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Collects Fantastic Four #583-588.

Galactus is ready to feast, and only Reed Richards can save the inhabitants of Nu-World. Sue Richards is mediator between the long-lost tribe of Old Atlantis and Prince Namor. Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm defend against a new Annihilation Wave. And in the end, one of these heroes will die.

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Jonathan Hickman is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for the Image Comics series The Nightly News (Nominated in 2008 for "Best Limited Series" Eisner Award) and currently writes Secret Warriors, FF (previously Fantastic Four), and S.H.I.E.L.D for Marvel Comics.

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Jonathan Hickman (born September 3, 1972, South Carolina) is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for creating the Image Comics series The Nightly News, The Manhattan Projects and East of West, as well as working on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, FF and S.H.I.E.L.D. titles. In 2012, Hickman ended his run on the Fantastic Four titles to write Avengers and New Avengers, as part the "Marvel NOW!" relaunch. In 2013, Hickman wrote a six-part miniseries, Infinity, plus Avengers tie-ins for Marvel Comics. As of 2015, he is writing the crossover event Secret Wars.

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D. Schwent

A Fantastic Ending to Hickman's Run

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2012

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The Thing becomes human for a week. The Silver Surfer discovers the corpse of the future version of Galactus and comes looking for answers. Valeria makes a deal with Doom. Susan Richards gets caught in a conflict between Namor and the other Atlanteans. The Anti-Priest hatches a scheme that will see one of the Fantastic Four dead...

Over the course of the past three volumes, I've mentioned that while I like Jonathan Hickman's ideas, everything seems like set up. Not so with this one. The foreplay is over and the penetration has begun!

All the seeds Hickman has sown thus far come to fruition. Annihilus, Galactus, the Council of Reeds, Nu-World, the Future Foundation, all of it. It feels like a summer blockbuster. Everything that can go wrong does, and while it all works out eventually, nothing is the same.

Super hero deaths are so frequent that they barely register with me any more. The Human Torch's death was different. The issue was largely silent, showing the reactions of Johnny Storm's death through the super hero world. Franklin Richards' chat with Spiderman and The Thing brawling with Hulk and Thor were by far the most touching parts. How often do you see Thor shed a tear and the Hulk trying to comfort the Thing?

I had my doubts about Hickman's run all the way up until this point but he has completely redeemed himself.

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2018

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This was a good book. I really liked everything about it. The only problem, is that I was left confused by some parts. :: Spoiler:: What happened with Dr. D and whoever Valeria was going to help him out. Did I mess something or was that not even addressed. This is why I never buy a book that says Vol. on it. I bet its in another Vol. But if you ever wonder what happened to the Human Torch, you have to read it.

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Greg S.

A terrific story in which one of the Fantastic Four dies; but new readers may have trouble following it

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2011

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Fantastic Four (by Jonathan Hickman), vol. 4 collects issues #583-588 of Fantastic Four, all originally published between 2010 and 2011. Production quality is high with medium-gloss paper, finished boards with silver foil-stamping, and a solid, flexible spine. Disappointingly, however, the editors have decided to group all of the covers (including variants) together as an appendix, rather than place each at the front of its individual story. They've also neglected to indicate the issue numbers for the original covers--a very strange editorial decision.

Jonathan Hickman's story here is wonderful--weird, complex, and genuinely touching. The plot, which picks up a number of dangling narrative threads (Nu-World and the death of Galactus, the conflict between the two Atlantean races, Doom's brain damage, and The Council) culminates in the much-hyped death of one of the Fantastic Four in issue #587. As super hero death's go, this one is pretty anti-climactic, but it's followed by a beautiful "month of mourning" issue, drawn by Nick Dragotta, and told with very few speech balloons. Steve Epting's careful layouts and subtle pencils for the rest of the book are also excellent--a near-perfect match for Hickman's complicated storyline.

As for negatives, this graphic novel suffers a single problem, but it is a glaring one. Despite the heavy promotion of the "Death" issue--which Marvel designed to rev up sales and pull in new readers--the graphic novel's editors have provided no plot summaries or character guides (of the kind regularly included with Marvel graphic novels) to help new or casual readers follow the storyline. As a result, this graphic novel will make a somewhat confusing read for all but those who've been following Hickman's run from the beginning.

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Ben Martin

Great climax to the first half of Hickman's run

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2015

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The Fantastic Four were a childhood favorite of mine when I first started reading comics in the '90s, but they haven't had much worth reading since then. Jonathan Hickman's run changed all that, and this is an essential volume in his run.

This volume really has everything a Fantastic Four fan would want, with Galactus, Namor, Dr. Doom, Annihilus and Silver Surfer all playing significant roles in this one, with high stakes and plenty of action.

Hickman is a master storyteller, and a lot of what he built up to in the first three volumes pays off here. highly recommended for any Fantastic Four fan.

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Andrew Watson

Wow

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2018

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Ok. Wow. That shot got real real deep at the end. Like the last 3 issues reminded me why I love this medium. Amazing stuff. Even though I knew what the twist was gonna be, this still hit me hard. Great read

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rambozus

Jonathan Hickman is one of comics greatest modern writers

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2011

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When I first read the 3rd volume of Hickman's FF run, I was so irritated; it has no ending! There are all these dangling storylines that he's just introduced and hasn't even touched yet. And then I picked up the 4th volume. The recent concept of "writing for the trade" is not what he does. Hickman writes to the medium; well-paced, serialized fiction with well-characterized interactions and exceptionally creative and exciting concepts.

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deepak s fernandes

An excellent read and you must read this before Vol 5 which is a core book

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2018

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I liked the storyline and how it connected things together. I didn't care too much for the drawings, but that's my style preference.

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2018

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I am familiar with the characters and the storyline

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kennyw

Good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2019

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Quality as stated arrived in good time many thanks

mrbernd

FF at ist best

Reviewed in Germany on December 10, 2013

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Mit diesem Heft beginnt ein gewaltiger Handlungsbogen mit allen beliebten Charakteren dieser Serie: Dr. Doom, Silver Surfer und Galactus. Wie und Warum werde ich nicht erzählen.
Jedoch zählt dieses Heft sowie die Hefte FF 1-4 für mich zum erzähltechnisch Besten der Fantastic Four.

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Interessant

Reviewed in Germany on December 6, 2013

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Ich habe dieses Comic aufgrund der guten Bewertungen gekauft. Als Old-Time Fan der FF wollte ich mal nachlesen, was aktuell wohl so passiert.

In dem Comic tritt einiges auf, was Rang und Namen hat: Silver Surfer, Galactus, Namor, Annihilus...
Da Comic hat mir gut gefallen und ich werde wohl auch den Folgeband kaufen.

Einziger Schwachpunkt für mich: Das "Trauer"-Comic hat mich nicht mitgerissen. Da kenne ich von "Astonishing X-Men" andere Geschichten, die mehr zu Herzen gehen.

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M3Gr1ml0ck

Very nice and entertaining read. But.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 6, 2016

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Volume 5 of "Fantastic Four" by Jonathan Hickman is a very nice and entertaining read.
Art goes from good to excellent (Di Giandomenico), and Kitson draws a grown-up Franklin that finally looks the part.
It's also a big relief, after witnessing some of the horrors on the pages of volume 3 of the twin FF book, where those oversized facial features almost made me cry in despair "Is this the return of Ron Wilson"?
But I digress. Epting's art is very pleasant, and one can almost forget all the splash pages over splash pages, full of lights and special effects, because at least you got a solid story behind it.
Well, sort of. It's a fun story, full of interesting characters, concepts and events, but when you stop to reconsider it, you start wondering.

First, there's the Human Torch. He's still alive. Big surprise. And what about all the drama and pain and tears and funerals of volume 4, which in terms of original issue means just something like-- I don't know-- three issues ago?
Jeez, that's how the comic business goes these day: characters won't stay dead for more than a few months, as the shocking effect of their death can just raise the sales that much I guess? (Kidding. The FF issues between the actual Fantastic Four are the ones that fill the gap, but the horrible TradePaperback edition makes this impossibile to understand).

And the Torch takes control of the Negative Zone, even bringing in new characters such as the Universal Inhumans. Awesowe concepts. Who are they? What's their origin? Is this their first appearance or what?
No explanation is given. They join the Inhumans, then they all enter the battle against the Kree, Attilan gets close to a big reckon with the Supreme Intelligence and... nothing, they just leave. What a waste of pages.
I get the feeling I missed some crossover event, here, but the book offers no explanation: no notes, no recaps, no nothing.
What are the Inhumans there for? What is Crystal there for? I get some glimpses of her and Ronan, I understand that they are having some sort of affair, but then...? Where did they go? Where did they come from? I don't remember seeing them in volume 4. And no "reading guide" is offered for the occasional reader who picked up this volume because he wants to see how the F4 are doing (that is me, and actually I also picked volumes 3 and 4).

The storytelling is also pretty dry for the supposed main plot (the Mad Celestials attack): yes, I get a not-so-complete explanation about Grampa Richards's big plan to save Mr. Fantastic from them, and that's all. I don't even know who tose Mad Celestials are, what is their origin, or why they are so angry at the Council of Reeds.

Anyway, ultimately the Inhumans do not really matter, the Mad Celestials are there for the light show, Sol's Anvil is useles... and that's a lot of pages that went away without actually providing a consistent amount of substance. I wish that the writer had given them less room in the book, maybe providing more information (at least) about Mister Franklin's life after he witnessed the death of Mr. Fantastic. I hope this is not chronicled in another volume, because, again-- no explanation anywhere.
It would be nice to see how Frankling grows up without a father, how he becomes the sensible and balanced (but driven) demi-god who will rewrite time again and again in order to save his own father... and maybe also what's the purpose of Lady Valeria, who comes back in time just to stand there and do nothing (as kid Valeria points out).

Finally, I'm very surprised by how Mr. Fantastic has gotten soft: just because his wife says so, he believes that the Kree attack is the actual crisis that will destroy Earth. I get that the Invisible Woman can go all emotional about her kids, and wants to play all her cards to protect them, but Mr. Fantastic is supposed to be the analytical, cold genius whose superior mind can factor all the variables and so on. Does he really need me to tell him that a Kree assault will hardly end up shattering Earth and releasing the Galactus Seed?

Still, when all it's said and done-- it's nice and entertaining read. And I'm going to purchase more volumes of Hickman's run.
If only the collected edition had not been done so poorly, keeping the FF stories separated when they are strongly intertwined.

Volume 4 is an interesting, though somewhat cryptic, read. (Why am I writing this here? Because Amazon is showing my review both on volume 4 and 5.)
For instance: the Doom plot is fascinating, but Valeria's actions in that other dimension (?) withe the Council of Reeds (?) are almost impossible to understand: did she get in trouble and need to be rescued? Or was she acting deliberately to lure them somewhere?
Johnny's sacrifice is certainly noble and heroic, and the mourning episode is touching, but something seems to be missing from this story.
Art is honestly crafted, with a fair amount of details, but it's not memorable.

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