Appearing in "Tomorrow -- World War Three!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Monocle (Michel Berman) ⏵ (First appearance)
Other Characters:
UN delegates
- Black Bolt (Mentioned)
Locations:
Items:
- Nutrak Ray
Vehicles:
- Fantasti-Car MK II (Destroyed)
Synopsis for "Tomorrow -- World War Three!"
A spy named the Monocle, has been hired by benefactors who seek to benefit from the outbreak of World War III, by plotting an assassination at the UN Summit in New York, He first targets the summits defenders: The Fantastic Four.
The Monocle successfully distracts Sue and Reed by knocking the Fantasticar our of the sky with his Neutrak Ray blaster. He then uses it to knock over a building to distract the Thing. Meanwhile, Medusa has asked Crystal to return with her to the Hidden Land as the Inhuman royal family needs her. When Johnny tries to prevent Crystal from leaving, Medusa forcibly takes Crystal with her, and leaves Johnny upset.
Reed convinces Johnny that saving the world is more important than pouting, and sends him to help with protecting the delegation. Johnny is also targeted from afar by the Monocle. As soon as he prevents a water tower from falling on the people below, a billboard begins to fall.
Setting up at the summit posing as a member of the Foreign Press Agency, the Monocle is surprised when his Neutrak gun, cleverly disguised as a camera, explodes. The shocked Monocle is told by Reed that he'd discovered Neutrak rays sometime ago and after the attacks built a Neutrak feedback device. Fleeing with his air-jet rods, the Monocle is captured when the Human Torch melts the devices and the Thing catches him when he falls to the ground.
Solicit Synopsis
Notes
Continuity Notes
- As revealed in Fantastic Four #99 Crystal was asked to return to Attilan to help treat Black Bolt after he was injured in an experiment.
- Medusa next appears in Silver Surfer #18 wherein she defends Attilan from an attack by the Silver Surfer.
- The Monocle's real name was revealed in the Human Torch entry of Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #5. He next appears in Fantastic Four #204, 205 and 207 where he is in the employ of the Enclave. In that story he takes over Security University to try and steal secrets from the students who attend, who are comprised mostly of the children of the wealthy, political and military elite.
Publication Notes
- This issue contains a letters page, Fantastic Four Fan Page. Letters are published from Jeffrey Morgan, Charlie Williams, Mike Burton, Anne Greco, Ron Haeske, John Sorenson, and David Hachman.
