Comics:Fantastic Four Vol 1 51

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"This Man... This Monster!"

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Fantastic Four Vol 1 #51
June, 1966

Cover Artists

Jack Kirby

Writers

Stan Lee

Pencilers

Jack Kirby

Inkers

Joe Sinnott

Letterers

Artie Simek

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Appearing in "This Man... This Monster!"

Featured Characters:

• Fantastic Four
  • Mr. Fantastic
  • Invisible Girl
  • Thing
  • Human Torch

Supporting Characters:

• Wyatt Wingfoot
• Alicia Masters

Villains:

• Thing imposter

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Synopsis for "This Man... This Monster!"

Roaming the streets, the Thing is offered a place to stay by a man who has become very interested in the Thing. While the Thing sleeps he uses a device to transfer Ben's powers to himself and goes to the Baxter Building posing as the Thing in hopes of eliminating Reed Richards based on the misconception that Reed makes his discoveries for the glory.
When Ben wakes up to realizes that his powers are gone, he tries to warn Reed that the Thing that's with him is an impostor, however they believe that Ben is really the impostor and dismiss him from the Baxter Building. Meanwhile, at Metro University, Johnny and Wyatt get involved in a squabble with football star Whittey Mullins, but it is broken up by Coach Thorne, who when realizing that Wyatt's father used to play on the Metro U. football team offers him a position, Wyatt refuses.
While back at the Baxter Building, Reed tests out his newest invention: A portal to the Negative Zone. Traveling in this anti-mater universe he has the "Thing" to hold the tether so that he is not lost in the realm. When the tether breaks, the Thing impostor changes his opinion of Reed Richards realizing how selfless he is and jumps into the Negative Zone portal to save him. Throwing Reed back through the portal into the positive mater universe, leaving himself to perish at the energy barrier that separates the positive and negative mater universes.
While elsewhere, the human Ben Grimm is about to visit Alicia to show her that he is back to normal and propose to her, however when he knocks on the door he realizes that he has changed back into the Thing. Fleeing the scene he returns to the Baxter building where Reed and Sue realize that the friend they were just mourning is actually still alive and well, and the impostor that was posing as him -- whoever he was -- had died a man.

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