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Fantastic Four Vol 1 #255 FN+
Jun 1983
By John Byrne
On the island of Manhattan, Daredevil swings through the city when suddenly he slams into an invisible barrier that even his much vaunted radar-sense could not detect. But thanks to his keen training and fast reflexes, he manages to save himself from a fatal fall some twelve stories down. Going to investigate the barrier, Daredevil is able to find it by touch, but is shocked when his radar sense can detect nothing but thin air. The cause of this barrier is Annihilus, ruler of the Negative Zone who has erected it using the equipment from within the Fantastic Four’s Baxter Building headquarters.
Annihilus gloats over his impending victory, he explains to his prisoners Alicia Masters and Franklin Richards that he plots to expand a second null field within the first one in order to cause the Negative Zone and Earth’s positive matter universe to merge, thus destroying both. When Alicia asks why he is planning to snuff out the lives of two universes, Annihilus grabs the girl and removes his mask, showing his horrifyingly old and decaying face. He explains that he has been rapidly aging thanks to the recent removal of his Cosmic Control Rod, [1] and that rather than face death alone, he plans to destroy two universes instead. When Annihilus realizes that Alicia is blind and cannot see his ravage fate, he becomes furious and tosses her aside. Lunging at the defenseless woman, Annihilus promises to bring her the terrible death that he promised
