In this story, the Human Torch is dead and he has been replaced by Spider-Man in what is now known as the Future Foundation, as opposed to the old FF moniker of the Fantastic Four. While that might seem like a big deal to some (Such as me at first) you quickly realize it doesn’t matter much because your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has the smallest part in here of any character, so much so that he barely exists in this story at all.
What I liked about this story was the way that it unfolded. With the help of his father and some little girl, Reed Richards managed to assemble all of his greatest foes into the same room and plot the best ways to kill him. This sounded somewhat odd, but maybe the future depended upon the death of Mr. Fantastic. Who knows. But then we realize that good old Reed did something to some parallel universes, left a door open and now an army of Reeds are going to be coming and trying to do bad. So the only way to stop these in-any-other-scenario-good guys is by using a group of in-any-other-scenario-bad guys. Kind of fun, right?
This is drawn in a typical Marvel style and the only thing that really jumps off the page is the costume changes the main characters have. Once you get over that, it becomes a pretty standard Marvel looking comic book.
Lack of Spider-Man wasn’t the only thing that made this less than I’d hope for after reading it. Once you figure out the plot, it basically becomes a cookie cutter story where you know that good must triumph over evil and all sits right with the world at the end. There are no major twists, like one of the baddies stepping out of line or even all of them joining forces at the end and wiping out the heroes. Another story in a long line that looks better on paper than it actually does when played out.
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