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Johnny Storm leases out unstable molecules to a fashion designer. Remember, Sue put Johnny in charge of the FF’s business lines to help make them solvent and help him grow up. The designer tries to reverse-engineer them, but Reed thought of that and protected them from duplication. But Johnny essentially weaponized that protection, and now it is eating the building.
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Meanwhile, interdimensional insects invade the Baxter Building.
Reed and Ben decide to use a shrink-ray so they can get Ben to be small enough to track down and clobber the insects.
Why does Reed’s size-changing ray look like a dog’s penis?
It’s pretty rare we get a “sound” joke in a comic book.
When Thing shrinks, it makes his voice squeaky. Mark Waid’s Reed Richards has a sense of humor, which is cool.