- Dr. Doom: Hear me, nations of the world! My power is without limit! I can turn day to blackest night, summer to winter. But I am, above all, a reasonable man. Thus, I have granted your leaders one week to surrender to the rule of Doom, or suffer total annihilation.
- Silver Surfer: Amongst the mightiest, the most imposingly savage of all Earth's creatures, I sit in peace. I dwell in safety. For food has been plentiful, and no longer do they hunger.
- [looks at a lion]
- Silver Surfer: Unlike the humans who call you "beast", there's no violence in your heart, no hint of avarice, no smoldering hate. Yet man, who has won dominion over all this world, is a stranger to peace, a prisoner caught in the net of his own nameless fear. And here stand I, hopelessly trapped in a world of madness, where reason is shunned while violence prevails.
- [takes off on his board]
- Silver Surfer: But no longer shall the Silver Surfer be part of man's insanity. Let humanity do what it will! As for me, I shall dwell amongst the beasts, or search for some semblance of freedom in the polluted skies of this mad, orbiting prison which men call Earth!
- Dr. Doom: [to Silver Surfer] Your unselfish concern touches me deeply... you unearthly clod! You, who refused to appropriately wield your cosmic powers! I, on the other hand, shall use them to enslave an entire planet. And after that, perhaps a universe as well!
- Silver Surfer: I have much to learn of the ways of human beings. It is true that you are slaves of greed and fear - and yet, there is a nobility in your hearts that cannot be denied. Perhaps one day I will understand.
- Dr. Doom: [wields the Power Cosmic] I now possess the power to end hunger, to abolish disease, to eliminate crime, to establish a perfectly content, perfectly ordered world - all under the benevolence of my iron will!
- Dr. Doom: Die? But who said anything about dying? Doom is no common murderer! Besides, I would never dream of letting my dearest enemies off that easily.
- Human Torch: Then why did you...
- Dr. Doom: Attack? Call it a lesson in humility, my fiery friend. No - for the Fantastic Four, I have devised a much more fitting revenge. You, the legendary bravest of the brave, shall live out the rest of your days in abject fear, watching helplessly as I bend the world to my will, knowing you are utterly powerless to stop me, that you are no longer important enough for me to destroy. Till we meet again... on Doomsday!
- [laughs and leaves]
- Dr. Doom: Let mankind beware, for Doctor Doom has attained powers without limit, and this time, there will be no failure - no defeat!
- The Thing: [being levitated by Dr. Doom] Hey, that's the Surfer's ride you're on!
- Dr. Doom: Quite true, you insufferable blot on the escutcheon of humanity, and, as possessor of his cosmic powers, I am now veritably undefeatable
- The Thing: Yeah? That's the same mouthful you mumbled the last time you stole the Surfer's gig, metal puss, and you ended up gettin' your tin tail shellacked by Galactus!
- Dr. Doom: I assure you, that is not an error I will repeat. I've monitored Galactus' movements for months. At the moment, he is quite occupied at the other end of the galaxy. Now feel the limitless power in these very hands which you once nearly crushed!
- [punches the Thing]