Fantastici Quattro #39

In "Paria!", a young Matt Murdock recalls the night his life changed—Turk, masked as Santa, strikes him down, leaving him wounded and alone. As Sister Maggie tends to his injuries, a reporter named Ben is cautioned against digging deeper into the truth behind the attack and the Kingpin’s involvement.

In "Il Calore del Deserto," a fractured Bruce Banner finds himself stranded in the desert with Rick Jones, only to be thrust into a brutal transformation that turns them both into their respective Hulks—Banner now a grey, sharp-tongued powerhouse, Rick a wilder, more volatile force. As their clash escalates under the scorching sun, SHIELD’s desperate fusion of Thunderbolt Ross and the alien Zzzax unleashes a new threat, setting the stage for a battle that will test the limits of strength and sanity.