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A silver object enters Earth's
atmosphere, radiating cosmic energy that creates massive molecular fluctuations
and causes deep craters at locations across the Earth. The government
approaches Reed Richards to track the movements of the object.
Reed and Susan Storm prepare
for their wedding. As the wedding begins, Reed's systems detect the phenomenon
approaching New York City. The object destroys the sensors while the
Fantastic Four protect the crowd. Susan's brother Johnny Storm, the Human
Torch, pursues the object, finding that it is a humanoid, a "Silver Surfer".
He confronts the Surfer, who drags Johnny into the upper atmosphere then drops
him back toward Earth. Johnny manages to reactivate his powers and survives the
fall, landing in a desert. Later, when Susan tries to check Johnny for
illnesses, she touches his forehead and their powers switch—he becomes
invisible, and she is set on fire; when they touch again their powers revert.
Reed's examination of Johnny reveals that exposure to the Surfer has set
Johnny's molecular structure in flux, allowing him to switch powers with
his teammates through physical contact.
Tracing the cosmic energy of the
Surfer, Reed discovers that a series of planets the Surfer visited previously
had all been destroyed eight days after and that he has been creating deep
artificial craters around the globe for some unknown purpose. Reed determines
that the next crater will appear in London, and the team travels there.
They arrive too late to stop the crater, and the Thames drains into
it. Afterward, both Reed and Susan contemplate abandoning their lives as
superheroes in order to provide a normal life to raise a family. The Surfer's
movements around the globe bring him past Latveria, where the cosmic
energy affects Victor Von Doom, freeing him from two years as a metal
statue. Doom, able to move again but scarred, traces the Surfer to the Russell
Glacier and makes him an offer to join forces. When the Surfer rebuffs
him, Doom attacks. The Surfer returns fire, blasting Doom through the ice,
though the cosmic energy of the Surfer's blast heals Doom's body instead of
killing him.
Doom returns and leverages his
experience into a deal with the United States military, who have the Fantastic
Four work with Doom reluctantly. Deducing that the Surfer's board is the source
of his power, Reed develops a pulse generator that will separate him from it,
while Victor works on an unknown remote-like device. In the Black Forest,
Susan is confronted by the Surfer, during which he reveals he is merely a
servant to the destroyer of worlds and regrets the destruction he causes. The
military opens fire on the Surfer, which distracts him and allows the four to
fire the pulse, separating the Surfer from his board. The military imprisons
the Surfer in Siberia, while they torture him for information. Susan uses
her powers to sneak into his cell, where she learns his master is known on his
homeworld as Galactus, a cosmic entity which feeds on life-bearing planets
to survive, and that the Surfer's board is a homing beacon leading Galactus to
Earth.
Doom, pursuing the power in the
board, steals it from the compound, using the wrist-pad device he created in
secret to gain control of the board and its powers. Doom subdues several
soldiers, kills General Hager and escapes to China. The Fantastic Four
rescue the Surfer, and pursue Doom in the Fantasticar, confronting him
in Shanghai. During the showdown, Susan is impaled in the chest protecting
the Surfer from a spear from Doom. With the Surfer powerless, Johnny absorbs
the combined powers of the entire team in order to battle the cosmic
energy-empowered Doom. Johnny succeeds in breaking Doom's control over the
Surfer's board, while Ben Grimm uses a nearby crane to knock Doom
into the harbor. Galactus has already arrived however, and Susan dies in Reed's
arms. The Surfer regains the control of his board, and his power is restored,
which he uses to revive Susan and to defend Earth, flying into Galactus with
help from Johnny. The conflict results in a massive blast of energy, engulfing
Galactus in a cosmic rift, destroying it, and seemingly the Surfer as well.
Johnny's second exposure to the Surfer heals him, and he can no longer switch
his powers with his teammates.
Shortly after the events in
Shanghai, Reed and Susan get married in Japan, only to be interrupted yet
again by an alert that Venice is sinking into the sea; to Reed's delight, Sue
has the wedding finish quickly before they, Johnny, and Ben race off to save
the city, using the Fantasticar to draw a "4" in the sky
above.
In a mid-credits scene, a shot of
the Silver Surfer shows his seemingly lifeless body floating through space,
until his eyes open and his board races back towards him.
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