Skrullduggery: Fantastic Four Annual #17

Have you ever wonder what ever happened the Skrulls that Mr. Fantastic hypnotized and had them change into cows way back in the early days of the FF?

Read on and you’ll be shocked what happened.

Sharon Selleck, longtme friends of Julie who is Johnny Storm’s current girl, borrowed Julie’s car and subsequently breaks down in the middle of nowhere.

She tries to wave down a passerby with no luck.  So, she decides to hoof it to a nearby town-a town surrounded by a large chain link fence.  She climbs the fence and discovers a stage crop of plants being fed by---milk?

Soon after she is captured by some local townsfolk straight out of L’il Abner.  They take her back to town where she checks in with the police and gets a hotel room’

And then strange things begin to happen.  She explores the town and the next day calls her friend Julie.  In the middle of the conversation the line goes dead.  

Later Sharon sneaks out of town to find a phone booth and to call the Fantastic Four hoping to talk to Johnny Storm-the line goes dead.

Julie contacts Johnny and he convinces the rest of the Fantastic Four to investigate.

They go to the town, but no Sharon.  But, there is a town filled with people who transform into hideous monsters and attack.

It seems the Skrulls who were turned into cows and were ‘milked’ passed on their shape changing ability via the milk to the townsfolk-who have plans for the shape-changing milk-big plans.

What fun story.  Adventure, hints of horror, mystery, monsters, missing persons-what’s not to like?

John Byrne both wrote and drew The Fantastic Four Annual #17 from Marvel Comics and as always delivered a greet story.