The following contains spoilers for Fantastic Four #47, on sale now from Marvel.
Marvel's Fantastic Four #47 channels Bruce Willis in a Die Hard homage, with Sue Storm Richards even letting out a "Yippee-ki-yay" at one point in the issue.
Fantastic Four #47 comes from writer David Pepose, artist Juann Cabal, color artist Jesus Aburtov and letterer VC's Joe Caramagna. Tying into the ongoing Judgment Day event, the issue opens with Reed Richards locking himself in isolation so he can brainstorm a solution to the Celestial problem after Progenitor was brought to life and began evaluating humanity's worth. Franklin and Valeria Richards go to stay with Alica Masters while their father is away, Johnny Storm/the Human Torch decides to take the day off given the world very well might be ending, leaving Ben Grim/the Thing and Sue alone in the Baxter Building.
Seizing the opportunity, Oubliette Midas discretely infiltrates the Baxter Building before launching an explosion that effectively traps Ben under an enormous pile of rubble. Oubliette also puts a protective shield around the location to bar Johnny and Ben from entering, meaning Sue is trapped in there with the enemy and her henchmen.
Just because she's alone, however, doesn't mean she's defenseless, as Sue quickly determines she'll stop Oubliette no matter the cost. It's when she's cornered by some henchmen when Sue lets out a "Yippee-ki-yay," turns invisible and starts taking them out. One of Oubliette's accomplices happens to be equipped with thermal lenses and can see Sue despite her invisibility; Sue, however, jams the villain's weapon and sends them flying backward.
Much like the various scenes in 1988's Die Hard where John McClane (Willis) and Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) communicate via walkie-talkie as McClane races to save the Nakatomi Plaza, Fantastic Four #47 also sees Sue and Oubliette speak over a wireless headset. Oubliette warns Sue that "no one is coming" for her before revealing what she's after within the Baxter Building: knowledge. "I'm going to break into your husband's vault and steal every last neuron he has..." Oubliette explains.
Fantastic Four #48: Die Harder
The story continues in Oct. 12's Fantastic Four #48, which is also the final issue of the current Fantastic Four run before the title relaunches with writer Ryan North and artist Iban Coello in November. The synopsis reads, "Trapped alone inside the Baxter Building with no backup in sight, the Invisible Woman battles her way up 35 flights of death traps to stop the mad science of OUBLIETTE MIDAS! But with the clock running out on the Celestial's judgment, can Sue save her husband, Reed, from becoming the latest cog in the Exterminatrix's interdimensional war machine? Can the Thing and the Human Torch free themselves from Oubliette's twisted schemes, or will the hijacked Baxter Building prove to be the FF's ultimate undoing? It's Judgment Times Four, as the Fantastic Four don't plan to go down without a fight!"
Fantastic Four #47 features cover art by CAFU and variant cover art by John Tyler Christopher and Russell Dauterman. The issue is on sale now from Marvel.
Source: Marvel