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comic book, eliminator, Fantastic Four, George Perez, Joe Sinnot, Len Wein, Marvel Comics, superhero, villains
One day, the evil Captain Faceplate showed up at the Baxter Building with a great plan: Kill everyone, then explode himself into oblivion.
After slaughtering the Fantastic Four and torching the Human Torch, there was “but one more task remaining” to Captain Faceplate…
One More Chance…
TO MONOLOGUE.
I must… describe — every detail… of my evil plaaan.
This vintage scene from Fantastic Four #184 captures everything I love and hate about superhero comics from the 1970s. It stuns my senses with pencils by George Pérez and inks by Joe Sinnot, who gave the series a visual continuity for more than fifteen years. It tortures me with villain monologue, but then Len Wein gives a glorious hint at the vast extent of Sue Storm’s power that John Byrne would later develop.
But Sue can’t get a word in edgewise because mister big-brain Richards is determined to conquer the villain monologue with an expositional flashback reveal of his own!
But how? HOW??
Collector’s Guide: Fantastic Four (1961) #184.
Mars Will Send No More 