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[danielsan52]

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Fantastic Four #329 Aug 1989
"And You Can't Wake Up!"
At the Four Freedoms Plaza, the clones of the Fantastic Four created by Aron the Rogue Watcher have taken the places of the originals.
As the clone of Reed begins working in his lab, the clone of Ben scoffs at everything he does.
They are soon joined by Alicia Masters who is unaware that they are really clones,
regardless of her confusion that Ben is now back in his Thing form after last seeing him in human form.
"Ben" explains that to defeat the Frightful Four, he had to stop a doomsday weapon, and the radiation had turned him back into the Thing.
Alicia buys this story being fed to her and is more interested in hearing about their next mission when Ben brings it up.
Reed informs the rest of the group that they are going to capture the Mole Man.
Alicia is still uneasy when she considers that Reed is taking orders from the computer, and that none of them
seem aware that the Mole Man was last seen as a prisoner of the Lava Men or that Monster Island had been sunk.
The clones quell Alicia, explaining that Reed can use a device to raise Monster Island from the
ocean floor so they can complete their task. "Johnny" then convinces his "wife" that she should go.

After she leaves, the clones realize that Alicia is getting close to discovering
the truth about them, and that they may have to kill her in order to keep their secret.

Meanwhile, in the Canadian Rockies Aron the Rogue Watcher scans the wilderness before returning to the cave that serves as his hideout.
He reiterates to his minion, the android Dragon Man, of his desire to not only observe events like his fellow Watchers, but play a part in
molding them to his whims, thus having captured the Fantastic Four and placing them in suspended animation after creating clones of their foes.
With the Frightful Four aware of what happened, they too had been placed in suspended animation so that Aron's secret could be kept safe.
This also allows Aron to create new clones in the event any of them die while on a mission.

While out in the south Pacific, the cloned Fantastic Four pilot their Fantasti-Car over the location
where Monster Island used to stand and use a powerful magnetic device to raise it out of the ocean.
As they land, "Ben" and "Sharon" race ahead ignoring "Reed's" demands that the wait to avoid any potential dangers found on Monster Island.
Deep in the tunnels these cloned Fantastic Four members run into a two headed creature in the tunnels and attack it.
The inexperienced clones are ill prepared for an actual battle, and they find themselves knocked deeper into the realm of Subterranea.
Recovering from the fall, the faux Fantastic Four continue to search for the Mole Man, as Aron monitors their progress from afar.

As Aron continues to watch his creations, inside one of the cryogenic suspension units Ben Grimm begins to dream.
In this dream, Ben replays the moment when he and Sharon discussed his recent return to human form.
Instead of accepting each other as they are as it happened in real life, in Ben's dream, Sharon rejects Ben for reverting back to human form
-- telling him that this recent reversion spoiled what she saw as a good thing between the two of them.
At that very moment, Sharon is having a very similar dream. In her version Ben is the one rejecting her, telling Sharon that
now that he is human again he can have his pick of any woman he wants and would rather that than be dating a monster.
This angers Sharon to the point where she tries to strike Ben....

... Meanwhile, back in the waking world, the phony Fantastic Four have come
across the Valley of Diamonds and eventually cross paths with the Mole Man.
Unaware that he is dealing with clones, the Mole Man warmly welcomes the Thing back to his domain.
He tells them how he escaped the Lava Men and after his encounter with the Fantastic Four
he has been striving for peace between the various underground species that live in Subterranea.
Mole Man's shocked when the "Fantastic Four" suddenly turn on him and attack.
The Mole Man counter attacks by unleashing his Moloids and various monsters against the heroes,

but they easily fight off this first wave of attackers and chase after the fleeing Mole Man.
The Mole Man gets reinforcements and the battle rages on. However as the clones of the FF begin losing their edge, "Reed"
activates a device that fires a ray down on Monster Island, causing it to destabilize, causing the tunnels to begin to collapse.
The fake Fantastic Four rush back to the surface, leaving the Mole Man and his minions to be buried alive and flee in their Fantasti-Car.
As they leave, the Mole Man vows that he will get revenge against the Fantastic Four for betraying his trust.
Just as the "Fantastic Four" fly safely away, Monster Island explodes.

Watching this from afar, Aron gloats over his victory and how things have to end the way he wants them to,
while not far away the Fantastic Four and their foes continue to dream on while in suspended animation.

Story by John Harkness. Art by Rich Buckler and Romeo Tanghal.

[niconico00]

For some reason that I don't understand, I have always loved this character and I am so disappointed that she kinda is in limbo.

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I surmise it will change only whenever the character makes her debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Fantastic Four #333 Nov 1989
"The Dream is Dead" Guest-starring the Avengers and Doctor Strange
The Avengers have come to Four Freedoms Plaza to confront the Fantastic Four
over their new "Fantasti-Tax" they are imposing on the citizens of New York City.
They have brought Doctor Strange along with them as the group
suspects that some sort of outside influence must be affecting the FF.
Demanding an audience with the group, they are met by what are -- unknown to them --
clones of the real Fantastic Four created by Aron the Rogue Watcher.
When Captain America questions the Fantastic Four's recent activities, "Reed" dismisses them
as "Johnny-come-latlies" and has "Sue" eject them from the building with her invisibility powers.
Having had enough insults, Hercules comes crashing back in on the phony Fantastic Four, and soon a fight breaks out.
However as sudden as the fight begins, the fake Fantastic Four are suddenly teleported away by parties unknown.
Confused by this sudden disappearance, the Avengers and Doctor Strange
part company to pursue investigations on where the Fantastic Four might have gone.

The clones themselves have found themselves teleported to the Canadian Rockies just outside of Aron's hideout.
Entering the cavern they are shocked to see that their creator is trapped within a cryogenic suspension
tube while his former prisoners -- the real Fantastic Four and their foes the Frightful Four --
are battling it out with each other, with Dragon Man added to the mix.
The battle takes a brief pause when the clones enter the room, and they suddenly decide to kill the real Fantastic Four.
The real Human Torch listens to the way the clones are talking
and tries to explain that they are just as much pawns of Aron as they are.
However Johnny's explanations fall on deaf ears as the clone of Mister Fantastic proclaims himself to be the real Mr. Fantastic.
Suddenly the Wizard and his Frightful Four ambush the clones.
This leads to a three way battle with the clones trying to destroy
the real Fantastic Four, and the Frightful Four trying to kill both parties.
The brawl starts off with mismatched battles between all sides, but eventually each of the members
of the Fantastic Four face off against their clones while the Frightful Four watch from the sidelines.

Eventually it begins to show that the real Fantastic Four are the superior fighters due to their years of
experience and the Wizard decides to end the fight by incapacitating the clones with his anti-gravity discs.


While the Fantastic Four are busy knocking out their clones,
the Frightful Four try to make a break for it but are stopped by the heroes.
By this point Aron's failsafe has kicked in and he has been freed from cryogenic suspension.
His experiment coming to an end, Aron has come to a decision on how to resolve matters.
First, he sends the Frightful Four off to the Vault to be imprisoned. He then tells the Fantastic Four
that he was more interested in dreams and plans on using the clones for just that,
then uses his powers to teleport the Fantastic Four back to the Four Freedoms Plaza in Manhattan.
Back home, the group recall having strange dreams that they can hardly remember while they were frozen
and then begin the frantic rush to try to explain to the media and the authorities what really was happening while they were kept prisoner.

They also arrange to have both branches of the Avengers travel to Oakley, California, with Alicia and Franklin
to pay a visit to current Fantastic Four writer "John Harkness" to ask him to set the record straight in the Fantastic Four comics.
Listening to young Franklin's appeals "John" tells the boy he will see what he can do.

Story by John Harkness. Art by Rich Buckler and Romeo Tanghal.

[danielsan52]

I believe those "clones" still exist......

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Then marvel comics is to have them appear in whatever marvel comic again just like the writer Ed Brubaker brought back the 1950's Captain America in the Captain America series in 2008.

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Fantastic Four #334 Dec 1989
"Shadows of Alarm!"
A new era begins for the Fantastic Four
Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, Ms. Marvel and Ben Grimm
as Walter Simonson takes over the script writing. In this issue

the FF battle several small-time villains including the Constrictor, the Beetle

and the Shocker.

Also, the FF travel to Washington D.C. to testify before Congress about the Super Hero Registration Act.

Story by Walter Simonson. Art by Rich Buckler and Romeo Tanghal.

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Fantastic Four #335 Dec 1989
"Death by Debate"
As the FF touch down in Washington DC, they are confronted by the press, who ask them about
the recent attacks on New York by the fake FF team. The FF board taxis and head over to Congress.

The FF make their way into the committee room for their hearing and a commotion
ensues as the people in the gallery take pictures and ask a flood of questions.
Unknown to everyone, the strange device that had attached itself to the Fantasti-Car flies into the room and sticks to the ceiling.
While the FF wait to testify, a general describes how he thinks superhuman individuals should be made
to register so that the military has a database of super-powered people and their abilities in times of war or crisis.
Next a member of the National Rifle Association is called to speak.
The NRA speaker says he thinks the Superhuman Registration Act will lead to a ban on superheroes
and lead to them being exiled, which would hamper the ability of superheroes to battle supervillains.
The congressmen are concerned that the Avengers (a government affiliated group) are unavailable,
and that X-Factor have disappeared from the Earth (fighting the Celestials).

Suddenly, the assembled people are warned that Apocalypse is approaching to attack.
The team rush to change into their FF uniforms, but just as they get ready, they hear
that Apocalypse is instead just flying over the city, not actually attacking after all.

Embarrassed, the team head back into the committee room. Suddenly the device on the ceiling activates
and Ramrod - who had been hiding in the audience - attacks, but trips and is knocked out.
The FF are totally bemused again at this surprise attack by an unusual enemy.

Next, Henry Peter Gyrich steps up to speak. He says that mutants may not be human,
but other superhumans are essentially human genetically and they should be registered and limited.
He argues that necessity overrules constitutional freedoms and rights in this case.
Superheroes would be put in charge of registering uncooperative people or supervillains.

Now the FF step up to the microphone. Reeds starts by stating that the FF have always based their career on upholding the law.
Suddenly, Plantman and Quill burst out from hiding in the audience and attack,
but they crash into each other and their powers inadvertently take each other down.
The police move in and arrest the two, as the puzzled FF state that these are not their usual foes.
The congressmen are concerned that the FF are somehow provoking these strange attacks.

Reed begins his testimony again, describing how - unlike mutants - superhumans like him acquired their abilities, often inadvertently.
When asked how useful superheroes are, Reed brings in a massive stack of documentary evidence,
listing all the operations of the FF to defeat villains and save people over their career.
Susan states that she is worried that Franklin would be registered and his file kept in some government system.

Johnny and Ben argue that registering Dr Doom and Annihilus would be impossible,
and registration would only hamper superhero efforts to fight such enemies.
At that, the device activates again and Flying Tiger attacks, only to be immediately stopped by Ms Marvel.
Just as she is noting how all these bad guys are wearing trenchcoats, hats and sunglasses, four more similarly dressed men burst out.

These are Vanisher, Thunderball, The Eel and Mad Dog, but they are quickly beaten.
The device on the ceiling then causes one of the police to try shooting Reed, but Ben takes him down.
Finally the FF notice the device and capture it. A furious congressman then stands up and blames the FF for the whole scenario.

Story by Walter Simonson. Art by Rich Buckler and Romeo Tanghal.