THE WORLD'S GREATEST COMIC MAGAZINE! » AT LAST YOu WILL LEARN WHAT LIVES... WITHIN THE FEATURING: THE POWER OF.“LAST THE FABULOUS (BSP, NALLY DISCOVER THE UNCAWMY POWER OF. ‘WHENLOPENS THE gofal ole). iY ALICIA MASTERS HAS BEEN MYSTERIOUSLY BROUGHT TOA HIDDEN LAND KNOWN ONLY AS THE C/TADEL OF SCIENCE! WHILE, BACK AT HOME, THE BRILLIANT LEADER OF THE FANTASTIC FOUR TOILS TIRELESSLY, SEEKING A WAY TO RESCUE THE MISSING GIRL-~ THE ONLY Way To L/WD HER IS To DUPLICATE THE ELECTROMIC BRACELET WHICH HER CAPTOR WORE, BENS Pasa PRODUCED BY: caMPUTER = [SIAN JACK BL Rie para ive Cott ecreo, 3 of (He a) gh tine WE'LL save Days OF x Tikesome t LEE IRBY CALCULATIONS / oy cc = aes oo a z TANIASIG FOUR ublbd by CANAM PULLERS SALES COmP_ OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 425 HADISON AVENUE, NEW, YON MY, Oded, SECOND CLASS HALL PaiVileceS AUTHORED AT NEV? YORK. N.Y. ADDITIONAL ENTRY AT-Meriden, Conn. Published ‘emi mortaly. 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WE DARED 10 TAMPER WITH WATURE'S GREATEST SECRET- We TRIED TO CREATE A NEW, We No CHANCE] HIM TILL WHAT ‘AND we've: 10 28: WE CAN LEARN He 220, YOUR SHOULDER MAY BE THE ONLY THING THAT CAN SAVE MANKIND!EVEN THOUGH T CAN'T) BUT--YOU HAD TOLD MB=-You, SEE HIM—-HE'S IN| AND THE O7WER THREE~-HAD. THERE SOMEWHEREL, TRIED TO CREATE A PERFECT LIVING BEING--70 START A WEW RACE-- WITHOUT. SWITHOUT SIN AY /H¥, DON'T YOU--| Give iT 4 CHANCE: Ve GOT TO WE HAD NO RIGHT, IT POSSESSES POWER WITHOUT. 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OF THE COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC INSTALLATION, 7WREE MEW OBSERVE EVERYTHING THAT TRANSPIRES VIA A CLOSED- CIRCUIT TY SCANNER: ‘STILLIT 1S A TERRIBLE namiuron is\ ZF fr wees, \ Tune WE HAVE CONE, S\ SIGHTLESS| FEMALE 10, T NEVER SHOULD HAVE ALLOWED WEAKL/NGS Cy LIKE YOU TO JOIN ME / THE PLAN WAS SO PERFECT--$0 FOoL- PROOF) WE WOULD CREATE AN ENTIRE NEW 24CE--A NEW J2RZED CF LIVING BEINGS-- WHO WOULD CONQUER MANKIND] WE SHOULD HAVE ANOWN VOU WERE MAD-- IF ONLY WE HADN'T BEEN JBLINDED By GREEDI| WE SHOULD HAVE AWS WE COULDN'T CONTROL SOMETHING SO SUPREMELY POWERFUL, LET US HEAR HIM UTM TF THE GRE, SHOULD FAIL US~=1e WHAT ITs772 ISNT) 17, SHINGKI2 HOPELESS 4, HAVE BEEN FRETTING JAND WRINGING YOUR MANOS, I'VE BEEN WORKING WORKING ON A LAST-DITEH (eurceey, COME with) We HAVE NOTHING] ME TO CEVEL SEVEN) TO COSE/ LET'S sath BO, MORLAK/, ne vacuum 1 THEN!WITHIN SECONDS, OPERATING ON SILENT VACUUM DOWER, THE THRER~ ISEATER VEWICLE SPEEDS TowAgDs LEVEL SBVEN--TRAVERSING THE MANY LEVELS OF THE SECRET CITADEL OF SCIENCE-- THAT GREAT, HIDDEN COMPLEX OF TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH STANDS LIKE A GIANT BEEW/VE UPON THE MOST REMOTE AREA OF BARTH=-/ EVEN Wow, IT IS HARD TO SEE WHERE, oR HOW WE FAILED! v WITH THE LIMITLESS WEALTH cur SCIENTIFIC. PATENTS! Hae eRoucHt Us we AB ONLY To CREATE ONE ALL-POWERFUL BEING--AND THEN, PUPLICATE Kith, 8Y THE COUNTLESS PHOUSANDS/ [MISTAKE=-CUR c ane "AND WE 20 CREATE HIME =a ‘BUT CUR GREATEST GREATEST FAILURE WAS IN THE CONTROL APPARATUS--/ TRUE WE Mabe HIM SO POWERFUL THAT EVEN WE CANNOT CONTROL, Hal ‘AND THAT, GENTLEMEN, |S EXACTLY’ THE REASON 1 TOOK. THE PRE- CAUTION OF CREATING THE NEW ANTI-GRAVITY TRANSMITTER WHICH I$ BEHINO THIS DOOR! ANTI GRAVITY? WHAT GooD WILL THAT, 00 US IF (WE BREAKS SHOULD ALL ELSE FAIL, WE NEED. MERELY PLUNGE THIS. [AND THE POWER SOURCE BENEATH WILL SEND AN, UATRON(C WAVE WHICH WILL SURROUND A/M--AND TPRAW HIM INSTANTLY. INTO. THE FURTHEST: REACHES OF OUTER PERFECT HE CAN NO LONGER MEWACE US IE HE NO) LONGER STS HERE ON EARTH eS THEN WE'LL BE ERE To TRY AGAIN =A SECOND Time?BUT NOW, AS EVENTS RAPIDLY REACH THE CRITICAL POINT, WE RETURN ON TORE HEA WHERE We FI IN THE £4@ WITH THE THING, JONNY! 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DONTCHA T WANT YOU YO STAY HERE: KNOW THAT TONE IN HIS ALSO,CRYS~-T0 LOOK AFTER| voice BY NOWE SUE Fy YOU AINT GONNA CHANGE NS IND ~=AND WE'RE JUST WASTIN' 77M67 THIS ISN'T A a OR A ESTION,‘STAND CLOSE TO ME, AS T GRASP youR WersTS=~ JUST AS THE STRANGER DID TOALKIAS THE ENERGY FROM THE BRACELET'S C/RCUITS WiLL ELOW THRU THE IHREE OF US!) MEBBE We OUGHTTA DO THIS IN HER. MENT: WHERE SHE wANisHED WHATEVER WAPPENS-- TT DOESNT MATTER WHERE STAY BESIDE MES WE DEPART FROM, BEN,/ THE BRACELETIS CIRCUITRY WILL| BRING Us TO THE SAME DESTINATION? FEEL My WRIST STARTING TO TMELE-=LIKE AN ELEcTRIC sHocK =7GOING THRU ‘ANY WHOLE (Boor! THEYRE GOWE-- VANISHED) THE SAME WAY Ad7c/d VANISHED? TT MUST BE SOME BUT WHERE R? WHERE ae THEY 2077 whikeaee Bl oy THe Power oF RLOUR D06--coce raw! (Anb, PEEP WITHIN THE INCREDIBLE BAEW/VE WHICH HOUSES THE HIDDEN C/7ADEL OX SCIENCE-~ BUT.-27 ISN'T POSSIBLE! 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HIM- FROM EMERGING ~~ BEGINS To ABRT=ny ‘AND, EVEN As THE AWeSowe COCOON SLOWLYHEY! ARE YOU TRYIN! TA TAKE BOF SHOTS OUTTA MY BIG-TALKIN! BUDDY RP LOCH Ei THAT'S WHERE AZ/C/A THATS REAL LWARIENDLY, is/ OF Ya, SONNY! See pines Sah gl Beg scoNDS: 10 be ENACT. Pom THOee oF veU WHO BOLLECT SuEH @OUL= STIRRING STATISTICS( a - Now ANT YOU FASTER, CHARLIE~- | THE clever, suarp-) ( Leson VA Want a EYED SWEETIE ce “eas ais) GONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGE(WHice: a Fi THe ENERGY Bu/L0-uP \_/ IS INCREASING BY THE SECOND,/ Wr ceseave WHaTever 1 CANT 1 DON'T kNOW== ZN. AND, ‘LONG AS F CANDO ANYTHIN' ABOUT IT-=vA NEVER WiLL BE AGAIN! HE'S FAR MORE POWEREUL THAN, We ever aeeamen), BUT, ALL OTHERS MUST PAy== FOR THE | evil THEY aD \ eLanneo! 0 BE/ THe FEMace Ye NEED wor FEAR? MY FATE--15 ASSURED! Bur wear Witt, Hae T COULD NEVER: WAVE 27D W AAYSELE=-Kh UNKNOWN, ANGERS“ BENNY DARLING -- i's Yous! you've OME FoR Nef fis LiKe A SY onean! MOH DID YOU EVER 4/WO MER NEVER ING THAT Wom ALICIA / WE'VE GOTTA GET eur oF ANY MORE ENERGY ‘BURSTS FOR YOU:REED! wiiar's Yt OON'T eNOW, JOUNNY-- BUT UM THERE? WHATEVER IT 1S, IT POSSESSES WHAT'S CAUSING |] MORE NAKED AGWER THAN ALL OF THIS, ANY LIVING BEING HASA RIGHT TO CONTROLS WEVE G07 Voy Feel THe TO FIND GROUND TELLING, sHaKee waar wil THE ENERGY gy HAPPEN BUILO-UP 18 STIL, GROWING) THE KID GAINTED —— BUT SHE'S OKAY! Diya HEAR MEP ALICIA'S, SOME WAY 70 GIT, 4 US OUTTA HERE, ‘Due ONLY NoT REMAIN Vf CHANCE IS REACH HERE 70 A/GuT To REACH THB ESCAPE GRD THRU Vp WHICH WE ENTERED! (-BECAUSE NOTHIN’ ALWE WHILE, AT AN ELECTRONIC WEW=SCREEN, IN, ANOTHER PART OF THE MYSTERIOUS BEEHIVE THEY ARE OF NO CONCERN | | e/Ge77ouR ONLY DENGER WHAT ABOUT YouR AW77=, GRAVITY TRANSMITTER P2 YOU Saib IT WOULD HURL IAN (NTO SPACEY ONCE WE USE MP WE'VE IT, ALL CUR Work) No. WILL'HAVE BEEN | OTHER IN VANS WEILL | CHOICE HAVE To\START. ALL OVER AGAIN.WE'VE ROBBED--AND CHEATED --ANP TURNED T--DON'T GWBER-\ WE SHOULD \ WITH NOTHING MORE TRAITOR WE'VE EVEN CLOSED OUR EVES TO MURDER! svavayt — \ HAVE KNOWN \ THAN A THOUGHT == AND’ NOW---7H/S15 OUR PAYOFF -=/) PUSHED TE | TT WAS MIA-~ | HE NEUTRAL IZED bere ‘SKIP THE \THE MEN! | | PLUNGER, BUT--) HE CAN REAP | YOUR TRANSMITTER //] WE MUST WIRE Ov/7 THe) SPEECHES OUR mines VERY THING THAT WAS. THe DO, TO MAKE US MASTERS. WE MADE THE WORLDS DEADLIEST CREW OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY DEMAND=— THEIR AAYMEW TAP Bur, THE Wikee COLD-BLOODED CONSPIRATORS ARE THOUSANDS OF YARDS FROM THEIR. DESTINATION== WHILE OUR FAR-FAMED, FLEEING FRIENDS ARE ALMOST POW IT \ Sa ( \\\ Nh WELL, T GUESS we you're \ SEeIN’ AS How THEYRE CANT WASTE Time’ YB BLAMED | WORKIN" FOR: WORRYING ABOUT JiR 8/607" WHO ToeanANO, AS THE DESPERATE, ‘SHOUTING UNIFORMED ASSASSINS BEGIN THEIR FUTILE SEARCH fey FOR THEIR LEADER=~ TTS WO USE/ WELL NEVER MAKE IT) THERE |SN'T 7M: HE'S ALMOST Rly 22S Every THinewe Be WANTED HIM To BE~- AND MORE-~ FAR, FAR T AWOW THe TRUE NATURE OF ‘YOUR EVIL PLANS! THEREFORE, I HAVE NO RELUCTANCE TO DO: WHAT A037 BE DONE: THIS PLANET OF HUMANS |S NOT FOR ME--NOT YET-=NOT TILL, THUS, 2 SHALL TAKE MY Leave NOTE! OUR LETTERS SECT AANKIND WILL NEVER KNOW THAT I HAVE SAVED IT FROM THE MENACE OF THIS HIDOEN, HUMAN BEEMIVE-- BURST OPEN--PROVING IN ONE CATACLYSMIC. MOMENT, THAT THE CHL Dom 18 FATHER 70 THE MAW, Se ne ain AS ane UIE 0 LOE ec ne AST af BUT, SOME DAY, A HALF REMEMBERED 2ESENE MAY Ese APPEARS AFTER NEXT PAGE...