The FF are aiding Reed’s former colleague Randolph James in a lab invasion, when word is caught that Blastaar is reigning terror upon the Baxter Building!
Blastaar breaks through the barrier to the Negative Zone & attacks the FF when they return to the Baxter Building. Meanwhile, Reed's friend, Professor Randolph James, uses his evolution-accelerator on himself after being badly beaten up by thugs. (Cover date: February, 1980)