Nick Fury, Jr.

Nick Fury, Jr.

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This article is about the character first introduced in 2012. For his father, see Nick Fury.

Nick Fury, Jr.
Nick Fury, Jr.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Battle Scars #1 (January 2012)
Created by	Matt Fraction, Chris Yost, Scot Eaton, Cullen Bunn, and Paul Neary
In-story information
Alter ego	Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury, Jr.
Species	Human
Team affiliations	S.H.I.E.L.D.
Partnerships	Phil Coulson
Notable aliases	Marcus Johnson, Sgt. Johnson,Nick Fury
Abilities	Military training, expert hand to hand combatant. Due to Infinity Formula, he has superhuman agility, speed, strength, healing, and halted/slowed aging process.

Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury, Jr. (originally known as Marcus Johnson) is a fictional comic book character in the Marvel Universe from Marvel Comics. He is one of an unknown number of sons of Nick Fury.

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·         1 Publication history

·         2 Fictional character biography

·         3 Powers and abilities

·         4 Reception

·         5 References

·         6 External links

Publication history[edit]

Marcus Johnson was introduced in the mini-series Battle Scars. He bears a strong resemblance to the Ultimate Marvel version of Nick Fury and the Marvel Cinematic Universe incarnation of Fury as portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson, whose likeness inspired the Ultimate Marvel version of Nick Fury.

As Nick Fury Jr, he appears in the new 2013 Secret Avengers series by Nick Spencer and Luke Ross.

Fictional character biography[edit]

While serving in the Middle East, Marcus Johnson received word that his mother Nia Jones had been murdered back in the United States. He returned home and investigated the crime scene, finding shell casings used by Russians. While leaving his mother's home, he was attacked by the Russian hitmen who killed his mom. Marcus defeated them and began to question one before being shot with a bow and arrow. He turned around to see Taskmaster standing before him. 

While serving in the Middle East, Marcus Johnson received word that his mother Nia Jones had been murdered back in the United States. He returned home and investigated the crime scene, finding shell casings used by Russians. While leaving his mother's home, he was attacked by the Russian hitmen who killed his mom. Marcus defeated them and began to question one before being shot with a bow and arrow. He turned around to see Taskmaster standing before him. Taskmaster was about to kill him, but Captain America arrived in time to save Marcus Johnson at the last moment. S.H.I.E.L.D. agents arrived to try to bring Marcus Johnson to safety. Marcus went off with Quake to a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility where he was visited by Captain America in the infirmary. Marcus Johnson continued to question why everyone was after him and why his mother was killed yet was not given any answers. Soon, Marcus began to feel as if he was being held there against his will and broke out.

Marcus Johnson contacted an old Ranger friend for help and informed him of his current situation. They planned to find Taskmaster and attempt to get some information. While searching for Taskmaster, Marcus was attacked by Deadpool who was also after Marcus. As they fought, Taskmaster arrived and ran Deadpool through with his sword. Marcus Johnson took on Taskmaster and this time gained the upper hand. At that time, the Serpent Squad arrived also looking for Marcus Johnson. Marcus Johnson took them on, lasting only about fifteen seconds before being electrocuted by Rattler. Deadpool returned and due to the confusion, Marcus was able to escape with Taskmaster as his prisoner. He interrogated Taskmaster, but before he was able to get an answer, a masked man stunned Taskmaster, then drained Marcus Johnson' energy for a moment, and escaped. Marcus Johnson caught up with the man and unmasked him who revealed himself to be Marcus's father Nick Fury.

While arguing and eventually coming to blows over the revelation, Nick Fury and Marcus Johnson were ambushed by more mercenaries and easily captured. In the custody of Orion, Marcus Johnson had his left eye cut out and tests were run by Orion's men confirming that Johnson had the Infinity Formula in his DNA. Nick Fury slipped his restraints and gave Marcus Johnson enough time to escape (even if accidentally), but Nick Fury was brought in to give Orion a blood transfusion to restore him to a youthful state. The transfusion drained Nick Fury of the remaining Infinity Formula in his system. Nick Fury was then tortured and had his mind probed by Orion's telepath, wherein they found all of Nick Fury's S.H.I.E.L.D. secrets and fail-safes.

Marcus Johnson saved Nick Fury and with the help of his friend Cheese (the alias of Phil Coulson). Marcus Johnson was able to get Orion alone and kill him. He was taken to get his wounds cared for and was also given the Super Soldier uniform that Steve Rogers once wore. As a new agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marcus Johnson was also informed by Daisy Johnson that his birth name is Nicholas Fury, Jr.

Nick Fury Jr. and Phil Coulson make a cameo appearance in Scarlet Spider #5, and are part of the framing sequence in Marvel NOW! Point One.

As part of the Marvel NOW! event, Nick Fury Jr., Phil Coulson, and Maria Hill form the S.H.I.E.L.D. version of the Secret Avengers with Hawkeye and Black Widow. Nick Fury Jr. was involved in the first mission that involved fighting some al-Qaeda terrorists. Nick Fury Jr. awaited in the Oval Office for one of the al-Qaeda terrorists to enter and Nick Fury Jr. kills the terrorist. Nick Fury Jr. then went with the Secret Avengers to raid Bagalia in order to recruit Taskmaster. While the Secret Avengers were fighting the Masters of Evil, Nick Fury Jr. manages to pay off Crossfire to let Taskmaster out of his imprisonment.

When Maria Hill and Nick Fury Jr. were attending the weapons expo, they meet up with Senator Robert Ralston where Maria Hill notices that one of the items at the expo is the Iron Patriot armor.

Powers and abilities[edit]

Initially, Marcus appeared to have no superhuman qualities but his peak physical conditioning from his time with the US Army Rangers. Marcus inherited his father's Infinity Formula at birth, slowing his age and speeding his healing time.

Reception[edit]

The reaction by comic book fans to the revelation of Johnson being Fury's son and his replacing his father has been mixed. Marvel's Vice President of publishing, Tom Brevoort believes this is a prudent move by Marvel because the African American incarnation appears in films, animated shows, and other licensed adaptations. Tom Brevoort,also having the intelligence of a brick,would think any asshole shit down 

at the current,Marvel Comics-House of Shitty Ideas,is good.Marvel being the house non continuety,unless your a fracking Marvel Idiot Zombie,is once digging themselves into just ever changing and confusing crap fictional reality.Marvel also being the House of anything,for Big Bucks.Put this your Bing and Google Search Engines.

Galactus

Ok.on the surface,when you first meet in the pages of the Fantastic Four or a cartoon,like old Hana Barbara one of the 1960's,he looks cool,threatenning,but once you re-read him again and again,he comes off not so threatenning or cool....unless your comic fan boy Marvel Zombie stupid.
Years my brother Carl watched the Big Bad Galactus Trillogy on the  1967 Fantastic Four TV series and the 1994 Fantastic Four TV series,one Satureday on the Cartoon Channel.I came in and tells me,you know might believe this but Galactus comes as kinda gay.He wears purple,has girlfreind-do we count Nova ?-and mourns the loss of some naked guy on a surf board.I ok.let me see and after watching it,I said shit,your right.Never saw him that way,but he is.
Ok.this they say about Galactuses first story....and awayyyyyyy.we go.

The Galactus Trilogy

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"The Galactus Trilogy"
Fantastic Four #48. Cover art by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott.
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	March – May1966
Genre
Title(s)	Fantastic Four#48-#50
Main character(s)	Fantastic Four Galactus Silver Surfer The Watcher
Creative team
Writer(s)	Stan Lee
Penciller(s)	Jack Kirby
Inker(s)	Joe Sinnott
Letterer(s)	Art Simek Sam Rosen
Editor(s)	Stan Lee
Collected editions
Essential Fantastic Four, Vol. 3	ISBN 0-7851-2625-2
Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four Vol. 5	ISBN 0785111840

"The Galactus Trilogy" is a three-issue story arc in the Marvel Comics comic-book series Fantastic Four, by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Jack Kirby. The story originally ran in Fantastic Four #48-#50 and introduced the characters Galactus and the Silver Surfer.

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• 1 Publication history
• 2 Plot summary
  • 2.1 "The Coming of Galactus!"
  • 2.2 "If This Be Doomsday!"
  • 2.3 "The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer!"
• 3 Legacy
• 4 Collected editions
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Publication history[edit]

In 1966, nearly five years after having launched Marvel Comics' flagship superhero title, Fantastic Four, creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby collaborated on an antagonist designed to break from the archetypal mold of supervillains of the time, and be instead a being of god-like stature and power.^[1] As Lee recalled in 1993,

Galactus was simply another in a long line of super-villains whom we loved creating. having dreamed up many powerful baddies, we felt the only way to top ourselves was to come up with an evil-doer who had almost godlike powers. Therefore, the natural choice was sort of a demi-god, but now what would we do with him. We didn't want to use the tired old cliche about him wanting to conquer the world. That was when inspiration struck. Why not have him not be a really evil person? After all, a demi-god would be beyond mere good and evil. What he'd require is the life force and energy from living planets!"^[2]

Kirby described his Biblical inspirations for Galactus and an accompanying character, an angelic herald Lee dubbed the Silver Surfer:

My inspirations were the fact that I had to make sales. And I had to come up with characters that were no longer stereotypes. I had to get something new. And for some reason, I went to the Bible. And I came up with Galactus. And there I was in front of this tremendous figure, who I knew very well, because I always felt him, and I certainly couldn't treat him the same way that I would any ordinary mortal ... and of course the Silver Surfer is the fallen angel. ...[T]hey were figures that have never been used before in comics. They were above mythic figures, and of course, they were the first gods.^[3]

Kirby further explained, "Galactus in actuality is a sort of god. He is beyond reproach, beyond anyone's opinion. In a way he is kind of a Zeus, who fathered Hercules. He is his own legend, and of course, he and the Silver Surfer are sort of modern legends, and they are designed that way."^[4]

Writer Mike Conroy expanded on Lee and Kirby's explanation, stating, "In five short years from the launch of the Fantastic Four, the Lee/Kirby duo...had introduced a whole host of alien races or their representatives...there were the Skrulls, the Watcher and the Stranger, all of whom Lee and Kirby used in the foundations of the universe they were constructing, one where all things were possible but only if they did not flout the 'natural laws' of this cosmology. In the nascent Marvel Universe, characters acted consistently, whatever comic they were appearing in. Their actions reverberated through every title. It was pure soap opera but on a cosmic scale, and Galactus epitomized its epic sweep."^[5]

All this led to the introduction of Galactus in Fantastic Four #48-50 (March-May 1966), which fans began calling "The Galactus Trilogy".^[6][7][8] It culminated in Fantastic Four #50 (May 1966), which featured the Silver Surfer interceding on behalf of humankind against Galactus.

Plot summary[edit]

"The Coming of Galactus!"[edit]

After wrapping up the Inhumans story of the previous issue, the story moves to the Silver Surfer as he soars through the Andromeda Galaxy, earning the attention of the Skrulls. They know that wherever the Silver Surfer appears, his master, Galactus, cannot be far behind. Terrified, the Skrulls do everything they can to conceal their world from the Surfer's perceptions.

Back on Earth, the Fantastic Four witness the entire skyline appearing be engulfed in flame. At the Baxter Building, Reed sequesters himself inside his laboratory to analyze the situation. The flames in the sky dissipate, giving way to an unending field of space debris.

The powerful being known as the Watcher appears inside Reed's laboratory. He explains that he is responsible for the atmospheric disturbances, for he has been attempting to conceal Earth's existence from the attention of the Silver Surfer. He further explains that the Surfer is the advance scout of Galactus, a powerful cosmic being that consumes the elemental energies of entire worlds, leaving them as little more than dried, lifeless husks.

The Surfer investigates the Watcher's debris field and finds Earth hidden beneath it. He flies to the roof of the Baxter Building and sends out a cosmic signal for Galactus. The Fantastic Four race to the top of the building, and the Thing rams into the Surfer knocking him off the building. In the sky above, Galactus' planet devouring world ship emerges over Manhattan. The giant Galactus exits the ship and declares his intention to consume the entire world.

"If This Be Doomsday!"[edit]

The Watcher tries to appeal to Galactus to leave Earth alone. When diplomacy proves not to work, the Human Torch and the Thing try to attack Galactus to no effect. The Watcher tells them to return to their base and he will contact them shortly.

Galactus continues to assemble his planet devouring device and the Watcher explains that there is a device upon Galactus' home planet that could stop him. The Watcher sends the Human Torch to get it. Meanwhile, the unconscious Silver Surfer wakes up in the apartment of Alicia Masters. She learns of the Surfer's mission and appeals to him to turn against his master and help save the Earth.

When the Fantastic Four begin attacking Galactus' almost completed device, the planet-eater sends his cyborg Punisher to keep them out of his way while he repairs it. Making use of this distraction and delay, the Watcher boosts Johnny's powers so that he may travel to Galactus' planet and retrieve the weapon they need to defeat the world-devourer. Alicia convinces the Surfer to help save the Earth.

"The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer!"[edit]

The Silver Surfer arrives to attack his former master, giving Johnny the time he needs to return from Galactus' planet with the Ultimate Nullifier. When Reed threatens to use it against Galactus, the planet-eater agrees to spare the Earth and leave if Reed gives him back the weapon. True to his word, Galactus leaves but not before making it so the Surfer can never leave the Earth, by removing his "space-time powers". After the battle, Alicia thanks the Silver Surfer for his help, causing the jealous Thing to think that she's choosing the Surfer over him. He quietly walks away feeling nothing but rejection.

As life resumes to normal, the press dismisses the Galactus fiasco as a hoax.
I believe it.You look believe some big gay guy from outer space wanted to eat your planet?
Don't get me wronge.I like the Galactus Trilogy.But after 354 appearences,the story gets old or rather the charactus does.

Legacy[edit]

• "The Galactus Trilogy" served as a primary inspiration for the 2007 film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
• The story was used as the basis for Ultimate Marvel's Ultimate Galactus Trilogy, a trilogy of three miniseries written by Warren Ellis.
• The story arc was the base for the 3rd issue of the "Marvels" four-issue comic book limited series written by Kurt Busiek, painted by Alex Ross and edited by Marcus McLaurin, and published by Marvel Comics in 1994.
• The story is adapted into episodes of the 1967 Fantastic Four TV series and the 1994 Fantastic Four TV series.^{[citation needed]}
• The story is also loosely adapted into the first three-part episode of the TV series Silver Surfer.^{[citation needed]}
• The story arc was voted the 19th best comic book storyline by a reader poll at Comic Book Resources.^[9]
• The story's popularity sparked additional appearances by the Silver Surfer in later issues, and he would eventually receive his own comic series.

Collected editions

Gay-Lack Tus-even Stan Lee regrets this once story trick pony character.Ok.now let me ask you,if I came to you and told.I know this addict,who can't addiction and would everyone,to get his fix,and uses this naked surfer dude toi get it,you'd shit,fuck him.Hope he drops dead or something.But no,because Galactus is this super cosmic Marvel icon,shown up over and over again at Marvel,nobody looks him that way-just be cosmic drunk in purple duds,mourning the loss of some naked guy on a surf board,who mind fucked to forget the hot pussy,he once loved.Sound like a guy,who is niether good nor evil or motherfucker,who needs to get a seat in the electric chair.If this happen on CSI or Law and Order,you be saying yay-fuck him.But since Galactus is major Marvel Bad Guy and he is a bad guy.Even Jim Shooter,whom I agree on practically nothing,put on the side of the bad guys in that Marvel Secret Wars shit.
I mean.what does Galactus do nother than eat planets?Watch intergalactus TV?Make weird Kirby scultures?Pollish that big,frackin helmet ?and Stalk the Silver Surfer and his 15 replacements ?Does watch porn ?If so,it must gay porn or Surfer porn.Sorry,If eat planets,I'd go around doing other things 24/7-maybe give back a Watcher charity-save a planet today.
And Marvel guys,go ask yourself these questions,before one of your hack writers bang another rehash of the Galactus Trilogy.

Fantastic Four #50 #51

): Fantastic Four #138,

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 ? Wiki Activity ute   Share Watchlist Random page Recent changes Metro College    Edit   Talk2 110,787PAGES ON THIS WIKI Metro College Gallery Official Name Metro College Location Details Universe Earth-616 Galaxy Milky Way Star System Sol Planet Earth Country United States of America State New York First appearance Fantastic Four #50 (May, 1966) Contents  [hide]  1 History 2 Points of Interest 3 Residents 3.1 Asher (Earth-616) 3.2 Jim Thorpe (Earth-616) 4 Notes 5 Trivia 6 See Also 7 Links and References 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) Dean Asher Added byDoNConoscente Dean Asher welcomed Johnny Storm and Wyatt Wingfoot to the Metro College[1]. Jim Thorpe (Earth-616) Jim Thorpe Added byDoNConoscente 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]. 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. The guy reaching for Johnny in that last panel is Coach Thorne (previously Thorpe) that had been tried unsuccessfully to recruit Wyatt onto the football team.): Fantastic Four #138,and far as I know thats it for Coach Sam Thorne and wife Belle> 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 ?