers. No sooner does he say this does Galactus appears above the Baxter Building.

Appearing in "Shall Earth Endure?"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #77

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Synopsis for "Shall Earth Endure?"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Fantastic Four #77

Brief Summary:
The Silver Surfer returns to Earth, while the Fantastic Four stay in the Microverse to battle the Psycho-Man. The Surfer agrees to help Galactus find another planet to eat in order to save the Earth once again. The Fantastic Four leave the Microverse, thinking that their world still needs to be saved, and the Surfer is returned to Earth by Galactus.

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Detailed Summary:
As the Silver Surfer returns to Earth to appease his former master Galactus, the Fantastic Four's leader Mister Fantastic has opted that they will remain in the Microverse until the threat of the Psycho-Man has also been resolved as well. As they discuss their next course of action a device flies towards them and teleports them aboard the Psycho-Man's ship. There the Psycho-Man reveals his intentions of destroying the Fantastic Four before making his next attempt to conquer Earth. When Johnny lashes out with his flame powers, seemingly destroying Psycho-Man, they find that he has tricked them with an encepho-projector that projected a hologram of their foe.

Back on Earth, the Silver Surfer has increased in size enough that he has returned from the Microverse. Upon his arrival he is greeted by Crystal and updates her on what's going on. She tells him not to mention any danger to Sue, and explains that she is pregnant. When Sue becomes restless from the lack of news about her husband, the Surfer uses his Power Cosmic to sedate her so she can rest. The Surfer then speeds into space to greet Galactus, agreeing to find him a suitable world again in order to spare the Earth from his hunger.

Meanwhile, in the Microverse, the Fantastic Four search for Psycho-Man, smashing their way through his ship and its defenses until they reach their foe. Psycho-Man proves stronger than they had anticipated and he bowls over the Thing. In order to get a breather, Johnny melts down a wall to block his path, but the tyrant of the Microverse smashes through the barrier easily. Ben quickly enters the fray, but the Psycho-Man gets away again, angering Reed who wanted to examine their foe. As the Surfer finds a new world for Galactus to consume, the Fantastic Four track down Psycho-Man again who attacks them in yet another suit of armor, one that can counteract their super-human abilities. However as the struggle continues, the Thing causes some of the Psycho-Man's equipment to fall on him, trapping him. However before Ben can finish him off, Reed tells him that they have to let the Psycho-Man go.

While in space, the Silver Surfer has succeeded in his appointed task and asks Galactus to set him free. Galactus refuses, instead teleporting him back to Earth so that he can find the Silver Surfer easily should he require his assistance in the future. Back in the Microverse, the Thing frees the Psycho-Man as Reed explains the threat of Galactus, and how if the world devourer destroyed the Earth, the Microverse would be destroyed as well. After Psycho-Man probes Reed's mind and learns that he is telling the truth, he teleports them back home in the hopes they can stop Galactus.

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