"...Because of All These Things I've Done." by Jonathan Hickman (w), Neil Edwards (p), Scot Hanna (i), Paul Mounts (c), and others.
Rating: Worth Multiple Reads
The issue spends half of its time on "The One" - ish fight between Nathaniel Richards and Nathaniel Richards, and the other half of the time on the end of the world exposition by the Future Valeria Richards' conversation with Sue Richards while Franklin Richards - in an interesting twist - helps the winning Nathaniel ("with a boot to the face") avoid the revision wave by traveling through time to a random destination. Lots of great action, a wonderful lack of campy dialogue during the fight, and non-distracting exposition which advanced us into the next plot. Cool issue.
Here's what I liked: the art during the fight. Everything was suitably Kirby-esque in its futurism and techno-savvy. The suit of armor that Ben's wearing is very cool, and Reed's device looks suitably advanced yet cobbled together, in prime Action Science (to borrow from Atomic Robo) fashion. I'm not normally a big art person, but I enjoyed this one immensely. Kudos to Edwards, Hanna, Mounts, et al! I also liked the interplay between the dark room setting of the Valeria-Susan discussion with the outdoor park of the Franklin-Nathaniel conflict; visually compelling as well as plot-wise compelling, as the sudden shifts were shocking in a pleasant way.
Fantastic Four has been my favorite comic book for a long time, and issues like this are why: interesting character development and conflict combined with cosmic, time- and universe-spanning plots. What's not to love?
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