 From the Mouths of the Marvels: "You have given a match to a child who lives in a tinderbox!” -- Galactus, page 8  Don’t take it so hard, Surfer....this means you get your own series! | Fantastic Four #50 May 1966 • 20 pages Publication Date: February 10, 1966 Letters Page: Page One • Page Two House Ad: Ad #1 • Ad #2 I: Feature Story: "The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer!" Pages: 20 Script: Stan Lee Pencils: Jack Kirby Inks: Joe Sinnott Letters: Sam Rosen First Appearance: Coach Sam Thorne, Whitey Mullins, Wyatt Wingfoot, Dean Asher, Ricardo Jones Villain: Galactus, Ricardo Jones Guest Appearance: Silver Surfer, the Watcher, Alicia Masters, Coach Sam Thorne, Whitey Mullins, Wyatt Wingfoot, Dean Asher Cameo Appearance: Black Bolt, Medusa, Crystal, Gorgon Marvel Milestones: First appearance of Metro College, first unnamed appearance of antagonist from FF #51 Gadgets & Technology: Absorba Shield, Ultimate Nullifier, Printed Circuit Projecto Analyzer Synopsis: (continued from FF #49) To protect the humans he has come to know as noble beings worthy of life, the Silver Surfer has decided to defy Galactus! He uses his cosmic energy bolts to seal his master in a cosmic cocoon. Galactus bursts from it enraged and hurls cosmic bolts at his former herald. As their battle rages, Johnny returns from infinite space. He can scarcely explain the amazing things he has seen with his own eyes, and faints from the experience. Reed finds a small alien object on Johnny's person. Reed takes it and, stretching, shows it to Galactus. The Watcher explains that it is the Ultimate Nullifier, a device that can destroy the universe. Reed takes the Ultimate Nullifier and brandishes it at Galactus, who pauses at the sight of it. Galactus fumes at the Watcher for putting this grave weapon into the hands of "insect", but is forced to surrender. With the Watcher's support, Reed returns the Nullifier to Galactus and the demi-god prepares to leave the Earth. But first he exacts proper punishment on his former herald, the Silver Surfer. With a powerful blast of his eyes, Galactus exiles the Surfer to the planet that has come between them. The Surfer shall roam the galaxies no more! Alicia arrives on the rooftop and runs past Thing to the Surfer. She is proud of what he’s done this day, taking her please to save the human race into action. The Thing, dejected, turns away and goes back into the Baxter Building. He takes this event as a signal that Alicia has traded him in for somebody better. The Surfer takes his leave to wander the Earth as Alicia tries to find Ben, her true love. News of Galactus is on the front page of every newspaper, with the Daily Bugle going so far as to say the whole experience was a big hoax. There is one man who reads the articles of the Fantastic Four's heroism and is is enraged by it all. Fed up with their glory, the big, baldhing man decides he will have to destroy them himself. Well,frack all exciting shit,we comic fans want to know whats going on with Metro College Football Team... At Metro College, Coach Sam Thorne is having trouble motivating his team of losers, as well as getting the respect due him from their star quarterback, Whitey Mullins. He tells his wife that he fears he's washed up. Tensions between Sue and her husband rise when she feels he's too busy in the lab and not giving her the attention she deserves. And the Thing wanders the city streets, scaring a pretty young girl and reaffirming his self-loathing about his image, and how Alicia must only be with him out of pity. A few days later, Johnny begins classes at Metro College where he meets Wyatt Wingfoot, a freshman football recruit. Both Wyatt and Johnny are given a personal meeting with Dean Asher, head of the school body. As excited as Johnny is to start college, his mind still wanders to Crystal, trapped in the Great Refuge, and he daydreams about her, and if college is the right place for someone who has been out into the infinite of space. | ||||||
 From the Mouths of the Marvels: "All these years - - when I thought I never got the breaks - - now I know the truth! It was my fault - - nobody else's! I wouldn't work hard enough! I wouldn't make the sacrifices that a Reed Richards would-- !" -- Thing impostor, page 16  Reed takes his first long look at Sub-Space (aka the Negative Zone). | Fantastic Four #51 June 1966 • 20 pages Publication Date: March 10, 1966 Letters Page: Page One • Page Two House Ad: Ad #1 • Ad #2 I: Feature Story: "This Man...This Monster!" Pages: 20 Script: Stan Lee Pencils: Jack Kirby Inks: Joe Sinnott Letters: Artie Simek Villain: Thing Impostor/Ricardo Jones Guest Appearance: Wyatt Wingfoot, Whitey Mullins, Coach Jim Thorpe Cameo Appearance: Alicia Masters Marvel Milestones: First appearance of Sub-Space (later called Negative Zone), Kozy Kampus Koffee Shop Gadgets & Technology: Duplication Apparatus, Short-Range Subliminal Inducer, Meson Particle-Smasher Synopsis: Thing is wandering dejected in the rain when a shadowy figure offers him refuge. Though he is a scientist, he tells Thing that he understands what it means to be an outcast. He offers Thing a cup of coffee and suddenly, Ben feels woozy. Thing passes out on the scientist's couch and the strange man grins. He pulls out a Duplication Apparatus of his own invention and with a zap of crackling energy, it steals the Thing's cosmic rays. Thing is returned to the form of Ben Grimm and the scientist is now a dead ringer for the Thing! He can now follow through with his plan to destroy Reed Richards and the Fantastic Four. A few days later, the Thing imposter arrives at the Baxter Building. Reed and Sue are working in the lab and, thinking everything is normal, ask the imposter to move some heavy machinery as if he was really Ben. The Thing impostor slowly catches on to the situation and adapts to how Reed and Sue would expect Ben to act. Suddenly, the real Ben Grimm shows up mad as hell! He tries to convince a stunned Reed and Sue that the Thing they see before them is an imposter, and that he is the real Ben Grimm! Reed is dubious about these claims and Ben, insulted, storms off. Reed puts the incident out of his mind and prepares the imposter for what he declares will be his greatest experiment. He is going into Sub-Space, and only the strength of the Thing can anchor him, to keep him from flying off forever into the "negative zone" of space. Meanwhile, Johnny is getting used to college life with his new friend, Wyatt Wingfoot when they are both harassed by football star Whitey Mullins. Coach Thorpe breaks up the exchange and, noticing Wingfoot and his obvious athleticism, begs him to join the football team. He could be exactly what they need to get out of their slump, he tells him, but Wyatt refuses. When Coach Thorpe realizes Wyatt is the son of his old friend, the legendary Olympic decathlete Will Wingfoot, he laments to his wife that he won't play for him. Sue pleads with Reed to abandon his new experiment but Reed refuses. This is an important breakthrough for science, he says, and he must follow through with it for the good of mankind. The Thing imposter is shocked. He slowly comes to realize, with great shame, that Reed Richards isn't in this for fortune and glory; that he's risking his life solely for the good of others. Reed enters the chamber wearing only a space helmet and a lifeline for protection. He hands the lifeline to the Thing imposter, and reminds him that his life is in the Thing's hands. If he gets into trouble, he will tug on the line and the Thing must pull him out. Once the chamber is sealed he pierces the barrier of the Negative Zone and is hurled into the great expanse of Sub-Space. He lands on an asteroid but is caught in the gravity well of Earth. Since he is now transformed into anti-matter, when he hits the matter of the Earth, he predicts that he'll explode. He pulls on the lifeline to get Thing's attention, but nothing happens. The Thing imposter, who is in a perfect position to follow through with his maniacally conceived plan, is stunned. He realizes now that his career pales in comparison to Reed Richards, that he hasn't sacrificed and worked as hard as Reed has. Sue screams for Thing to pull Reed in, but the imposter has hesitated too long. When he finally pulls the cable, it snaps in his hands. Sue and the impostor realize that Reed is doomed. But in a moment of self-sacrifice, the imposter realizes he must do something to save the life of the man he wanted to kill, and he grabs the broken of cable and is pulled into Sub-Space. He lands on the asteroid next to Richards. Reed can't believe the Thing would sacrifice himself like this. Reed openly regrets that they will both die, and tells the Thing impostor about how great a friend he has always been to him through life. Even at the last moment, the impostor realizes that Reed is thinking of others. His shame overwhelms him, and with his mighty strength, he tosses Reed back to the portal to Earth. The impostor takes a seat on the asteroid as it hurtles towards the Sub-Space Earth's deadly atmosphere, realizing that this is the only unselfish act in his life he'll ever make. Ben Grimm arrives at Alicia's apartment. In his human form, he believes he is free of his curse. But the moment he knocks on her door, he changes back into the Thing! He runs off before Alicia can open the door. He returns to the Baxter Building and Reed is confused to see him as the Thing, thinking he somehow miraculously survived his trip into Sub-Space. But Sue, using her "woman's intuition", realizes that it's the real Ben Grimm, and that he was telling the truth earlier when he said he had an impostor. Together, they surmise that the man who died in Sub-Space was an imposter bent on their destruction, but at some point changed his mind. They may never know who he was but Reed is sure that today he died like a man. ok,this a great comic and dosen't belong here....but we have some unanswered questions.What the frack happened football star Whitey Mullins and Coach Thorpe breaks up the exchange and, noticing Wingfoot and his obvious athleticism, begs him to join the football team ?
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History
The college choice of many young Marvel characters includingJean Grey, Johnny Storm, Ted Roberts, Misty Knight, Cal Rankin, and Wyatt Wingfoot. Of these noted students, only Wingfoot is known to be a graduate.
Points of Interest
- Kozy Kampus Koffee Shop
- Northfield Dormitory
Residents
Asher (Earth-616)
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Dean Asher welcomed Johnny Storm and Wyatt Wingfoot to the Metro College[1].
Jim Thorpe (Earth-616)
Jim Thorpe was an athletics coach, who was training the Metro College football team[1].
He was team mate with Will Wingfoot, the greatest US olympic decathlon star; seeing potential in Will's son, he offered Wyatt Wingfoot in the college team, but he refused[2].
During a gridiron football match against the E.S.U., Coach Thorpe witnessed Crystal and Lockjaw appear on the field out of nowhere, looking for Johnny Storm[3].
He was team mate with Will Wingfoot, the greatest US olympic decathlon star; seeing potential in Will's son, he offered Wyatt Wingfoot in the college team, but he refused[2].
During a gridiron football match against the E.S.U., Coach Thorpe witnessed Crystal and Lockjaw appear on the field out of nowhere, looking for Johnny Storm[3].
Notes
- August Hopper was a former Metro professor. Sam Thorne, a classmate of Reed Richards and Victor von Doom was once, and perhaps still is, the school's football coach.
- Peter Parker has been seen covering the spirited football rivalry between Metro College and his alma materEmpire State University for the Daily Bugle. Mary Jane Watson, Parker's future wife and fellow E.S.U. student, has also been spotted on Metro's campus.
Come on Marvel guys.is there an unwritten story or Coach Sam Thorpe just dump the idea of getting Wyett Wingfoot on his team ?Did he just go with Whitey Mullens or is Whitney Mullens out there planning his big revenge against both Wyett Wingfoot and the Fantastic Four ?
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