While Alicia is in the hospital recovering from a savage beat down at the hands of Annihilus, Ben Grimm’s first love comes calling. John Byrne delivers a poignant story here, along with some overpowering inks over penciler Ron Wilson.
READThe 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.
READWith the Fantastic Four trapped in the Negative Zone, Annihilus plots to destroy, well, everything. Can the Avengers breach his barrier? John Byrne’s Negative Zone epic spills over into The Avengers. Can writer Roger Stern and finisher Joe Sinnott keep up?
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.
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