An amazing compilation.These guys REALLY cared about treating the FF with respect while offering us a new series of dynamic stories. Karl Kesel, Tom Brevoort, Fred Hembeck (with a two-pager on the FF), commentary from Mike Wieringo, etc. Then we have all 500 issues of covers…smaller than postage stamp size, but they are all there! And page after page of deleted scenes, outtakes, it just never stops. I mentioned some above, and Stan’s #1 synopsis was a page stopper for me. Got that? See Overstreet if you need more clarification.

To further complicate things, they decided to return to the original numbering after #70, so the next sequential issue was #500 and the series carried on from there with the original numbering restored. Thus the #60-70, repeating the 1961 numbering. Mark Waid, Fantastic Four: Hereafter (New York City: Marvel. The numbering here can be confusing, since this “third series” FF title began in 1998. Notes 1 2 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pseudo-Dionysius, On the Divine Names and the Mystical. Plus: Spider-Man and the Human Torch take on Hydro-Man! But with the Fantastic Four’s reputation in tatters, is associating with a misunderstood wall-crawler really wise? And when Manhattan finds itself surrounded by a fleet of miles-high alien spacecraft, it’s time for the Fantastic Four to do what they do best! Giant bugs! Living equations! Johnny Storm, CEO! Exploding unstable molecules! The secret behind the Yancy Street Gang! And Doctor Doom’s plans are truly unthinkable when he kidnaps Franklin! Victor will push the FF beyond their limits - and when his actions lead to the death of one of their own, they’ll storm the gates of Heaven to save their beloved teammate! Plus dozens of bonus extras, from essays by Waid to cover roughs to behind-the-issue talks, plus Stan’s original synopsis for…get this…FF #1!!! Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo deliver some of the most daring, powerful and sometimes even humorous adventures of Fantastic Four since Stan and Jack’s era.

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Fantastic Four, Vol. 1 by Mark Waid