From 2008, Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #40, "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste" Written by Chris Eliopoulos, art by Scott Koblish; "The Image is the Thing" Written by Joe Carmagna, pencils by Matteo Lolli, inks by Christian Della Vecchi, and a Mini Marvels strip from Chris Giarrusso.
The lead story guest-stars Iron Man, with Pepper and Rhodey cameos; and the bad guy's the Mad Thinker, who may have finally cracked mass-production on his androids: he has three of his Awesome Androids, and the bulletheaded other model seems familiar too. Infiltrating a science exhibition, the Thinker drains Reed's brains to power his supercomputer. Sue and Iron Man talk a big game, but get manhandled by the androids until Reed takes over the computer. The Thinker skips out in the end, since he was broadcasting to a robot duplicate, and Reed reinstalls himself in his body.
Meanwhile, back at the Baxter Building, Ben gets a lecture from an image consultant, since sales are down on Thing merch. To soften his image, Ben has to take a kid in the Big Brother program, and an incredulous Torch bets that Ben loses the kid before the end of the day. Well, of course, they're in the Baxter Building, possibly the most dangerous place for anyone, anywhere, ever. In short order, a giant blob is attacking the city; as Ben tries to reassure his charge that he's not in trouble.
Also this issue: more Skrull tomfoolery from Chris Giarrusso. He's great!
That Skrull page tho. Dead on.
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