#18

Synopsis

The new threat behind the recent death of the Followers and the Men in Black robots is revealed as the Primal One, a glowing diamond of alien force energy. It instructs it's drones to track down Ilongo from the pendant that was stolen from the pilots in issue #16. Arriving onboard a massive glowing ship, Megatron (an immense gold robot) is dispatched to attack. Raydeen arrives to help Dangard Ace but the two are overpowered. They manage to knock Megatron off the ship and the ultra heavy robot sinks into the ocean. Realizing they need help, the Warriors decide to track down the Fantastic Four.

Reprinted from

• [Marvel Hostess Ads] #48

Credits

Script

Doug Moench, Stan Lee

Pencils

Herb Trimpe, George Pérez

Inks

Herb Trimpe, Mike Esposito, Joe Sinnott

Colours

Carl Gafford

Letters

Irv Watanabe

Editor

Louise Simonson

Assistant editor

Danny Fingeroth

Editor-in-chief

Jim Shooter

Characters

• Ben Grimm
• The Thing

Other printings & variants

• Direct
• British