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As the Silver Surfer flies on his surfboard, he contemplates man's inhumanity to man. The planet below him is so beautiful, but its inhabitants are tainted by bigotry, hatred, greed, and oppression. He decides that since people refuse to turn from savagery, he will become a foe that they must unite to battle. Soon. using his cosmic power, he starts to wreak havoc in Earth's cities. He destroys buildings, tangles traffic in rapidly growing vegetation, causes enormous tidal waves, and even levitates the pyramids into the air. Then he showers New York City with sonic booms that damage whole blocks of buildings. The shock waves reach the Baxter Building and throw Crystal, Johnny. and Ben around. Johnny soars into the air to intercept the Surfer. The surfer contracts the molecules in front of Johnny, creating a wall that Johnny slams into, and with Johnny weakened by the impact, the Surfer encloses him with towers of cosmic force. When Ben Grimm flies up on his Airjet-Cycle and leaps at the Surfer from behind, the Surfer strikes him with a pair of energy waves and starts punching him. They fly above the city on the surfboard, pounding each other relentlessly. At last the Surfer declares that he is tired of this game. The Surfer blasts through a mountain peak, heading toward Washington. Simultaneously, Reed suddenly appears on the roof of the midtown Manhattan building where Johnny is regaining consciousness. When Reed determines that the Surfer is headed toward the capitol. Johnny says that the Sonic Shark missile that is based there will stop him. Soon the Sonic Shark missile is launched. Johnny sees it homing in on the Surfer and tries to warn him with a bolt of flame. The Surfer begins to fly away, but the missile starts to gain on him. Johnny tries to disable the engine, but the missile defends itself and nearly blows his flame out. Then the missile fires an energy drainer at the Surfer. Fortunately, Reed and Ben arrive in the pogo plane and fly right up to the missile. Reed then tells Ben to punch it as hard as he can. The blow knocks the missile off course into the stratosphere, where it explodes harmlessly. When Reed, Ben, Johnny, and the Surfer land, the Surfer tells them that he gives up. The Sonic Shark drained almost all of his cosmic power and now he is no longer invincible. No longer does he feel that a single being can bring sanity to the human race, he says. Reed admonishes the Surfer that mankind is not as hopeless as he thinks. Grateful for having learned another lesson about humanity, the Surfer mounts his surfboard and departs.