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November 1976 Volume 1 Usa 441 Collected
THE FANTASTIC FOUR #176
Impossible Man Appearance
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November 1976
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.30
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 Improbable As It May Seem--The Impossible Man Is Back In Town! 
GALACTUS Has Changed Ben Grimm back into the Thing. This combined with with the Human Torch's sardonic Remarks and the fact that they are bringing the Impossible Man back to Earth gets Ben angry. The ship they are piloting begins to head toward the Earth at a fast speed. In trying to grab the brake, Ben underestimates his strength and destroys it so the ship continues to speed toward the Earth.

With the Impossible Man deciding only to sit by and watch, the ship plummets toward Central Park. With the help of the Human Torch creating an up-draft of hot air to slow their fall the Fantastic Four crash into a lake and survive drowning thanks to Sue's invisible powers. With the rocket a wreck, the group decides the only way to make it to the Baxter Building is by cab. After some trouble getting a cab (necessitating Sue to turn invisible to give the illusion that there is one less passenger in the car), their ride crashes, when the cabbie is startled by the Impossible Man showing off his powers. As the other Fantastic Four are busy calming down the Thing's temper tantrum over the traffic accident the Impossible Man wanders away and becomes interested in the Marvel Comics office.
Inside MARVEL, Stan Lee is under distress because they haven't been able to get a hold of the Fantastic Four for weeks and the deadline for next months issue is coming up. Impossible Man, listening in on the conversation teleports into the room and is very intrigued and asks them to do a comic book about him. Jack Kirby begins drawing it up thinking that the character would be perfect in his Eternals or 2001 series. However Stan recognizes having already done a story he knows the Impossible Man is unpopular with readers.

This angers the Impossible Man who goes on a rampage, using his powers to imitate various super-heroes to show them that he is worth having his own comic book. The Fantastic Four eventually track down the Impossible Man and storm the Marvel Comics office to try and get the Impossible Man under control. Unable to catch the Impossible Man, they learn why he is on a rampage and Mr. Fantastic grabs Stan Lee and has him promise to devote an entire comic book to the Impossible Man, pleasing HIM enough to stop his rampage. With the rampage over the Fantastic Four are alerted to a classified ad in the newspaper advertising auditions for a new member of the Frightful Four being conducted at the Baxter Building. As they rush out Roy Thomas asks Stan if they can get started on the Impossible Man story? Stan tells him to forget it because he agreed to it under a moment of distress.
The Fantastic Four rush to the Baxter Building with the help of the Impossible Man and learn that the advertisement is true, the Frightful Four are at their base awaiting potential members to come and audition and they have a trap prepared for the Fantastic Four.

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