Ok, we're in to the 3rd issue of this 5 part story arc. I was starting to wonder what was going on, because the Ultimate universe has already dealt with Gah Lak Tus. It came . . and they thwarted it. So, who exactly is the Silver Surfer the herald for then? Well it turns out, with the usual Ultimate twist, that he's the herald for the Psycho Man. Actually Johnny is the one that names him. His actual name is Revka Temerlune Edifes Scyros III. Or as he likes to call himself "the king with no enemies". Just stepping on the Earth, he grabs ahold of everyone's mind and immediately controls them. So everyone loves and adores him. Well . . except for our band of 4. "Strange. Very strange. Why is your frequency so different from these others?" We don't really know what he wants yet. Other than he's holding the minds of 8 million people hostage. He threatens Reed with their harm, unless he stands down. But on the final page he figures out their frequency, and now they are under his control too. "Ah, there it is. You were dimensionally rejected, that's all. Enough to throw me off for a little while. But now we're all friends, yes?" Great story by Mike Carey and Pasqual Ferry. This book, along with Ultimate Spider-man, is probably the best showcase of the Ultimate universe. It's full of radical thinking, and twists on the usual Marvel mythos. Which is really what this universe is all about.
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