1. Presenting the Four Freedoms Plaza,
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2. the new home of the Fantastic Four.
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3. Man, Ben, that cake's
big enough to move into.
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4. I'm sure we can store most of it
in the freezer. Or the garage.
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5. I suspect the bakery had a slight
problem deciphering Ben's order.
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6. Hey, inches, feet, ounces, pounds.
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7. Anybody could've made
the same mistake.
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8. Who wants the first slice?
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9. Hey, relax. There's plenty for everyone.
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10. Earthquake.
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11. Fortunately, I designed our building
to withstand a seismic shock of 9.5.
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12. Check this. Floods in Spain. Hurricanes
in Tahiti. Fires, volcanic eruptions.
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13. Yeah, and while you're yakking,
the whole city's cracking.
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14. Ben, that overpass is going to collapse.
If we can just get there in time.
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15. Come on, Susie. To Benjamin J Grimm,
the ever-loving Thing,
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16. "if" is a four-letter word.
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17. Help. Someone help me.
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18. I can't stretch any further.
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19. Grab my hand.
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20. Thanks, Iron Man.
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21. If you could continue
your rescue operations,
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22. we'll return to Four Freedoms Plaza
to find out why all this is happening.
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23. My tachyon radar indicates
that the sky fire is being generated
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24. by an object penetrating our atmosphere
at enormous speed.
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25. Just where's this object headed, Reed?
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26. - Gee whiz.
- Ben, look.
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27. That's the hammer of Thor,
the Thunder God.
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28. Can't that long-haired,
lantern-jawed lummox ever knock?
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29. Gotcha.
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30. Hurry, to the ship.
That hammer always returns to Thor.
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31. It's obviously a summons
from the God of Thunder himself.
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32. - Follow its energy trail, Ben.
- Not to worry.
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33. Aunt Petunia's favourite blue-eyed
nephew ain't never lost a hammer yet.
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34. Dead ahead. It's Thor.
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35. Goody. Where'd I put my autograph book?
Can you believe it?
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36. Somebody trashed his tush
and he still looks pretty as a picture.
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37. Get ready. My force-field bubble
will pull him in.
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38. Who or what could possibly
do this to the God of Thunder,
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39. the most powerful being on Earth?
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40. Most powerful?
When did I become Wimp of the Year?
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41. - April.
- What? Hey.
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42. What chance have we got against anything
that could rough up Thor like this?
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43. Well, for once, Johnny,
I don't have an answer.
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44. Instruments are showing
something ahead, Ben.
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45. Creatures of the third planet, heed me.
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46. - Check, please.
- I am Ego, the living planet.
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47. Feel my wrath.
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48. - Pull it up.
- What do you think I'm trying to do?
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49. - Win the Pillsbury bake-off?
- Can you land us, Ben?
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50. I'll keep her upright, if you'll step
outside and pave me a landing strip.
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51. There's oxygen down there.
Let me go, sis. Flame on.
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52. One runway for the orange gentleman
in the blue diaper coming right up.
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53. Welcome to Ego International Airport.
Sorry, but your luggage has been eaten.
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54. This is no time for levity.
Once Ego pinpoints our position...
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55. Reed, what's that?
It looks like an enormous city.
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56. That's no city. It's some kind
of an array of thruster rockets.
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57. They must be Ego's means of propulsion.
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58. If we knock out those thrusters,
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59. it might stop
Ego's progress towards Earth.
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60. Great. Knocking things out
is my middle name.
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61. Hey.
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62. It's Ego. He's located us, and he's...
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63. Across the boundless
reaches of the cosmos,
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64. I have tracked my sworn enemy.
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65. Now, for his transgressions,
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66. I shall destroy your world
and all its populace.
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67. Flame on.
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68. Hitch a ride, sis.
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69. - What a revolting development.
- Fear not, Benjamin Grimm.
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70. Thy plight hast caught the eye of Thor,
son of Odin.
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71. Son of Odin?
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72. Well, thou has ticked off Ben Grimm,
son of Mr and Mrs Grimm.
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73. Now, when I need your help, Goldilocks,
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74. I'll leave a message
at the beauty parlour.
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75. We're grateful
for your intervention, Thor.
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76. 'Tis Thor who owes a debt to thee,
Reed Richards.
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77. Time doth grow short.
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78. We must converse.
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79. I knew not this creature
until mine enchanted hammer, Mjolnir,
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80. detected Ego's presence
with the first storm wind.
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81. Using the Uru hammer's power,
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82. I did unlock a portal
to the very depths of space.
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83. And there came I face to face
with Ego, the living planet.
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84. I learned of his mad plan to destroy
Earth and engaged him in battle.
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85. But how does one, even a god,
battle a planet entire?
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86. I was defeated.
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87. 'Twas then, with the last
of my strength, I summoned thee.
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88. Perhaps where the might
of the gods hath failed,
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89. the power of reason
and intellect may prevail.
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90. You shall never prevail against Ego.
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91. This ain't looking pretty.
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92. Don't you ever get a coffee break
in this blasted superhero business?
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93. Hot dog. Something to clobber.
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94. One little, two little,
three little mud guys.
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95. Four little, five little,
six little mud guys.
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96. Head for the thrusters. Johnny,
lay down a barricade of flame behind us.
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97. These are sidereal
thruster rockets alright,
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98. but on a scale
I'd have thought impossible.
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99. And yet the technology
seems oddly familiar.
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100. Well, I say we turn 'em into scrap metal
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101. and halt this pain-in-the-neck planet
right in its loudmouth tracks.
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102. Thor echoes thy sentiment.
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103. Gee.
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104. By Odin! This metal resists even
the blows of mine enchanted hammer.
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105. Ain't done wonders for my manicure.
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106. Part of the thrusters' power is used
to shield them from direct assault.
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107. I'm afraid there's only one being
with the power to destroy these engines,
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108. and that's the one
who put them here, Galactus.
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109. - Reed, you can't be serious.
- Never more so, darling.
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110. The devourer of worlds is well known
e'en on distant Asgard.
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111. Yeah, he knows us, too,
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112. and we ain't exactly
on his Christmas card list.
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113. Since his last attack on Earth,
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114. I've been monitoring Galactus's
movements on sub-space radar.
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115. Thor, if I provide coordinates,
can you take us to him?
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116. Mjolnir's magic can protect myself
and one other on such a journey.
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117. Will thou face the devourer alone,
Reed Richards,
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118. with only the Mighty Thor at thy side?
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119. I'll do whatever I must. Johnny,
you fly Ben and Sue back to the ship.
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120. You can all join me
when I return with Galactus.
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121. Ben, remove these lower power packs,
the auxiliary units.
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122. It'll slow Ego's progress
and buy us some time.
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123. Handle them with kid gloves.
They're highly explosive.
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124. Explosive? Oh, yeah.
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125. Darling, please be careful.
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126. Stand thee back, all,
whilst mighty Mjolnir doth open a portal
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127. through the very fabric of space.
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128. But what if Galactus refuses to help?
We have to do something.
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129. You got my vote
in your back pocket, Susie.
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130. Now, if stretcho says I can rip out a
few of these things, who am I to argue?
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131. Look out. They've mutated.
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132. The fire's not holding them back.
I'll fly us out of here.
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133. No. Ben, grab that power pack
and follow me.
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134. - I have an idea.
- "I have an idea."
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135. The four scariest words
in the English language.
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136. - Johnny, follow us.
- Where to?
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137. - Down.
- Not again.
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138. Galactus has fed on yet another world.
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139. And you would seek alliance
with such a villain?
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140. We've no choice, Thor.
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141. Cringe before me.
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142. I am Terrax the Tamer, now herald
to Galactus, devourer of worlds.
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143. He awaits within.
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144. Reed Richards,
you have come where you are unwelcome.
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145. Your hour is struck.
Your final page is writ.
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146. Threaten us not, villain.
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147. Thor hath brought giants
larger than Galactus to their knees.
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148. Wait. Galactus, hear me.
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149. I come not to challenge you
but to ask your help.
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150. And why should Galactus involve himself
in any petty mortal affairs?
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151. Because you're the reason
Earth faces total destruction.
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152. I feel like I've been flushed.
Susie, this brilliant idea of yours
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153. better include a medical plan
with a real low deductible.
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154. Hazard pay would be nice too, Ben.
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155. But if we can locate
the centre of Ego's consciousness,
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156. the explosive energy of that power pack
might destroy him.
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157. - Sounds like a suicide mission, sis.
- What choice do we have?
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158. With every passing second,
Ego gets closer to Earth.
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159. If Reed fails to convince Galactus,
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160. then Alicia, Crystal,
the entire Earth will perish.
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161. - That does it.
- Ben, where are you going?
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162. Where else? To blow Ego's mind.
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163. So Ego is rushing toward Earth,
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164. using the thrusters only you
could have attached to his body.
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165. No. The almighty Galactus cannot
be bothered with the fate of fleas.
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166. Enough, herald.
As you surmised, in all the universe,
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167. only Ego's power has challenged my own.
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168. It was when the mad planet threatened
to destroy this galaxy, my galaxy,
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169. that I did battle him, but to no avail.
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170. His powers were equal to mine.
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171. Ultimately I attached the thrusters
and bid them exile Ego
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172. into the vast void
of interstellar space.
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173. Then the rest is obvious.
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174. Ego must have somehow
gained control of the thrusters
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175. and used them to come after you,
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176. following the trail of dead planets
all the way to Earth.
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177. Finding Earth teeming with life,
he no doubt assumed
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178. you were a friend to our planet
and thus spared it.
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179. And, therefore,
Ego determined to draw my master out
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180. by destroying your worthless world.
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181. - How fitting.
- Enough talk.
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182. Undo the harm thou hast done
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183. or face the wrath of the God of Thunder.
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184. Galactus shall help,
not because of your laughable threat
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185. but on his own condition.
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186. Reed Richards, I shall aid you
in vanquishing Ego,
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187. provided you release me from the vow
you once extracted from me,
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188. to spare your planet called Earth.
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189. By Odin's beard!
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190. He would trade us one death for another.
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191. An immediate threat for a distant one.
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192. We have no choice. Offer accepted.
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193. Sis.
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194. I can't go on. The air pressure.
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195. I feel it, too.
Don't know how much deeper I can go.
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196. You ain't going nowhere.
This is where you guys get off.
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197. Ben, this is no time to play John Wayne.
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198. No, Johnny. Ben's right.
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199. He's the only one who stands a chance.
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200. That flash, it's Reed and Galactus.
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201. We'd better alert them that
Ben's still down there. Reed, come in.
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202. The communicator's dead. It must've been
damaged when we crash landed.
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203. Well, Galactus...
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204. guess who's coming to dinner.
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205. There's our ship.
Good. They made it back to safety.
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206. Galactus. At last my quest is done.
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207. My vengeance is at hand.
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208. Let this then be your end.
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209. This time, the triumph shall be mine.
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210. You mouth madness.
You are but a simple being.
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211. I am an entire world.
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212. Your words are true,
but in all of space I stand alone.
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213. I am Galactus,
the be-all and end-all of the universe.
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214. By Heimdal's eyes. The villainous titans
are too evenly matched.
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215. Thor, come with me.
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216. Pressure's even getting to me.
But I can't stop.
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217. I have to keep moving
or I'll never get going again.
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218. Man. Now, that's what I call a brain.
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219. And I thought old Stretch
had all the marbles.
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220. By altering the circuits
of your dimensional generator,
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221. I can channel the energy of Thor's
Uru hammer into your own cosmic power.
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222. 'Twill make the mightiest weapon
the universe hath ever known.
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223. Then let it be done.
Galactus stands ready.
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224. My gosh. Galactus is trying to blow up
the planet with Ben still inside.
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225. - We've got to reach Reed and stop it.
- I'm trying.
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226. Those blasts aren't helping.
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227. Here's the wind-up and the pitch.
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228. Strike!
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229. - Reed, Thor, it's Ben.
- He's down in the centre of Ego.
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230. Mjolnir shall fly me to his side.
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231. - He's coming around, Reed.
- Tough day on the job, big guy?
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232. Jeez, Louise.
Anybody get the number of that planet?
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233. Only your rock-hard hide saved you
from explosive decompression, Ben.
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234. Yeah. That and holding my breath.
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235. If Thor hadn't dragged
your orange buns out of there,
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236. you'd have been space krispies.
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237. No. Come on, you're kidding.
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238. You mean I owe my life
to the Fabio of the fjords?
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239. 'Twas Thor's privilege, Benjamin Grimm,
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240. to rescue one as noble as thee.
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241. Yeah, well, don't let it go
to thy bleached-blond noggin.
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242. Galactus bids you farewell,
Reed Richards,
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243. but, remember,
a bargain has been struck.
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244. You have released me
from my vow to spare your planet.
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245. I hunger not at this moment,
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246. but perhaps another day.
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247. Yes. Another day.
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