Death's Head #9

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“Clobberin' Time!” Writer: Simon Furman. Artist: Geoff Senior. Inker: Geoff Senior. Colorist: Louise Cassell. Letterer: Annie Halfacree. Editor: Steve White. Death's Head goes head-to-head with Marvel's First Family… The Fantastic Four! Death's Head's presence seemed to set off Reed Richard's defense system. A small gun emerged from a hidden compartment and opened fire. Death's Head swiftly managed to dodge the blasts and shot back, destroying the gun. The security systems responded by activating a plethora of much larger guns, but only succeeded in blowing a hole in the roof of the building. Death's Head flew into the hole in order to escape, finding himself in the Fantastic Four's hangar area. Noting the advanced vehicles, Death's Head hoped he might find a time machine. Just then the Thing tapped on Death's Head's shoulder, and he spun round to see the Fantastic Four. The Thing told Death's Head he was in trouble, and the mechanoid responded by striking him across the jaw with his mace. The Thing hit back, sending Death's Head flying through three walls. Death's Head faked unconsciousness and suckered the Human Torch with some gas. The Torch recovered and blasted Death's Head with his flames. Before Johnny could do any serious damage, a blast from the security systems knocked him out. Not seeing this, the Thing assumed Death's Head had done it. Death's Head avoided his blows and pulled the carpet from under him. As the Thing fell to the floor, Death's Head placed his foot upon his head and threatened to activate his boot jets. Before he could do so, Mr. Fantastic grabbed him and pulled him away. Just then, Mr. Fantastic was struck by another blast from the security systems. Again it was assumed the blast had come from Death's Head, and the Invisible Woman pinned the mechanoid against the wall with her force field. Death's Head maintained the blast hadn't come from him, something that was confirmed when Mr. Fantastic recovered. The Fantastic Four soon realized their own malfunctioning security systems were attacking them. The Thing attacked the security robot, but it retreated to safety and activated the building’s main defenses. Death's Head tracked the robot with his internal systems. By linking to an entry port, Death's Head discovered that the robot had made its way to Franklin Richard's room. Mr. Fantastic told Death's Head that the systems would be looking for body heat and begged Death's Head to rescue his son. Death's Head realized he didn't have to get involved, but made a deal to help in return for use of Mr. Fantastic's time machine. Death's Head made his way to Franklin's room to find the boy attached to the robot. While attempting to disable the robot, Death's Head damaged the power core. The robot began to build up to an imminent detonation, and Death's Head ran for cover leaving Franklin behind. However, the young boy called out to him for help. Death's Head changed his mind and quickly set Franklin free, just managing to carry him to safety in time to avoid the blast. In return, Mr. Fantastic set his time machine to return Death's Head to 8162. As the machine began to operate, a grateful Thing apologized to Death's Head and asked if he was one of the super-hero's of 8162. Death's Head was quick to put him right, and when Mr. Fantastic realized the mechanoid was an assassin he attempted to abort the jump. Instead Death's Head was sent to Earth-8410, circa. 2020 A.D.