1. I can't believe
it's the Fantastic Four.
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2. - How about a picture?
- Can I have your autograph?
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3. Susie, going out
for dinner's your worst idea
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4. since you put curtains
on the Fantasticar.
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5. Sorry, Ben.
I was hoping it'd break Johnny
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6. out of his funk over losing Crystal.
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7. Johnny, could I please
have your autograph?
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8. - Sure.
- Make it to Frankie. That's me.
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9. Oh, man. Flamehead's gotta be lower
than a well-digger's toenails
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10. when he doesn't notice
a hot tamale like that.
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11. So, Ben, how's Alicia?
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12. Oh, yeah. Fine. Let's eat.
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13. I've been reading about you
all the time.
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14. It must be incredible
soaring up there in the clouds.
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15. - Flying and...
- Yeah, it's the best.
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16. - Frankie? What is it?
- That kiss. I feel strange.
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17. - Everybody back.
- What did you do to her?
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18. I didn't do anything.
She burst into flame all on her own.
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19. I'm... alright. I feel fine.
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20. In fact, I've never felt better.
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21. Flame on. Wait.
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22. Come on, Johnny. Catch me if you can.
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23. Frankie, wait. Don't go any higher.
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24. What's the matter, Johnny?
Can't you keep up?
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25. What? Help!
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26. - Got you.
- What happened?
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27. Up this high, the atmosphere's
too thin to support your flames.
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28. And I was worried
it was something serious.
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29. This whole transformation
is big-time serious.
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30. Sorry, Johnny.
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31. How about we fly back to Reed's lab
and let him run some tests?
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32. And get you some fireproof clothes.
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33. Whatever you say, hot stuff.
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34. Very good, Frankie. I think
the hypnoscanner has discovered
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35. the cause of your transmogrification.
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36. Transmogafag...
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37. Look, that's just peachy, stretcho.
Now, why's she catching fire?
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38. And I also found a repressed memory
from when you were six years old.
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39. My stepfather's lab.
I was never to go in there.
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40. Oh, well, apparently
you didn't always obey.
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41. It seems your stepfather
was involved in chemical research
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42. in an attempt to create an android
Human Torch for the military.
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43. Daddy's little helper.
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44. Oh, my gosh. She's burning.
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45. She's alright, Sue.
See? Frankie wasn't hurt.
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46. Her young mind simply blotted
out the traumatic incident.
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47. Cosmic. So somehow my body
absorbed that stuff in the beaker.
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48. And contact with Johnny
provided the catalyst necessary
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49. to activate the dormant
molecular instability of the...
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50. Come on, Professor,
you're giving me a brain-ache.
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51. You know, it's funny,
but ever since I was little,
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52. I just knew I was destined
for something special.
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53. Come on, Johnny.
Let's light up the skies.
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54. Teach me some
of those killer moves of yours.
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55. My pleasure.
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56. I'm glad Matchhead's finally checked
out of Heartbreak Hotel.
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57. Who knows?
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58. We may soon be changing our name
to the Fantastic Five.
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59. I don't know, Reed.
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60. I hope Johnny isn't rebounding
from one heartache to another.
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61. - OK, I'm ready.
- OK, let's light our fires.
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62. We're just like the song.
Frankie and Johnny were...
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63. What's with the light show?
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64. Frankie.
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65. No.
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66. Bow before me. Humble your pitiful
selves before the might of Terrax.
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67. Oh, sure, pal.
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68. Right after I'm through
curtseying to Captain Kangaroo.
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69. Careful, Ben.
Terrax is Galactus' new herald.
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70. The one who replaced
the Silver Surfer.
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71. Thor and I encountered him
once before.
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72. Yeah? Well, if he's thinking
about setting up my world
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73. as a smorgasbord
for Mr Purple Planet Eater.
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74. Fool.
Terrax commands all soil and rock.
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75. Foolish striplings.
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76. Johnny.
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77. On your knees. I command you.
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78. My body courses with the power
cosmic bestowed upon me
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79. by Galactus himself.
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80. Special delivery for Mr Terrax.
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81. Holy baloney.
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82. I grow weary of this play.
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83. Let the city entire
behold my might and fear me.
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84. It... it can't be.
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85. The entire island of Manhattan
is rising into the air.
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86. Sue. Form a force bubble
over the city.
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87. - If Terrax takes it into space...
- Here goes.
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88. Don't know how long I can sustain it.
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89. You see the power I command. Now,
obey me or your entire city perishes.
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90. What does one city matter if you led
Galactus here to devour our planet?
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91. Ignorant fool. I am the herald
of Galactus no more.
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92. In all the universe, only you four
have defeated Galactus in battle.
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93. For that very reason,
you must battle him again.
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94. And this time, you must end
the menace of Galactus for ever.
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95. Nuts, and I wanted the weekend off.
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96. - He's coming.
- Who's coming?
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97. - Galactus.
- How did you?
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98. I don't know. I just felt it.
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99. Go. Destroy the devourer of planets.
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100. When did we become hired guns
for every herald in the galaxy?
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101. Ben, we've no choice.
Millions of lives are at stake.
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102. Sue can't maintain the bubble
for ever.
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103. Open the bubble just enough
to let us through.
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104. - Galactus.
- I've been awaiting you.
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105. Then you know
we've been sent by Terrax.
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106. Yeah.
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107. Any special reason Mr Charm out there
wants to put you out to pasture?
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108. Behold, Benjamin Grimm,
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109. the manner in which
cosmic events unfolded.
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110. When the Silver Surfer
broke faith with Galactus
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111. to protect that pale blue orb
which is your Earth,
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112. I searched the galaxy for a herald
devoid of any and all morality.
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113. I chose Tyros, a bloodthirsty
tyrant on his home world.
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114. A being without morals,
without guilt.
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115. I imbued Tyros with the power cosmic,
thus recreating him as my new herald,
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116. Terrax.
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117. He laughed as I devoured
his planet, his people, his family.
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118. Gladly did he go forth to find
new life-sustaining worlds
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119. to feed my hunger.
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120. Yet Terrax was not content
with the role of servant.
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121. He longed once more to be a king.
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122. However, he served me faithfully
until the day he discovered Antos,
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123. a planet whose very life essence
was corrupted
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124. by pollution and radioactivity.
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125. A planet seething with anti-life.
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126. Terrax sought to poison me with
the negative life essence of Antos.
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127. He nearly succeeded.
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128. I was weakened, but did not die.
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129. Terrax fled to Earth
to escape my wrath.
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130. Now he has sought your help
in destroying me.
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131. In my weakened state,
he may well succeed.
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132. I detect no battle
within Galactus's ship.
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133. Can it be that Galactus
is too weak to fight?
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134. Then let Terrax himself
finish what he has begun.
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135. - No.
- Frankie.
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136. - What are you doing?
- I couldn't help it, Johnny.
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137. I couldn't let him destroy Galactus.
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138. Stretch, check out the Big G.
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139. His equipment's
absorbing Terrax's energy.
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140. Every time Terrax uses his power,
he makes Galactus stronger.
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141. So that's why Wing-hat's kept us
alive, to sucker Terrax into a fight.
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142. - Which means...
- I know what it means, Professor.
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143. It's clobbering time.
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144. Enough.
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145. No. You are weak. Dying.
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146. Insolent worm.
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147. Have you not yet learned
who is master and who is slave?
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148. The power cosmic is mine to bestow
and mine to reclaim.
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149. No!
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150. Terrax is no more.
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151. What a revolting development this is.
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152. Kinda puts me in the mood
for some fishing, though.
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153. In gratitude for your aid,
Reed Richards,
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154. I now undo
that which Terrax has done.
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155. - Sue. Darling.
- I'm alright.
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156. The scale is again in balance.
All is as it was.
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157. - What is it? What's wrong?
- The poison of Antos.
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158. Its dark venom overtakes me
sooner than I had expected.
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159. To survive, Galactus must feed now.
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160. And upon your Earth.
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161. Aunt Petunia's favourite nephew
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162. ain't just gonna sit around
on his dainty orange patootie
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163. while Old Square Eyes turns planet
Earth into a blue-plate special.
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164. Stinking ingrate. We saved you.
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165. Galactus, I beg you.
Stop in the name of humanity.
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166. What knows Galactus of humanity?
I do what I must.
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167. And so do I, you helmet-headed heel.
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168. Galactus is just doing
what he must to survive.
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169. Reed, look. It's Thor.
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170. Stay thy hand, villain.
I command thee halt.
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171. Goldilocks is hogging all the fun.
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172. Flame on. Come on, Frankie.
Let's get him.
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173. No.
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174. - I don't believe it.
- Johnny, he's still alive.
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175. We have to keep him away
from his converter.
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176. Even weakened, Galactus is
infinitely more than a match for us.
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177. Hear me, Galactus.
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178. Holy smoke.
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179. Am I missing something? Is everybody
around here on fire but me?
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180. They call me Ghost Rider.
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181. I am summoned
when innocent blood is shed.
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182. And you have shed
much innocent blood.
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183. Ghost Rider.
I thought he was a myth.
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184. Who called him? When did this
become a superhero convention?
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185. Do you dare face the agony
of those you have slain?
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186. Mortal or demon,
whichever you be, begone.
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187. Galactus has no time for games.
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188. This is no game.
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189. No.
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190. Feel the torment of a billion,
billion extinguished souls.
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191. Experience the pain of eternal guilt.
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192. My task is complete. I leave you now,
Galactus, in mortal hands.
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193. I gotta lay off
Aunt Petunia's pink lemonade.
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194. Reed. Is it my imagination
or is Galactus starting to shrink?
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195. The giant doth feed
upon his own body to survive.
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196. Then it's finally happened.
Galactus is dying.
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197. No. You have to save him.
Galactus isn't evil.
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198. He simply is what he is,
a force of nature.
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199. And he deserves your help
as much as any living creature.
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200. You're right, Frankie.
Galactus must live.
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201. My sweet bunions.
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202. This superhero stuff
gets more complicated every day.
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203. If such is your decision,
then Thor will not question it.
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204. Let the power of my enchanted hammer
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whilst you ponder this dilemma.
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206. I've monitored several uninhabited
planets in the Lambda Sector
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207. with the life essence Galactus needs.
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208. I've no way to pinpoint
their exact location.
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209. And Galactus no longer has a herald
to search them out.
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210. There's only one solution.
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211. Mighty Galactus, spare the Earth
and I will become your new herald.
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212. - Frankie, no.
- Do you realise what you're saying?
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213. - I do.
- But what about... us?
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214. Don't you see, Johnny?
Your destiny is with Crystal.
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215. You must know that.
Mine is with Galactus.
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216. Somehow, I've always known it
deep in my soul.
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217. My... herald.
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218. Stand back.
He hath absorbed energy anew.
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219. Let the power cosmic
join with your own.
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220. Behold Nova, Herald to Galactus.
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221. Frankie, wait.
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222. Turn back, Johnny Storm.
Where I go, you may not follow.
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223. I'm free. Free!
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224. Wait.
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225. Air's too thin.
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226. Goodbye, Frankie.
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227. Reed Richards, you saved my life
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228. when it would have been
far easier to do otherwise.
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229. For this act, Galactus
willingly renews his pledge
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230. to spare your planet.
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231. Perhaps here, as nowhere else
in the limitless cosmos,
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232. Galactus has found those
he might dare name... friends.
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