Gregory sent out drones to monitor the Fantastic Four, catching the team as they investigated the disappearance of their ally Agatha Harkness. These plans were kept a secret from his son Thomas. Learning that the android creature known as Dragon Man - a sometime foe of the Fantastic Four - was frozen within a refrigerated rail car, Gregory hired a private army to free the creature to use it in his scheme. During the time that he was plotting to capture the Fantastic Four, Reed and Sue separated, with Sue taking Franklin to live with some childhood friends. Since Gregory Gideon last dealt with the Fantastic Four, Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman married and had a son named Franklin. Gregory became obsessed with finding a cure, devoting his vast fortune to the search, before finally setting his sights on the Fantastic Four to obtain it. While Gregory was believed to have only two years left, it was hoped that Thomas would survive at least a little longer. There, they were examined by doctors who informed Gregory that they had both suffered life-threatening radiation exposure. ![]() ![]() The Gideon men were rescued by a Russian trawler and returned to the United States. While Claire was killed in the crash, Thomas and his father survived. The blast disabled the plane and it crashed into the ocean. Planning one last family vacation before he relinquished his vast fortune, Gregory Gideon chartered a private plane which accidentally flew onto the site of an ocean atomic bomb test. Mister Fantastic returned Thomas and the Thing to the present, and Gregory promised to turn his life around and liquidate his wealth so he could focus on his family, much to the delight of Thomas. When Gregory realized what he had done he relented, surrendering to the Fantastic Four. Thomas accidentally triggered the trap himself, and was transported to an undisclosed time along with the Fantastic Four's Thing. When Thomas learned of this, he rushed to warn the Fantastic Four. He planned to trick them into triggering their time machine, trapping themselves in the distant past. Having bet that he could defeat the Fantastic Four in order to beat out his three biggest competitors, Gregory Gideon began plotting against the heroes. While Thomas still idolized his father he looked for other heroes in his life and became a fan of the heroic team known as the Fantastic Four. When Thomas was still a young boy his father became obsessed with obtaining great wealth and began neglecting his family. Thomas Gideon is the son of the late billionaire Gregory Gideon and his wife Claire.
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