Reed succeeds in reversing the Thing's condition, though the now-human Ben Grimm no longer has any memory of the team's transformation into the Fantastic Four.
An energy sphere transports the Fantastic Four to the Negative Zone, where they are used by Doom to distract the insect conqueror Annihilus so that he can steal Annihilus's cosmic control rod.
Frustrated by his repeated defeats at their hands, Ronan the Accuser asks the powerful Grandmaster to stage a contest that would give him the chance to beat the Fantastic Four.
After believing Reed caused the cosmic storm accident on purpose Ben, Sue and Johnny are captured by Doom's robots while Doom steals Reed Richard's dimensional gauntlet to create a portal to the negative zone.