1. Amongst the mightiest,
the most supposedly savage
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2. of all Earth's creatures,
I sit in peace. I dwell in safety.
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3. For food has been plentiful
and no longer do they hunger.
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4. Unlike the humans who call you beast,
there's no violence in your heart.
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5. No hint of avarice,
no smouldering hate.
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6. Yet man, who has won dominion over
this world is a stranger to peace,
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7. a prisoner caught in the net
of his own nameless fears.
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8. And here stand I,
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9. hopelessly trapped in a world of
madness where reason is shunned
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10. while violence prevails.
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11. But no longer shall the Silver Surfer
be part of man's insanity.
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12. Let humanity do what it will.
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13. As for me,
I shall dwell amongst the beasts.
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14. I'll search
for some semblance of freedom
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15. in the polluted skies of this mad,
orbiting prison which men call Earth.
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16. I, who have crested the currents
of space, I must resign myself
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17. to this pale blue orb upon which
Galactus has sentenced me to remain
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18. for ever.
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19. The web is woven.
My prey is in sight.
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20. - What?
- Help me! Please help me!
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21. - What has this woman done?
- Nothing, I swear.
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22. I was merely bringing
Grandfather some firewood.
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23. Cut from the royal forest.
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24. - Wait.
- This does not concern you, alien.
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25. The law forbids it.
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26. I thank you for your kindness,
stranger.
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27. Please have tea
with Grandfather and me.
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28. Grandfather, we have company.
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29. - You!
- Welcome to my humble cottage.
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30. Yes.
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31. Once again, the Silver Surfer's
power cosmic is mine.
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32. Power enough
to challenge Galactus himself.
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33. - Your Highness.
- Well done, my dear subject.
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34. You have earned
the greatest reward of all,
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35. the gratitude of your sovereign.
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36. Imagine. I now possess
the power to end hunger,
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37. to abolish disease,
to eliminate crime,
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38. to establish a perfectly content,
perfectly ordered world,
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39. all under the benevolence
of my iron will.
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40. But first, I have a little unfinished
business with the Fantastic Four.
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41. Easy, Ben. Sorry.
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42. - Sorry, you're sorry?
- It was just my suitcase.
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43. Suitcase? It ain't you, it's this book,
The Zombies of Madison County.
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44. I'm just at the part where the zombie
dentists run wild, flossing everyone.
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45. I'm packed for a romantic weekend.
Ready to sweep me off my feet?
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46. Consider yourself swept.
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47. You'll be OK
with those zombie dentists?
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48. It takes more than floss to scare me.
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49. Johnny and Crystal
will be back from the movies soon,
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50. and then you'll have company.
You have our number at the lake?
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51. Oh, yeah. Go already.
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52. I gotta switch to decaf.
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53. Doom.
That's the Surfer's ride you're on.
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54. Quite true, you insufferable blot
on the escutcheon of humanity.
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55. As possessor of his cosmic powers,
I am now veritably undefeatable.
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56. That's the same mouthful you mumbled
last time you stole the Surfer's gig,
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57. and you ended up getting
your tin tail shellacked by Galactus.
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58. I assure you,
that is not an error I will repeat.
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59. I've monitored
Galactus's movements for months.
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60. At the moment, he is quite occupied
at the other end of the galaxy.
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61. Now, feel the limitless power
in these very hands
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62. which you once nearly crushed.
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63. Lead Lips! Candygram.
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64. Company's coming. Maybe you
swiped the Surfer's power again,
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65. but you got more than a little
to learn about how to use it.
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66. Now sing, you rotten rust-pot.
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67. I'll clobber it out of you.
What did you do with the Surfer?
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68. You brick baboon.
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69. Feel it, Grimm. Feel your body's
metabolism grow slower and slower
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70. until you become a virtual
living statue, unable to move,
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71. unable to speak
for the rest of your days.
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72. Now, if you'll excuse me,
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73. I must pay a long overdue social call
on your friends.
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74. Do keep an eye out for pigeons.
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75. Sis? Reed?
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76. - Must've left already for the lake.
- I wonder where Ben is?
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77. - Johnny, look.
- Holy...
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78. I'm afraid this won't afford you
much protection against the elements.
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79. Kidding, darling. Just kidding.
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80. - What the?
- Reed.
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81. Sue.
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82. - Dr Doom.
- Is this a bad time?
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83. There he is. By that tree.
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84. Ben. Hey, big guy, waiting for a bus?
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85. Johnny, there's something wrong.
He looks frozen, like a statue.
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86. Ben? I haven't seen him like this since
he found out about the Tooth Fairy.
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87. Strange. He's got a heartbeat,
but it's slowed down to a crawl.
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88. Johnny, I'm gonna try something.
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89. It worked. I used my elemental power
to speed up his metabolism.
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90. Ben, buddy, what happened?
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91. Doom.
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92. Leaving so soon, Mrs Richards?
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93. No.
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94. Insolent cockroach.
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95. My newfound power allows me to create
any weapon I choose.
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96. - Reed.
- Excruciating, wouldn't you say?
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97. I thought I'd start with a classic.
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98. And I thought I'd start
by kicking your tin can.
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99. Sue, Reed, get going.
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100. - Johnny, no.
- Time to up the heat.
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101. What child's play.
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102. The cabin's gas line
could explode any second.
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103. Braino, we came to warn you about Doc...
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104. Doom.
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105. That ought to put
a little crimp in his cape.
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106. One would think so, wouldn't one?
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107. Look out. This time I'm gonna
clobber him so hard,
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108. his grandchildren
will be born bouncing.
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109. Forget it, Ben.
His power is simply too great.
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110. I'm afraid it's hopeless.
You've won, Doom.
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111. - Do with us what you wish.
- I assure you, I will.
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112. Are you nuts, Reed?
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113. Surrender to this creep?
I'd rather die fighting.
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114. Die?
Who said anything about dying?
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115. Doom is no common murderer.
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116. I would never dream of letting
my dearest enemies off that easily.
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117. - But then why did you?
- Attack?
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118. Call it a lesson in humility,
my fiery friend.
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119. No. For the Fantastic Four, I have
devised a much more fitting revenge.
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120. You, the legendary
bravest of the brave,
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121. shall live out the rest of your days
in abject fear,
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122. watching helplessly
as I bend the world to my will,
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123. knowing you are utterly powerless
to stop me,
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124. that you are no longer
important enough for me to destroy.
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125. Till we meet again, on Doomsday.
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126. How could you give in to Doom so easily?
There must have been another way.
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127. - Are you out of your?
- Just play-acting.
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128. During the battle, Doom passed up
several opportunities to finish us off.
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129. I get it. You knew he had no intention
of killing us and pretended to give up.
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130. Exactly. I played to his vanity,
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131. to buy us time
to develop an effective strategy.
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132. When you're playing to his vanity,
you're playing to a packed house.
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133. Let mankind beware, for Dr Doom
has attained powers without limit
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134. and this time there will be no failure.
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135. No defeat.
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136. I can breathe life into stone
or raise the very ocean floor.
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137. Hear me nations of the world.
My power is without limit.
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138. I can turn day into blackest night,
summer to winter.
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139. But I am, above all, a reasonable man.
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140. Thus I have granted your leaders
one week to surrender
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141. to the rule of Doom
or suffer total annihilation.
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142. - I say we nuke his bolted butt.
- Generals, please, listen to reason.
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143. Your weapons would only wreak
untold destruction on innocent people.
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144. Shoot, we gave you four days
to find a way to get rid of Doom.
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145. You've got one more left.
After that, we step in hard.
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146. Blast it, Stretch. They're right.
Let's go and clobber the creep.
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147. Come on, Reed. It's time to move.
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148. He'll put you both out of action
before you throw a punch.
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149. - Says who?
- Says me.
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150. This fight
calls for more than brute strength.
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151. Are we gonna stand around arguing
or are we gonna do something?
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152. I get it. If you can't be the big hero,
you don't wanna play.
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153. Benjamin
ain't hanging around any longer.
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154. I'm going after him myself, like now.
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155. Johnny.
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156. Now look what you've done.
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157. What?
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158. Holy canolli!
Flying can opener at four o'clock.
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159. Perfect.
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160. That blasted gizmo is yours?
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161. Sorry I had to use you
as a guinea pig, old friend, but I...
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162. Not as sorry as you're gonna be.
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163. Yes, exactly the response I'd hoped for.
You're still weak as a kitten.
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164. If it can affect you,
imagine the effect on Doom.
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165. Hold it. You're saying that flying
rat is gonna KO old Brass-Bottom?
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166. Hardly, Ben.
This is just a miniature prototype.
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167. Its most important function isn't to
weaken Doom, it's to make him angry.
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168. Great idea, Mr Wizard. Maybe next we
can sneak up and give him a wedgie.
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169. Stark Enterprises
is making a full-sized model.
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170. I hope they finish it in time.
The idea is we...
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171. Reed. Ben.
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172. Johnny's gone to Latveria
to battle Doom to the finish, alone.
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173. You've gotta stop him
before he gets killed.
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174. I don't get it.
Why does the little spark plug think
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175. he's gonna do any better this time?
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176. Johnny's been practising something
called his Super-Nova blast.
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177. He's never dared use it
near people before, but now...
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178. Please don't let anything happen
to Johnny.
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179. Being heroes is what we do best.
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180. As future Emperor of the world,
I require a castle befitting my station.
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181. You. Most evil of all
who dwell upon this earth.
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182. You shall pay
for your colossal conceit.
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183. Power such as that
which you have stolen from me
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184. is too vast, too universal.
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185. If it is misused,
it can destroy a galaxy.
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186. Your unselfish concern
touches me deeply, you unearthly clod.
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187. You who refused to appropriately
wield your cosmic powers.
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188. I, on the other hand, shall use them
to enslave an entire planet,
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189. and after that,
perhaps a universe as well.
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190. Hey, your Highness.
Be glad to help with the demolition.
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191. So, the young cub defies me.
How tedious.
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192. I fear your nuisance
forces me to retract
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193. my magnanimous offer to let you live.
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194. Yeah, well, let's see you
retract this, Doom.
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195. As you can see,
it's a simple matter to alter my body
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196. into a crystal that can withstand
a million degrees Celsius.
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197. Then I'll just up the ante
to two million degrees.
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198. Get your sunscreen ready, tin man.
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199. Mildly amusing as all this may be,
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200. please forgive me if I cut short
our tête à tête by exterminating you.
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201. That's him. The output of Doom's
cosmic power makes him easy to track.
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202. - But what about Johnny?
- Come on, don't worry, Susie.
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203. The little mosquito chaser
can take care of himself.
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204. Take care of yourself, kid.
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205. Ben, jump to the tree.
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206. - Reed.
- Hang on, I'm releasing one hand.
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207. Brace yourself.
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208. Alright, Doom. Show yourself.
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209. I ain't leaving till I wrap
this hunk around your neck.
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210. Indeed, you shall not leave,
you grimy, grotesque abomination.
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211. Johnny!
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212. Thank heavens. He's alive.
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213. Exemplary. Let's have some sport first,
shall we?
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214. Sue. A force shield.
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215. Ben, incoming.
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216. Got you.
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217. Wonderful. A more spirited game
than I dared hope for.
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218. Get ready to eat those words,
nickel nose.
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219. A bold counter-offensive,
Mrs Richards.
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220. Unfortunately, it will be your last.
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221. Cool move, Sis. Way to sucker in Doom
by making that boulder invisible.
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222. - We just need a little more time.
- OK, fender-face, it's my turn.
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223. No, fool.
Our little session is now ended.
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224. Your feeble efforts at self-preservation
no longer amuse me.
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225. I now call on the most destructive
of my cosmic powers,
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226. the power to disintegrate living matter.
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227. - For example, you.
- Sorry, Doom.
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228. - We'll have to take a rain check.
- What?
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229. - What is happening?
- It's my anti-cosmic flying wing.
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230. Courtesy of Tony Stark.
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231. And just in time to drain you
of your misbegotten cosmic powers.
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232. Not quite, Richards. For as you see,
your little weapon has fled.
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233. My cosmic power is too great for
any of your pathetic contrivances.
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234. - You did your best, Reed.
- Yes, Richards.
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235. Your pitiful best
and it wasn't quite good enough.
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236. Now my victory is doubly sweet
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237. for even your over-rated intellect
couldn't vanquish me.
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238. No? Are you so certain that my flying
wing won't be back to defeat you?
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239. Defeat my cosmic power?
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240. It is the fabric of creation,
ultimate power, the stuff of gods.
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241. As a final courtesy, Richards,
I shall allow you to watch
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242. as I obliterate first your puny toy
and then, ultimately, yourself.
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243. - Reed, we've failed.
- Not necessarily, darling.
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244. Crystal,
send it towards the stratosphere.
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245. Everything is going according to plan.
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246. - What? No!
- There it is. It's all over.
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247. The board
is returning to Doom's castle.
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248. Hello, anybody wanna show
all their cards here?
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249. Doom made one fatal mistake, Johnny.
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250. He didn't know Galactus
left a Cosmic Force Barrier
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251. to keep the Surfer on Earth.
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252. My instruments
detected it two days ago.
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253. Though invisible,
its walls are thicker, more powerful,
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254. - than any prison made of stone.
- I got you.
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255. So when your flying wing-dingy
hot-rodded for outer space,
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256. you was hoping Lead Lips would follow
it, so he'd wipe out on the barrier,
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257. and the power would shoot right back
to the Tin Foil Boogie Boarder.
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258. Then you mean Doom is finally?
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259. Maybe, but with Doom,
what you see is rarely what you get.
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260. I have much to learn
of the ways of human beings.
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261. It is true you are slaves
of greed and fear.
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262. And yet, there is a nobility
in your hearts that cannot be denied.
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263. Perhaps one day I will understand.
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264. Perhaps one day we all will.
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