THE PLANET SAT SILENTLY, WAITING, ROTATING IN AN inky sea of black space...turning slowly, even at a thousand miles per hour, revealing its skin of deep blues interrupted only by small patches of greens and browns. For millennia, the planet existed silently, or-biting near other, equally silent planets--their only companions the distant Stars, small specks of silver and dust that cast an inconsistent glow, bathing the endless expanse of deep black with uneven light. In the soundless sea of space, the planet's majesty took on an unshakable feeling of solitude, even loneliness.

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Adventurers. Celebrities. Family. They are the Fantastic Four, the world's greatest Super HeroTM team: scientific genius Reed Richards,with the ability to stretch and contort his body into any shape imaginable; the beautiful Susan Storm, who can render herself invisible and create and project powerful force fields; Sue's brother, Johnny Storm, who can engulf his body in flames and take flight at will; and Ben Grimm, whose freakish transmutation turns him into an orange-colored, rock-like, superhumanly strong creature.

Now the Fantastic Four meet their greatest challenge yet, as an enigmatic, intergalactic herald comes to Earth--to prepare it for destruction. As the mysterious alien being races around the globe,wreaking havoc and leaving utter chaos in its wake, Reed, Sue,Johnny, and Ben must find a way to confront this devastating force...even as a new threat looms in the surprising return of their mortal enemy, Victor Von Doom, who harbors his own deadly machinations for them all....