Issue(s): Fantastic Four #88, Fantastic Four #89
Published Date: Jul-Aug 69
Title: "A house there was!" / "The madness of the Mole Man!"
Credits:
Stan Lee - Writer
Jack Kirby - Penciler
Joe Sinnott - Inker
Stan Lee - Editor

Review/plot:
Here is as good as any a place to say that i've always found Reed's outraged face to be highly comical.

The FF return from Latveria and pick up their still unnamed baby from Alicia. Reed and Sue are looking for an out of the way house so that they can keep the baby safe. They find a mysterious house that looks like a flying saucer and that the realitor says no one know who built it or when, and, similar to how Reed is always taking the family on vacation in places where there are strange occurances being reported, they decide this is the place to raise their son safely. And of course, they move all their stuff in without inspecting the house at all.

Despite the fact that Ben stays behind with Alicia while Johnny and Crystal eat dinner in the new place with Reed and Sue (P.S.: Crystal in an apron alert.), he suddenly shows up in the next issue. Johnny did say Ben was coming later, but it's just odd the way he suddenly appears, especially since Johnny also told Sue it was too late to head back to the city and that's why they had to stay for dinner.

The house is actually a device of the Mole Man's, designed to blind all of humanity.

Despite being blinded, the FF still manage to defeat the Mole Man, and they stand around for the rest of the issue debating how much the Mole Man needs to be pitied.

Meanwhile, a Skrull slaver ship lands on the Earth.

I liked this shot of the FF in civilian clothes:

Quality Rating: C

Historical Significance Rating: 2

Chronological Placement Considerations: The Fantastic Four are just arriving home from Latveria and stopping in at Alicia's to pick up Franklin so this has to be the first FF appearance after #87.

References: N/A

Cross-over: N/A

Continuity Implant? N

Reprinted In: Marvel's Greatest Comics #70 (#89 is an original)