Fantastic Four #96

The Mad Thinker is back and more powerful than ever, aided by his Androids of Death! 'Nuff said!

The Mad Thinker comes up with an amazing plan to defeat the Fantastic Four. He creates android look-a-likes for each FF member. The cover shows that all four of the FF get defeated by their counteparts, but this is not actually the case. We do not see the Human Torch until the very end of the story. He is imprisoned in a large tube, apparently having been bested by his android look-a-like. The Human Torch Android takes care of the Thing, though the Thing later recovers and helps Mr. Fantastic in the big fight. We are led to believe that the Mr. Fantastic Android defeats Mr. Fantastic in a good fight, but it turns out that Reed Richards has beaten the android. The Invisible Girl Android easily defeats the Invisible Girl. The android sneaks up behind Sue and smothers her face with a chloroform rag, knocking the girl unconscious until the end of the story. The Thing and Mr. Fantastic combine forces to defeat all four of the androids and the Mad Thinker and then they release their two unconscious and imprisoned teammates