World's Greatest Comic: The Fantastic Four Appreciation 2022

[CaptCleghorn]

Slott finally confirmed his departure on Twitter but since his tweets are restricted to followers (I was lucky to follow him before he made his tweets private), I'll only share this part.

"But this was always the plan:
The Reckoning War!
Then the reveal in #46!
And then goodbye."

Despite my personal belief (unsupported) that Slott wanted to see 700, I applaud the style with which this was written. It was almost poetic and I wish he had applied some of this to his writing when he tackled bigger concepts.

[Reviresco]

I dream of having Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross on Fantastic Four.

You'll get half your wish in August with this graphic novel:

[CitizenXXX]

Slott tweeted that he knows who the new writer and artist is (and of course praises the new creative team) and that the artist has already drawn two issues.
Announcement soon, I think in November we are waiting for F4 1.

[Iron Maiden]

Artist Francisco Manna did issues 38 and 39 so maybe he's the one. CAFU has done several covers and he's listed as the artist for issue #46 in August. But it will probably be Manna. I'm more curious about the writer.

[CitizenXXX]

I want a writer/artist team, it's a F4 tradition, almost every big run had its own face. Slott didn't, it all went wrong right away, 46 issues and I've already lost count of how many artists we had. No one was able to draw at least one arc for more than two issues.

[Oberon]

As we always get the sense of Sue being underserved with outgoing writer, perhaps the new team or someone can account for Sue's activities by showing us other work she did as an agent of Shield, or with the Daughters of Liberty.
And of course new developments in the book and other places.
I'd like to see more FF members help out Avengers, not just Ben for strength and wisecracks (or Reed's big-big-big brain)

[Iron Maiden]

Valeria also knew magic in Fantastic Four: The End

yeah, if you're counting stories that aren't in current continuity. I don't think that story is considered canon.

[Digifiend]

Of course it's not, no future stories are. Even 2099 has been rebooted a couple of times.

[CitizenXXX]

https://www.superherohype.com/comics...ic-four-44/amp

[Crimz]

yeah, if you're counting stories that aren't in current continuity. I don't think that story is considered canon.

It's not, but it shows that the idea of her having magic isn't new.

[Darkshadow]

Yeah...I think everyone understands by now that future stories are not the current continuity universe. No need for primary colors here...

[Digifiend]

I wonder if, when the kids get out of the Thought Space, Franklin will have his powers back? He basically has them while he's in there. It seems Powerhouse's true power is his imagination.

[Rift]

A big part of Hickman's run was about Franklin drawing power from his imagination and creativity. Even Slott's run showed him enjoying creative hobbies, like music and art. His mind is powerful, and I hope future writers remember that.

[Magmaster12]

He seems to have the same issue as Jon Kent, clearly suffering from a lot of trauma while being completely deprived of leading a normal life while showing little willingness to leave it behind.

[Crimz]

Franklin in therapy was a genuinely good idea (Johnny should have some too). It was a missed opportunity to have it off-panel and only refer to it once. It was the perfect set-up to really explore Franklin's character.