(Cover Date: April, 1969)

Summary: At FF HQ, Reed, Ben & Johnny rush to Reed's lab to find his prototype Space-Scrambler has been taken. SS uses the Space-Scrambler on Galactus' barrier, but it doesn't work & explodes. SS wakes up to find himself in the home of Al Harper, who saw him fall from the sky. Harper, a physicist, says he needs money to build equipment to help SS. SS enters a bank to steal money, but he soon changes his mind. SS meets a man in an alley who was roughed up by thugs from a gambling parlor when he realized the game was rigged. SS wins money at the parlor & gives some to the man. Harper builds a device that SS uses at the barrier. This attracts the attention of the Stranger, who has come to Earth to erase all of its life because of man's savagery. The Stranger recalls his prior trips to Earth & the super-powered beings he encountered. The Stranger tells SS his intentions & vanishes. SS tells Harper, who tries to tell the authorities, but they don't believe him. Harper rides with SS to find the Null-Life Bomb with his Geiger-Scope. SS drops him off & is confronted by the Stranger again. SS then has a battle against the gigantic Stranger in the city. Harper is jumped by suspicious men because of his device, but he manages to get away. Harper finds the bomb & deactivates it. However, he dies from the poisonous vapor released by the bomb. The Stranger leaves Earth after the bomb is disarmed, because a man sacrificed his life to save others. Later, SS leaves an eternal flame at the grave of Al Harper.
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