FANTASTIC FOUR #269

"SKYFALL"
Writer/Artist: John Byrne | Colorist: Glynis Wein | Letterer: Diana Albers
Editor: Bob Budiansky | Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter
Science Advisor: Larry Niven

The Plot: Wyatt Wingfoot, one-time ally of the Fantastic Four, is out on an ATV near his Indian reservation when a red energy beam shoots down from the sky, slicing a path through the ground nearby. Later, in New York, the FF receive a call from Wyatt explaining the situation just as a similar beam strikes New Jersey. After a short call from the president, Mister Fantastic and She-Hulk depart to rendezvous with Wyatt.

As they cross the U.S., they see that several such beams have struck the country in bizarre patterns. They reach their destination and are nearly knocked out of the sky by a crashing spaceship. Upon landing, Reed and She-Hulk meet up with Wyatt and some of his tribe. Reed programs satellite imagery of the markings left by the beams into his universal translator and learns that they spell out a message: “I claim this world – Terminus.” Then, on cue, the gigantic crashed spacecraft opens up and an enormous armored being emerges.

Sub-Plots & Continuity Notes: Wyatt is about to become the new chief of his tribe. As he mulls this over, he finds himself thinking about the adventures he shared in the past with the Fantastic Four.