(Cover Date: April, 1969)

Summary: Dr. Doom warns the FF that they must learn to obey his orders in Latveria or they will be punished. Ben attacks his servo-guards & is easily knocked down by a stun blast. Doom lets two test subjects overpower him & lets them flee, holding his guards back from pursuing them. The two men hijack an armored vehicle. It is attacked by one of Doom's new robots, & the vehicle is ripped to pieces. Doom tells Hauptmann that he plans to test his robot army by having them destroy a village that the FF are in. The FF pass out after eating lunch due to a sedative. They are put in the Hypno-Persuader, which conditions their minds to not use their powers. Sue looks at a house, but decides it wouldn't be safe for the other residents. The agent takes her to an unusual looking house with all but the roof buried underground. Doom poses for a portrait without his mask on in anticipation of his ruling mankind. Doom's guard tells him that his robot army has started their surge of destruction toward the target village that the FF are in. more