It was the world’s greatest comic magazine — again! Not since the days of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby had a creator so perfectly captured the intense mood, cosmic style and classic sense of adventure of Marvel’s First Family. Fresh off an earth-shattering and reputation-making run as penciller on Uncanny X-Men, John Byrne proved his writing talent was every bit the equal of his art as he pulled double-duty on Fantastic Four, launching Reed, Sue, Ben and Johnny into realms of imagination and wonder into which few creators before had dared to travel.
From the four corners of the globe to the farthest reaches of space to the deepest depths of the Negative Zone, the FF face off against foes old and new — including the Dr. Doom, Galactus and Annihilus! Plus: The FF aid the Inhumans, bid farewell to the Baxter Building, don new costumes and celebrate their 20th anniversary in style as Byrne reminds us all there’s a family at the heart of this team of adventurers!
Collecting Marvel Team-Up (1972) #61-62; Marvel Two-In-One #50; Fantastic Four (1961) #215-218, #220-221, #232-262 and Annual #17; Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #42; Avengers (1963) #233; Thing (1983) #2; and Alpha Flight (1983) #4, written by John Byrne, Chris Claremont, Marv Wolfman, Bill Mantlo, Stan Lee & Roger Stern, pencilled by John Byrne, Mike Zeck, Jack Kirby & Ron Wilson, with covers by John Byrne.
Marvel, hardback, 1084 pages, published November 2011
