Speaking of the next FF writer, does anyone know if Alpha issues and one-shots like The Trial of the Watcher count into the Legacy numbering of a book?
I was recently trying to work out how long Dan Slott is still on this book.
He's obviously approaching his endgame since he's starting to address threads he laid down much earlier like the Bentley and Dragon-Man stuff, but I also know that he will most likely end his run on a milestone issue like Fantastic Four 700.
Slott loved writing milestone issues in his Spider-Man run, he started his FF with a milestone issue (FF 650, the Ben-Alicia wedding) and he'll probably end it with another one (FF 700).
If the one shot issues don't count into legacy numbering, then FF 700 will be issue 55 of this current run.
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Here's the timeline I'm currently working with:
December 2021 - Fantastic Four 38
January 2022 - Fantastic Four 39
(RECKONING WAR EVENT)
February 2022 - Reckoning War Alpha, Fantastic Four 40
March 2022 - Reckoning War: Trial of the Watcher, Fantastic Four 41, Fantastic Four 42
April 2022 - Fantastic Four 43, Fantastic Four 44
(END RECKONING WAR EVENT)
May 2022 - Fantastic Four 45
June 2022 - Fantastic Four 46
July 2022 - Fantastic Four 47 (milestone issue - 60th anniversary of Doctor Doom)
August 2022 - Fantastic Four 48
September 2022 - Fantastic Four 49
October 2022 - Fantastic Four 50 (milestone issue - 50th issue of this run)
November 2022 - Fantastic Four 51
December 2022 - Fantastic Four 52
January 2023 - Fantastic Four 53
February 2023 - Fantastic Four 54
March 2023 - Fantastic Four 55 (milestone issue - 700th issue of Fantastic Four)
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Fantastic Four 700 will probably be one of those 96-page issues (like the recent Avengers 750) that will wrap up all of Dan Slott's threads in a neat bow.
Then, the next FF writer begins their run with a double-sized Fantastic Four 1 (LGY 701) in April 2023.
Thoughts?