The Thing is spending time with his godson, Franklin Richards, at a video arcade in Times Square. After the boy has had his fill they head on back to the Baxter Building. There they find a scientist named D.r Giles Neven who is attempting to get an audience with Mister Fantastic but is being denied by security. Ben is curious and learns that the man is trying to show Richards his new video game design in the hopes that Reed might invest in it. Thinking this might be of interest to Franklin, Ben decides to invite the bespectacled scientist into their home. On the elevator ride up, Neven explains that he creates video games to fund his true passion: trying to build a device strong enough to pick up signals that are being sent by a distant galaxy. Setting up his computer in Reed's lab, Neven explains that his latest game creation is a game called "Space Saver". The object of the game is to pilot a "Space Saver" around a maze and destroy alien creatures called Gungy Gobblers.
- Writer: Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio
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Artist: Mike Nasser
- Cover: George Perez