The Fantastic Four escape the Negative Zone and save the universe – but are they in time to save their loved ones from Annihilus? John Byrne’s excellent Negative Zone epic comes to a close with this surprisingly anticlimactic conclusion.
READMr. Fantastic is dead (or is he?), the FF are trapped in the Negative Zone, and Annihilus threatens everything. Yikes! Unfortunately, this is one of the few issues of Fantastic Four where John Byrne’s art lets his story down.
READContinuing their exploration of the Negative Zone, the Fantastic Four encounter a people subjugated by an alien posing as their ruler. As a writer, John Byrne continues to get stronger, but his art is starting to slip.
READWhen the FF encounter a race long stuck on a broken spaceship, Mr. Fantastic fixes everything– or does he? A nearly perfect, done-in-one, sci-fi adventure by writer/artist John Byrne.
READSomewhere in the Negative Zone, the Fantastic Four encounter an oppressed people living in the shadow of a mighty city. John Byrne goes sideways – and straight to ink – for this fun, done-in-one adventure.
READThe Fantastic Four departs to explore the Negative Zone – but what’s that coming back the other way? John Byrne sets up his next big FF adventure – one in which his writing might overtake his art.
READThe Gladiator! The X-Men (apparently)! Captain America! Spider-Man! And, of course, the Fantastic Four! This issue’s a battle royal – one well choreographed by writer/artist John Byrne.
READShi’ar guardsman Gladiator follows Skrulls to Earth, where he thinks they’ve gone into hiding as the Fantastic Four. John Byrne turns in another strong story, but backgrounds are starting to drop out of his art.
READA strange crystal artifact under the moon’s surface traps the Fantastic Four and the Inhumans in a cascading nightmare. A fine, done-in-one effort from writer/artist John Byrne.
READWith Latveria suffering under the iron fist of Zorba, the Fantastic Four become the uncomfortable allies of Doctor Doom. John Byrne’s story is fun but ultimately out of character, while his art is uniformly superb.
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