Marvel sent this teaser image for the final issue of Fantastic Four (issue #588).
Anyone placing bets on when the series will return with a new number one, only to run 12 issues before switching to the old numbering at issue #600?
Fantastic Four #588 (THE FINAL ISSUE) arrives February 23, 2011, and has a $3.99 cover price.
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“Anyone placing bets on when the series will return with a new number one, only to run 12 issues before switching to the old numbering at issue #600?”
Surely they wouldn’t do something so blatantly crass? That would be disrespectful to the memory of a fallen hero.
Ah-ha-ha-ha!
Is Spidey sneaking up on Franklin to scare him or is Franklin sitting on the “side” of the wall with his knees dangling over the roof?
Just seems an odd pose for not being on a wall…
Or maybe he’s about to pounce and push lil Franklin off the roof?
Spider-Man’s looking to eliminate the competition so he can be Johnny’s replacement!
I’m going with a just landed pose for Spidey there.
Also, we will have issue 600 before the end of 2012.
Alllrrigghttt! I got the “Reed Richards goes all guilt ridden and gets the 5 o’clock shadow” right!
“Anyone placing bets on when the series will return with a new number one, only to run 12 issues before switching to the old numbering at issue #600?”
Based upon the solicits you posted on December 22nd, I’ve got my money on March.
It won’t last, they’ll bring the fallen FF member back in a year or so using magic or science. Marvel (and DC too) is event based not story based. They try to get better sales by having events, not good stories. Look how long Cap was ‘dead’ for, that was pointless.
A FF with no Johnny and Franklin as the fourth member would be cool.
Johnny did not die in issue 587. We never saw him die. Plus does anyone remember who was left in the Negative Zone during the FF: Secret Invasion story……LYJA. No Torch will be back in 600. I think he was either taken by Annhilus or Lyja saved him some how. Unless a body shows up in 588 IMO he is far from dead.