ENGLISH BOOK
It's morning at the Baxter Building and as Franklin eats his
breakfast his father is setting up a new machine. Johnny uses his flame
powers to heat up a pot which is quickly snatched away by the Thing.
When Ben tries to sit down to a stack of pancakes, his feast is
interrupted by an invisible force field placed around his meal by Sue.
Sue pulls it away and scolds Ben, who reverts back to his human form to
see that he has put on quite a few pounds and eats a normal human sized
breakfast instead. Everyone is surprised when the massive machine built
by Reed does nothing more but produce a breakfast pastry. With everyone
having a full schedule, Reed is left alone in the kitchen to eat by
himself while the others go about their day. Soon, Sue and She-Hulk are at the doctors office where she is
nervous about her impending ultrasound. When the doctor starts a machine
it begins to make a "Tac! Tac! Tac!" sound that is all too familiar to
her. While at Blazing Star studios, Johnny and Namorita arrive for a
penthouse party to much fanfare. When a fan rushes up and kisses Johnny
on the mouth the shock causes him to heat up and burn her mouth. The
girl is quickly rushed away and Johnny mopes in the corner. When
Namorita asks Johnny what's wrong, he demonstrates his concern when the
drink he has begins heating up in the glass until is shatters in his
hand. As a report about the Fantastic Four's anniversary appears on the
television, Johnny also hears the familiar "Tac! Tac! Tac!" sound. Ben
also hears the familiar sound as he watches some men playing chess in
the park. Ben's mind drifts back to the time shortly after he was
transformed into the Thing. Walking around Yancy Street he was suddenly
attack by an angry mob. Trying to get away, Ben smashes a hole in the
street and escapes through the sewers. Sue's memories go back to the
same time when she was still an actress and her invisibility powers
saved her from a man from peeping on her. While Johnny thinks back to
more innocent times when he was fooling around with his flame powers and
accidentally set fire to the school bathroom. Sue's recollection of the
photo shoot continues, when the photographer grabs her behind, she
lashes back with an invisible force field and storms out. While Johnny's
recollection ends with Johnny saving some kids who were smoking in the
bathroom and watching from outside as the firefighters put out the
blaze. Ben's recollection ends with his finding homeless people in the
sewers and being horrified by their living conditions. Ben then crawled
himself out of the sewers. Seeing a shop window with a mannequin wearing
a trenchcoat and hat, Ben smashed the display window and uses the
clothes on the other side to hide his monstrous form. These
recollections all lead to this trio to think back to the space flight
which they all took with Reed where they were exposed to cosmic rays.
When they crash landed on Earth, they were shocked to discover that they
had been transformed and were gifted with the very powers that led to
their becoming the Fantastic Four.
Johnny snaps out of his recollection when Namorita touches his
hand and he remembers that he is at the unveiling of the new film he is
to act in, Blazing Stars where he will be playing the Rawhide Kid. Back
in Central Park, Ben completes his chess game and reverts back to his
human form, grabbing a newspaper where the front page headline is about
the Fantastic Four's anniversary. While back at the hospital the nurse
hits the ultrasound machine. Without the machine active, Sue uses her
invisibility powers to make her stomach transparent. Inside they see
what appears to be a healthy baby girl, who then opens her eyes to look
at them. Later the members of the Fantastic Four return home to find Reed
still working away in their headquarters. When Sue shows him the
headlines, Reed is confused by the fact that he forgot that today is
their anniversary and Sue walks off in a huff. Meanwhile, in Latveria,
Doctor Doom watches all the media coverage about his hated foes. The
whole time tapping his finger as it makes a "Tac! Tac! Tac!" sound.