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Issue - 1 Writer - Matt Fraction Art - Mike Allred
Marvel Now! shows you the future, and it’s fantastic! In the Fantastic Four’s absence, a hand-picked substitute squad—Ant-Man, Medusa, She-Hulk and Miss Thing—must guard Earth and the fledgling Future Foundation for four minutes. What could go wrong? |
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Issue - 3 Writer - Matt Fraction Art - Mike Allred
The new FF take to the streets to celebrate 2013! How does the world respond? How do the kids of the Future Foundation feel about these new grown-ups running the show? And what does Scott Lang have in store for Doom? The war begins.. |
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Issue - 7 Writer - Matt Fraction Art - Mike Allred
Field trip…into the heart of the Negative Zone! Scott Lang has already lost a daughter… watch what happens when he puts it all on the line to save… Bentley-23?The shocking reveal of the villain pulling the strings and pitting family against family -- and a rescue mission unlike anything you’ve ever seen -- FF vs FF! |
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Issue - 8 Writer - Matt Fraction Art - Mike Allred
Field trip…into the heart of the Negative Zone! Scott Lang has already lost a daughter… watch what happens when he puts it all on the line to save… Bentley-23?The shocking reveal of the villain pulling the strings and pitting family against family -- and a rescue mission unlike anything you’ve ever seen -- FF vs FF! |
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Issue - 9 Writer - Matt Fraction Art - Joe Quinones
Summary: What happens? POOL PARTY. Who do they fight? POOL PARTY. What do we get? POOL PARTY. |
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Issue - 11 Writer - Matt Fraction Art - Mike Allred
Purple! Green! IMPOSSIBLETOWN! |
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Issue - 13 Writer - Matt Fraction & Lee Allred Art - Mike Allred
Doom the Annihilating Conqueror ascends! Is this the beginning of the end of everything? Who Watches the Wee Watcher? What is the horrible secret of UNDERSPACE? And two students transfer in at the best worst moment imaginable. FINALLY! MORE KIDS! |
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Issue - 14 Writer - Matt Fraction & Lee Allred Art - Mike Allred
It's the eve of the Future Foundation's war with Latveria and the FF are readying for battle! But so is Doom the Immortal Conqueror -- and the Council of Dooms! What's happening in Old John Storm's head? I mean, what's UP with that guy, anyway?
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Issue - 15 Writer - Matt Fraction & Lee Allred Art - Mike Allred
Invasion Latveria: the Video Game! Four stand-in replacement heroes and a dozen kids versus Dr. Doom, now transformed into the ultimate power in the universe: Doom the Annihilating Conqueror! What a time to run out of quarters! Game over, man! |
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Issue - 16 Writer - Matt Fraction & Lee Allred Art - Mike Allred
The final showdown. The last FF member standing, Scott Lang goes up against Dr. Doom alone -- and everyone knows the Ant can't. The smackdown of the century. Plus an extra ten page bonus of F4/FF goodness co-written by Karl Kesel and the Allreds.
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Comments: This has not been a series that I have enjoyed. Coming off the heels of quite possibly some of the best Doom appearances of the past few years in Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four run, Matt Fraction and Lee Allred's Fantastic Four / FF run swings the pendulum in the opposite direction. I might be reading too much in between the lines, but it seems to purposefully poke fun at and attack elements of Hickman's run. In response to Hickman's Council of Reeds, we get a Council of Doom. One scene in particular from the finale seems to take a shot at the merits of the character and anyone who thinks he has any. Scott Lang decries anyone who thinks Doom is nuanced, layered, or deep. For certain the Doom presented to us in this series lacks any of those qualities. Fans of 'Unthinkable' and Super-Villain Team-Up #7, rejoice...this is the series for you. This is your Doom.
Me? I'm just going to reread Fantastic Four Annual #2, Astonishing Tales #8, Triumph and Torment, Books of Doom, Doom 2099, just to name a few of the stories that feature a nuanced, layered and deep character I used to know. I'm sure he'll turn up again soon.
Bottom Line: * out of 5 |