Fantastic Four #10 *spoilers*

[Ravin' Ray]

We have the return of Sharon Ventura, aka Ms. Marvel aka She-Thing, but under not-so-friendly circumstances with Ben Grimm. As the top boss of the prison yard, she's got the heavyweights under her thumb, and Ben at her mercy. And she gives him one heck of a welcome.
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Sharon reveals how she resented Ben forgetting her while noticing Alicia; how even Wyatt Wingfoot left her and she left in with her old group the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation which now uses its tours as a front to ferry contrabang; how she was caught (fighting Red Wolf of Texas Rangers, no less) and incarcerated; how the unseen boss of the boss of Rykers arranged for her to be on top and not diminished in strength. Next Reed gets word of a super-villain attack in Chicago, and though Reeds wants to respond, he can't do it with Sue because… She sneaks into the SHIELD base where the FF paraphernalia are stored and takes one aircraft. If you've read the solicits for the next issues you know where she'll be heading. Then we see Wyatt Wingfoot at the behest of Sue paying a visit to Johnny at the street party he's throwing, unsuccessful in his efforts to convince his college best friend to abandon that lifestyle as he is rebuffed by Johnny who claims the old Johnny died. Finally we switch to Chicago where the battle is underway: Reed face solo the Wizard's new Frightful Four: Reptilla, Gazelle, and Vertigo, the three women of the Salem's Seven team (which was last seen IIRC in the pages of Marvel Knights: 4) who've been amped. They got Reed on the ropes, when help, and magical one at that, comes from an unexpected source: Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch.

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So, are we any closer to learning the real orchestrator of the FF's fall?

[Crimz]

Poor Sharon, I really feel sorry for her. It will be interesting to see how Ben survives prison. The new lineup of the Frightful Four looks cool and I wasn't expecting her to save Reed, it will be great to see how that goes down. Who could be behind this destruction of the Fantastic Four? Hopefully it's not Doom or anyone else too predictable and hopefully the reasons behind why they are doing this are good as well. Also looking forward to the annual, Sue won't win but hopefully she puts up a good fight.

[Mahes]

I'm thinking that the real mastermind will be spoilers:

Thinker

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[Ceebiro]

As an FYI, Salem Seven was last seen in the first arc of the current New Warriors book. They were the heroic protectors of Salem.

[Iron Maiden]

Someone else guessed spoilers:

Psycho-Man and I am starting to lean in that direction. If mind control is involved he makes a likely candidate

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[AcesX1X]

how does sharon (a former member of the FF herself) fall so far off the radar that she gets collared by red wolf of all people and thrown in the slammer? and none of the other FF even saw it on the news or got a phone call or anything?

i'm calling bs on that one. disappointing.

[Maven]

I'm thinking that the real mastermind will be spoilers:

Thinker

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Someone else guessed spoilers:

Psycho-Man and I am starting to lean in that direction. If mind control is involved he makes a likely candidate

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spoilers:

I've been on the 'Thinker is quite possibly the culprit' train for awhile, but I wholeheartedly agree that Psycho-Man is a very strong likelihood after this issue. Either one has been grossly underutilized for awhile, and I definitely won't complain about either, if not BOTH of them being the catalyst of the FF's fall. But mind control and illusions/hallucinations/what-not would certainly not only explain things like the red uniforms (perhaps they are and have been imagination figments...which would go hand and hand with Robinson saying the unis play a role in all that's been going on), but virtually the FF's nearly whole world turning on them.

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[Moriarty]

how does sharon (a former member of the FF herself) fall so far off the radar that she gets collared by red wolf of all people and thrown in the slammer? and none of the other FF even saw it on the news or got a phone call or anything?

i'm calling bs on that one. disappointing.

we don't know when it happened. could have been when the FF were off planet or otherwise occupied.

[Iron Maiden]

how does sharon (a former member of the FF herself) fall so far off the radar that she gets collared by red wolf of all people and thrown in the slammer? and none of the other FF even saw it on the news or got a phone call or anything?

i'm calling bs on that one. disappointing.

The last we saw her on the loose, other than the Skrull-imposter, Wyatt Wingfoot had taken her to help manage her rage issues after the Frightful Four were routed by Reed- in - Doom - armor. She was seen attending a therapy session at Camp Hammond for those who were Skrull-napped and replaced as I recall. Maybe the therapy sessions weren't going too well.

[Jeremi]

As an FYI, Salem Seven was last seen in the first arc of the current New Warriors book. They were the heroic protectors of Salem.

Yeah was just going say that.

Sad too, I kind of liked that direction for them, hopefully Wizard is brainswashing them or something.

[Mark]

Why with all of the myriad Avenger/X-men teams out there would Reed feel the need to go off to battle a group of supervillains?

The FF abandoning Sharon to her fate doesn't surprise me, friendship doesn't mean a lot in the mu and she was yesterdays news to Ben and the rest.

[vaf2675]

Why with all of the myriad Avenger/X-men teams out there would Reed feel the need to go off to battle a group of supervillains?

The FF abandoning Sharon to her fate doesn't surprise me, friendship doesn't mean a lot in the mu and she was yesterdays news to Ben and the rest.

Marvel has been writing Reed like a total dumb ass the last few years.

Truly pitiful.

[AcesX1X]

The last we saw her on the loose, other than the Skrull-imposter, Wyatt Wingfoot had taken her to help manage her rage issues after the Frightful Four were routed by Reed- in - Doom - armor. She was seen attending a therapy session at Camp Hammond for those who were Skrull-napped and replaced as I recall. Maybe the therapy sessions weren't going too well.

and this didn't make FOX news? sounds like she got collared in texas - "fancy new york superheroine wrestler caught smuggling contraband behind lone star lines"

[baltiroo]

I rather like Sharon and hope that there is more to her story that we don't know yet. Hopefully she has a larger arc that we'll see.

[jackolover]

Why is the Wizard loose again? He just got captured in Original Sin. It could mean Wizards old gang, the Intelligencia is operating again, and no prison is safe enough against those guys. But I suspect the Puppet master has something to do with it if Wanda is captured and doing their work for them.