Ben Grimm wakes up to find himself in an impossible situation - and facing certain doom! He - alongside the house he was sleeping in and everything in it - are in freefall through a colossal metal hole...falling all the way to the Earth's core, where he'll be cooked, crushed and destroyed! And as Ben tries desperately to save himself, a mysterious villain from the past is revealed! The Thing, working alone, must now save the Fantastic Four, the town - and a little dog too. At least he won't die alone...