1. On an outer-space adventure
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2. They got hit by cosmic rays
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3. And the four were changed forever
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4. In some most fantastic ways
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5. No need to fear, they're here
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6. Just call the Four
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7. Fantastic Four
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8. - Don't need no more.
- That's ungrammatical.
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9. Reed Richards is elastic
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10. Sue can fade from sight
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11. Johnny is the Human Torch
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12. The Thing just loves to fight
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13. Call the Four
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14. Fantastic Four
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15. Ain't this great, Alicia? Here we
are inside. Outside, the storm.
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16. We're in here nice and cosy.
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17. We got cocoa, popcorn, pork rinds
and each other.
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18. It's lovely, Ben.
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19. And Reed and Sue
have gone to a lecture.
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20. Johnny is at a rock concert,
which means we're here alone.
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21. Hot dog.
We got the TV all to ourselves.
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22. Fighting fat guys.
I mean, is this the best or what?
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23. Oh, Ben.
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24. It's perfect.
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25. I've got pork rinds in my hair.
What happened, Ben?
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26. Nothing, I mean, I guess.
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27. My Pearl Jam concert got rained out.
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28. Oh, man, sumo wrestling. That sucks.
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29. Iron Man, cool.
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30. Who asked you to butt in?
You gimme that, come here!
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31. Wait. There's three of us.
Ask Alicia what she wants.
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32. Please, settle down,
I'm spilling my cocoa.
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33. Oh, my.
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34. - What happened?
- You got me.
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35. But I'm glad we weren't
watching a buffalo stampede.
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36. I'd better change
to something safer, fast.
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37. Now, the haunting call
of the ever-popular tufted titmouse.
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38. Oh, man, that big robot, Ultimo,
came right out of the TV set.
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39. Would you mind
if I changed the channel?
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40. The lecture was cancelled
because of the storm.
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41. What on earth happened to this room?
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42. Later, sweetheart, I want to watch
my favourite programme.
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43. - Hold on, stretcho.
- Don't press that button.
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44. And now "The March of Science".
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45. What is wrong with you three?
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46. You've watched too many cartoons.
This will stimulate your minds.
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47. And now, our special presentation,
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48. a study of raptors and pterodactyls.
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49. Thanks a lot, big brain. You just
gave us Jurassic Park on 29th Street.
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50. Stay close, Alicia. Something
incredibly weird is going on.
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51. Here they come.
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52. OK, you be Barney Rubble,
I'll be Fred Flintstone.
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53. It's time to yabba-dabba-doo.
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54. Flaming on, Fred.
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55. Take a hike, Dino.
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56. Look. They're becoming pure energy
and returning to the television set.
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57. That leaves us
with one pterodactyl to go.
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58. The TV.
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59. - What happened?
- It's off!
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60. - I turned it off.
- Good thinking, Alicia.
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61. But shutting off the television
won't benefit us for very long.
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62. Those images
were effectively brought to life
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63. by a gigantic infusion
of elemental life energy.
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64. All matter is composed
of the same basic components,
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65. atoms, ions, neurons and so forth.
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66. The power of elemental life energy
is so great,
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67. it can reassemble them
and literally bring anything to life.
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68. I'm sorry I asked.
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69. If we don't find
its source and shut it down,
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70. there's no telling
what else it may affect.
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71. We've got to hurry.
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72. My sensor indicates
the elemental energy source
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73. is now two miles above Manhattan
and moving fast.
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74. Look. There it is.
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75. - Say "ah", Buttercup.
- I triangulated the coordinates.
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76. Hang on to your shorts or the G-force
will give you a wedgie.
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77. Adapt for space capability.
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78. Good luck.
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79. A strange, warm light, moving
toward me from a great distance.
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80. Somehow, I'm not afraid.
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81. - It is you. The Silver Surfer.
- Yes, Alicia Masters.
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82. I have returned to see
the Fantastic Four urgently.
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83. They left. They went to investigate
a strange outpouring of energy
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84. which seems to be coming
from somewhere in space.
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85. - Then there may yet be time.
- Time to do what?
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86. To stand with them in final battle.
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87. Their lives and the lives of all
who dwell on earth are in deadly peril.
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88. We're all in danger?
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89. I was flying above your world
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90. when I felt a surge
of incalculable energy
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91. draining freely
into your atmosphere.
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92. Such energy could have come
only from Galactus,
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93. the devourer of worlds.
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94. Yes. I remember hearing
how you helped Ben and his friends
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95. to save our planet from him.
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96. But I can only imagine how it happened.
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97. Then let my thoughts be your eyes
so your mind can see.
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98. From time beyond imagining,
I was herald to Galactus,
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99. endlessly searching
for worlds abundant with life
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100. upon which he could feed and slake
his ever-gnawing great hunger,
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101. no matter how many lives it consumed.
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102. But the Fantastic Four
would not allow earth to be devoured.
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103. And with your help,
I learned to see your world as it is,
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104. to recognise its capacity
for goodness.
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105. And so I chose to defy my master
and fight for this planet.
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106. But now I must find
the Fantastic Four.
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107. When Galactus releases elemental
life energy into an atmosphere,
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108. it means he is ravenously hungry
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109. and salivating like a wild beast
before it seizes its prey.
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110. He will not rest
until he has eaten his fill.
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111. Do not lose hope, Alicia.
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112. To be alive is to believe in miracles.
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113. It's Galactus's sphere.
Looks like his warranty ran out.
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114. Galactus, of course.
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115. Who else would possess
enough elemental life energy
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116. to bring television images
to life on earth?
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117. And yet my scanners
don't indicate his presence here.
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118. Stop your gabbing and pay attention.
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119. I'm hitting the headlights.
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120. That's strange. I expected the
technology inside Galactus's sphere
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121. to be much more advanced than this.
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122. Look! An antimatter generator
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123. to transmit elemental life energy
to earth in the form of lightning.
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124. And those strange, empty pods.
Fascinating.
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125. - Prepare for space walk.
- Suiting up.
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126. Outfitting complete.
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127. If this is Galactus's sphere,
where is he?
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128. Look. The Silver Surfer dude.
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129. What's he doing up here
in East Nowheresville?
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130. We must leave this place at once.
It is a trap.
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131. - I don't understand.
- What's the problem?
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132. You're not making any sense,
chrome dome.
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133. This is not the universe-spanning
sphere of Galactus.
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134. So maybe he got a brother Irving
and this is his jalopy?
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135. No, Ben,
my scanner proves those pods contain
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136. concentrated life energy
in synthetic form.
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137. Why would Galactus
need synthetic life energy
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138. when he sucks up the real thing?
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139. That is an excellent question,
young man.
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140. - It's Dr Doom.
- What's he doing here?
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141. - Where is the creep?
- I'm far over your head, as usual.
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142. You're playing a dangerous game.
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143. So much energy is highly unstable.
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144. The forces you unleashed
could have destroyed you.
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145. True, but I had to risk it
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146. to make the Silver Surfer
believe Galactus had returned.
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147. Only then would he come here
to try to rescue you
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148. from his former master.
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149. Why did you want me to do that?
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150. So I could accomplish something
that would be impossible
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151. within earth's gravitational field.
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152. The theft of your cosmic powers.
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153. The power of the Surfer's
strength flows through me now.
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154. His skills are mine.
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155. Superb.
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156. Surfer, are you alright?
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157. Weak. My legs and arms are heavy.
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158. It is as I have told you.
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159. With my genius
and the Surfer's cosmic powers,
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160. nothing can stop me from grinding the
governments of world beneath my heel
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161. and dominating this planet.
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162. Well, why don't you stop me?
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163. Well, I thought you'd never ask,
rust-for-brains.
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164. OK, it's clobbering time.
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165. Come, Johnny Storm.
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166. It's your turn to save the planet
from the threat of Dr Doom.
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167. The antimatter generator, Johnny.
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168. Heat it to fusion temperature
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169. and it'll draw the Surfer's powers
out of his armour.
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170. Thermite flame on.
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171. A brilliant counter-move, Richards.
But useless.
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172. You wisely employed thermite flame
to burn in oxygenless space.
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173. But when your flame goes out,
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174. your body will expand with the vacuum
until you burst.
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175. Stay in the capsule.
We've gotta get him to earth.
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176. Yes, all of you, run for home
with your tails between your legs.
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177. Your time in the sun has ended,
and mine has begun.
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178. No, don't pursue, Surfer.
You don't have the strength.
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179. Reed. He's falling.
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180. Easy, Surfer, I'm coming at you.
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181. - Surfer, are you alright?
- No use.
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182. I'm de-energised.
Stripped of my powers.
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183. Fenderhead booby-trapped the joint.
We gotta get out of here.
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184. Dr Doom was dangerous enough before.
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185. How can we stop him now
that he has the Surfer's powers?
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186. I don't know,
but we'll think of something.
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187. If we don't,
our world will truly be doomed,
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188. in every sense of the word.
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189. Citizens of the world,
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190. pay close attention
to the following demonstration.
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191. I have arranged this
to show you the folly of resistance.
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192. Contact your leaders and order them
to step aside by noon tomorrow.
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193. Then I shall preside at my coronation
and take full command.
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194. Do this and you shall be allowed
to live and serve me.
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195. Resist and I shall exterminate you.
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196. All hail Dr Doom.
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197. That tin-can clown
is holding all the aces.
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198. It's the Surfer.
Reed's got him flying again...
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199. Watch it, will you? Look out, Alicia.
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200. What is it?
Ben, you sound so concerned.
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201. Did it come this way?
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202. Something that looked like
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203. a double exposure of the Surfer
getting electrocuted?
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204. Yes.
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205. It came in, went right through Alicia's
head, and took off through the wall.
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206. I suspected as much.
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207. I've been trying to bond
a film of elemental life energy
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208. to the Surfer's metalloid skin
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209. in an effort to restore
at least some of his cosmic powers.
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210. That was as close as I've come.
It still wasn't close enough.
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211. Poor Foo Foo. I know you want to see
your Lassie re-runs.
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212. There's nothing on except this tacky
man covered in aluminum siding.
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213. However, Mummy's little boy
still has to eat his nummy-nums.
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214. Please, precious. It's full of nice,
gooey oatmeal, chicken hearts...
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215. Mercy. No!
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216. Go away!
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217. I've never felt so helpless.
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218. If only we possessed
the awesome power of Galactus.
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219. Well, we do have one weapon.
Our intellects.
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220. A golden energy
has come to replace the silver.
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221. And then it, too, vanishes.
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222. I'm so sorry.
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223. If Dr Doom was able
to remove the Surfer's powers,
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224. there must be some way
to restore them, darling.
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225. There is, sweetheart.
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226. I just have to find a way to make it
stick for longer than a few seconds.
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227. Out of my way,
you great orange yahoo.
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228. You can't go in there, lady.
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229. Oh, no? This is my building.
I'll go where I like.
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230. Miss Forbes, we're in the midst
of an experiment.
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231. Don't I know it?
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232. Some flying apparition
resembling Mr Silverman there
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233. flitted into my apartment
without a by-your-leave
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234. and completely discombobulated
my darling Foo Foo.
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235. Excuse us, please.
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236. Yeah. Don't think
we didn't enjoy your visit.
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237. I'm not finished.
This is my building and I have rules.
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238. Rules which must be obeyed.
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239. Miss Forbes dictates rules
for her own benefit
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240. then gets angry
when others don't follow them.
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241. Please don't judge
the rest of us by her.
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242. I shall not.
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243. - No, you should.
- What?
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244. A rule can be a wonderful thing,
if it's been made by someone
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245. who will stop at nothing
to enforce it.
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246. An inflexible rule. Of course,
that is the answer, Reed Richards.
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247. - Will someone please explain?
- There's no time now, Sue.
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248. Ben, Johnny, we may still be able
to defeat Dr Doom.
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249. The moment of destiny is upon me.
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250. Turn on the television cameras so
the world may witness my coronation.
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251. Sorry, Doom.
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252. I'm afraid your coronation
is being cancelled
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253. because of a missing crown.
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254. No monarch can tolerate
an act of such defiance and rule.
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255. You shall bend to my iron will
or I shall obliterate you.
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256. Stop. You cannot escape my domain.
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257. Return my crown.
And then prepare to taste my wrath.
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258. Reed. It worked. Here he comes.
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259. Galactus himself.
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260. Who violates the edict of Galactus
with such arrogant abandon?
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261. I am Dr Doom.
I have broken no rule of yours.
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262. Now, stand aside.
I must deal with these upstarts.
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263. I realise now that it was my mention
of the name Galactus
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264. that spurred you into action.
Do what you must, Reed Richards.
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265. Yes, Surfer. Now.
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266. - We meet again, Galactus.
- Yes, herald.
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267. But we meet beyond the barrier
which I had forbidden you to cross.
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268. It was a journey I could not have
made without the Fantasticar.
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269. Because the cosmic powers you
bestowed upon me were stolen by him.
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270. What?
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271. This armour-clad microbe dares undo
what Galactus has ordained?
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272. Let his deed now be undone.
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273. The radiant energy returns.
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274. The power cosmic is mine once more.
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275. - The Surfer is himself again.
- Way to go.
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276. Yeah, but where does
that leave old iron butt?
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277. No. I am destined to rule the world!
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278. As for you,
my once and former herald,
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279. you shall return to the exile
I have imposed upon you.
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280. The solar system
is yours to traverse.
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281. But only Galactus
shall roam the cosmos.
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282. - Well done, Surfer.
- Way to go, dude.
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283. - Yeah.
- Now let's go home.
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284. Imagine. With seconds to spare,
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285. we saved the earth
from the tyranny of Dr Doom.
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286. Yeah, yeah, but the best part is,
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287. if we get back fast enough,
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288. we can still catch
the beginning of Iron Man.
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