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1 Note to Parents and Teachers 2-3 Imprint, contents, title 4-5 Fantastic Origins Who are the Fantastic Four and how did they form? Main image: Cool pic of The Fantastic Four (with caption) Sidebar 1: Doomed Mission (pic: spaceship being blasted with cosmic rays) Sidebar 2: College Friends: (pic: Reed, Ben, Susan and Johnny at State University) 6-7 Super Powers Focus on the four members of the team and what powers each one has Images: Pictures of each member with caption 8-9 Helping Humankind Focus on the work the FF do to help humankind against threats from space etc Main image: F4 Headquarters (the new Baxter Building) Sidebar 1: Pogo-plane Sidebar 2: fantasti-car 10-11 Moleman In their first-ever adventure, the FF battle the underground-dwelling Mole Man - formerly dwarfish scientist and explorer Harvey Rupert Elder Main image: Mole Man (either figure pose or battling FF) Sidebar 1: Subterranea (the underground realm Mole Man presides over) Sidebar 2: Moleoids (the subterranean Deviant-derived creatures MM rules) 12-13 Doctor Doom Iron-masked supervillain and the FF's arch-nemesis Main image: Doctor Doom (recent comic-book image if possible) Sidebar 1: Early Tragedy (pic: young Victor Von Doom in Latveria) Sidebar 2: Fearsome Armour (pic: Doom first wearing face mask and armour) 14-15 Doctor Doom (continued from last page, no need for new heading? Text can run on...) Focus on Doom's ongoing struggles with the FF Main image: Doom blasting F4 with eye-slit energy rays Sidebar: Rivals (pic: Doom and Reed Richards at College) 16-17 Skrulls Green-skinned, pointy eared alien race with plans for taking over the Earth Main image: Skrulls Sidebar 1: Skrull Emperor Sidebar 2: Skrull-Kree War 18-19 Super-Skrull Main image: Super-Skrull fights the FF (modern image, e.g. the above, from wikipedia website) Sidebar 1: Origins (created by Skrull Emperor) Sidebar 2: Destructive Powers 20-21 Inhumans Genetically altered humans created by the Kree Main image: The Inhuman Royal Family (Black Bolt, Karnak, Triton, Gorgon, Crystal) Sidebar 1: Super-strength (pic: Black Bolt gathering electrons from the air to increase his power) Sidebar 2: Lockjaw 22-23 Galactus Space explorer turned vast cosmic power that feeds on planets in order to survive Main image: Galactus Sidebar 1: Cosmic Origins (pic of Galen becoming Galactus) Sidebar 2: Silver Surfer 24-25 Terrax Mighty mutant with power to animate stone Main image: Terrax Sidebar 1: Terrible Transformation (pic: Galactus creating Terrax) Sidebar 2: Doomed Struggle (pic: Dr Doom battling Terrax) 26-27 Overmind Great warrior Grom is turned into awesome Overmind, being with combined mental and physical abilities of a whole civilisation Main image: Overmind Sidebar 1: Undercover (pic: Overmind transforming into human form to blend in on Earth) Sidebar 2: Mind control (pic: Overmind controlling Mr Fantastic to turn him against the FF) 28-29 Rama-Tut Time traveller from the 30th Century who has frequently traveled to the present day and fought the Fantastic Four Main image: Rama-Tut Sidebar 1: Distant Descendant (Pic: Nathaniel Richards, Reed Richards' father) Sidebar 2: Other Identities (pic: Rama Tut as Kang the Conqueror and the Scarlet Centurian) 30-31 Frightful Four Deadly doubles of the FF Main image: Grouping of the Frightful Four (Wizard, Sandman, Trapster and Madam Medusa) Sidebar 1: Wingless Leader (pic: The Wizard) Sidebar 2: Madam Medusa 32-33 Hulk Destructive mutant who has been an enemy as well as an ally of the FF Main image: The Hulk (ideally fighting FF) Sidebar 1: Rivals (Hulk and The Thing) Sidebar 2: The New FF (replacement FF team consisting of Hulk, Spider-Man, Wolverine and Ghost Rider which stepped in when FF were kidnapped) 34-35 Diablo World's greatest master of the ancient science of alchemy Main image: Diablo fighting The Thing Sidebar: Magic Powers (pic: another pic of Diablo) 36-37 Dragon Man Flying android given life by Diablo Main image: Dragon Man Sidebar 1: Strange Creation (pic: being built by Prof Gregson Gilbert) Sidebar 2: Fearful Foe (Pic: Dragon Man fighting FF) 38-39 Terminus One of FF's most formidable enemies Main image: FF fighting Terminus Sidebar 1: The Celestials Sidebar 2: Living Armour (pic: good pic of Terminus' mighty armour) 40-41 Annihilus Powerful insectlike creature that lives in the Negative Zone Main image: Annihilus Sidebar 1: Negative Zone Sidebar 2: Cosmic Control Rod 42-43 Puppet Master Supervillain who creates puppets of people from radioactive clay, which he can then control Main image: Puppet Master Sidebar 1: Powers (pic: Puppet Master moulding radioactive clay) Sidebar 2: Alicia at Risk? (pic: Puppet Master disguising his stepdaughter Alicia as Sue Storm) 44-45 Mad Thinker Criminal mastermind who uses computers to plot intricate crimes down to smallest detail Main image: Mad Thinker Sidebar 1: Ultimate Computer (pic: Quasimodo - a robot created by the Thinker) Sidebar 2: Android duplicate (how the Thinker projects his thoughts into an android body while he is in prison) 46-47 The Future Focus on how, for the FF, it's "another day, another villainous plot to foil"... Main image: the Fantastic Four (e.g. image on p, 139 of Ult Guide) Sidebar: Ultimate Doctor Doom 48 Glossary
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Fantastic Four (Fictitious characters) -- Comic books, strips, etc.