Descrizione
I FANTASTICI 4
FANTASTIC FOUR
prima serie Editoriale Corno
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1977
Episodio principale con i F4 : oltre all’ abituale duplice personalità schizofrenica , LA COSA si sdoppia anche fisicamente, in un caso oltremodo clamoroso, evidente ed eclatante di speculazione edilizia
Contiene inoltre : ADAM WARLOCK – GLI INUMANI (entrambi al rientro dopo un periodo di aspettativa non retribuita, e in entrambe le storie vi è larga profusione di flashback, memorabilia, repetita e benefit per i neofiti e gli sbadati, a rivangare i bei momenti vissuti insieme e i fattacci precedenti, per il primo vengono addirittura narrate ex novo le origini)
CONDIZIONI BUONISSIME, LIEVI MARCHE DI PIEGA, UN PO’ DI USURA IN COSTOLA, L’ ALBO NON E’ DI RESA
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“The Shape of Things to Come!” / DUE COSE SONO PIU’ MORTALI DI UNA !
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Other Characters:
- General Thunderbolt Ross (Earth-721)
- Gaard (First appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis
With the Reed Richards from another dimension currently a hostage
of Arkon, he breaks free from his restraints and tries to escape,
however he’s easily restrained by Arkon and is shackled in Adamantium
bonds. Arkon has his aide explain the progress from his plan: As it
turns out they have orchestrated to send three different realities to
attack to each other. Having acquired technology from all worlds Arkon
has had his agents attack the 5th Dimension with Earth-A’s Andrones,
Earth-A by beings from other time periods through Dr. Doom’s time
machine, and lastly by using the 5th Dimensions freezing technology to
turn the Fantastic Four’s world into a frozen wasteland. They then drug
the Earth-A Thing and leave him behind.
On the Fantastic Four’s world, Mr. Fantastic is hurrying to try
and come up with technology to thaw out the giant glaciers that are
forming on their Earth when they are suddenly attacked by a barbarian.
Reed dispatches it, but due to his waning powers it causes him
considerable discomfort however he hides this from Sue. Reed is then
painfully mind linked with his Earth-A counterpart. The Thing-Richards
explains to him that he comes from another world where he became the
Thing instead of Ben Grimm. He explains that his robotics technologies
was purchased by Albert DeVoor, representing a company called
Inter-Related Technocracies Unlimited, the same man who purchased
technology from the 5th Dimension under a company called Inter-Politan
Thermo-Dynamics Unlimited. Reed realizes that the same man bought
technologies from Fantastic Four Inc. representing a company called
Interlocking Technologies Unlimited and is simply a lackey of Arkon.
Realizing the connection, the two Reed’s combine their mental strength
to allow the Earth-A Richards to use his strength to free himself from
captivity.
On the Fantastic Four’s world, Reed and Sue go to the office of
Interlocking Technologies to pay a visit to Mr. DeVoor. While the
Earth-A Thing realizes that he is on his own world and breaks free.
Spotting a newspaper reporting the capture of the Ban Grimm-Thing, Reed
storms to the military holding facility where he is being held and
easily frees him. The two up faced with a military battalion led by
Earth-A’s version of General Ross. Using his credentials, Reed manages
to stall the army long enough to explain to everything to General Ross
when they are interrupted by the Earth-A’s Ben Grimm who points out a
rift opening between worlds. To their surprise it’s a portal to the 5th
Dimension and the Human Torch is leading an invasion force across into
Earth-A’s realm. The Thing manages to easily take down Johnny and the
two Thing’s explain to him what’s going on. Johnny manages to convince
the people of the 5th Dimension to return to their own world to await a
solution to the situation.
Fed up of the situation, General Ross attempts to capture them,
however Johnny keeps them at bay with his flame powers when they are
suddenly contacted telepathically. Reed explains to them what he’s
forced DeVoor to reveal to him: That the intent of forcing the three
worlds to go to war with one another is to trigger nuclear strikes on
all three worlds, the combined nuclear holocausts would create
sufficient nuclear energy through a dimension nexus to revitalize
Arkon’s world. Reed offers up only two solutions to the problem: Closing
the dimensional rift, or stopping Arkon directly. He warns them though
that only one person can enter the realm where the Nexus resides. Giving
them cosmic “skates” to travel between realms and the device to close
the Nexus, Reed sends his Earth-A counterpart, Ben and Johnny onto their
missions.
Ben finds himself on his own into the realm where the Nexus is
located and finds that it has a lone guardian, a hockey inspired being
called Gaard who vows that he will stop the Thing from succeeding in his
mission even if he has to kill to do so.
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“Who Is Adam Warlock?” / CHI E’ ADAM WARLOCK ?
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Featured Characters:
Villains:
- Magus (First appearance)
- Universal Church of Truth (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- unnamed Woman who warns Warlock
- Following Characters appear in Sphinxor’s retelling of Warlock’s Origin only:
- Enclave
- Him
- Thor
- High Evolutionary
- Man-Beast
- New Men
- Victor von Doom (Counter-Earth)
- Hulk
- Eddie Roberts
- Ellie Roberts
- Jason Grey
- David Carter
Locations:
- Star Cluster Hercules
- Counter-Earth (Flashback)
Items:
Synopsis
Sphinxor retells the Origin of Warlock, his encounters with Thor and the High Evolutionary, the Creation of Counter-Earth and Warlock’s Battle against the Man-Beast
Trivia
- The Woman who wants to warn Warlock about the Universal Church
of Truth is killed by the Grand Inquisitors so Warlock takes the Soul
Gem to temporarily reanimate the Woman to learn more about is new Enemy - The Magus himself reveals himself to Warlock and he must realize, that his Foe is an alternate Version of himself
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“Spawn of Alien Heat” / CREATURA EXTRATERRESTRE ! (1a parte)
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Human Torch (Only in flashback)
- Hulk (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- Attilan
- Space
- Atlantic Ocean
Synopsis
Maximus’ prophesy of doom is followed by the appearance of a strange machine — and Blastaar is coming back !
Continued to next issue…
Notes
- Blastaar was last seen in Marvel Team-Up #18.
- The Inhumans were last seen in Fantastic Four #159.
