On the surface, Ben continues to fight the Inhumans, until Boris commandeers the ship’s weapons, convincing the Inhumans to stand down. Ant-Man stalls Aron by temporarily shrinking him, and then Kristoff reveals he rigged the power source to steal more power from Aron, rather than restore it. He fights Johnny some more while Kristoff suspiciously fiddles with the power source. This part’s confusing.) She finds Reed there, who is happy to see her, but she quickly deduces that this really isn’t Reed.Ĭut to the moon, where Aron finds the cosmic power that Dr. We then catch up with Sue, who has been teleported to the Negative Zone, standing upon an asteroid floating over a planet made of anti-matter. Ant-Man wants to help, but Kristoff dismisses him, thinking Ant-Man’s shrinking powers are useless. Inside the Watcher’s house, Aron wanders off looking for a power source, and Johnny follows. Inside the FF’s spaceship, which is parked nearby, Kristoff’s servant Boris watches the fight, insisting that Ben must not die. Outside, on the surface of the moon, Ben is attacked by the a group of Inhumans known as the Crimson Cadre - Ator, Margoyle, Eelak, Glaboo, Pulssus, and Rootar. Doom’s weapons, and then Aron teleports Sue away from there. Kristoff manages to injure Aron with one of Dr. They attack, with several pages of fighting. Aron says something about the Watchers fighting a battle for the fate of the universe, but our heroes aren’t interested in talking. The FF and Kristoff have traveled to the moon seeking answers from the Watcher about his manipulation of them over the last 20-some issues, only to learn that this is not Uatu, Earth’s watcher, but Aron the rogue Watcher. There was also a separately-sold regular cover. The frame gets larger and larger over these issues, as if the pressure is closing in on our heroes. Gimmie a gimmick: This is the second of three covers to feature a “rainbow foil” cover, in a frame around the characters for an “iris in” effect. Issue #399 finds us in the final act of Tom DeFalco’s long and controversial run as writer. Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start.

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