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"So... here's the thing about adventures. It's really all there is.
Because here's the thing about rules.
There aren't any."
God I love this issue.
Hickman's final issue of Fantastic Four could have been reprinted years later as "Secret Wars Prelude" and it would have made perfect sense.
Andre Lima Araujo's art has a super fun quality to it. He excels at spreads like this.
Stegman draws a great Human Torch, and also a great The Wizard. I feel like Hickman did more with Bentley Wittman as a FF villain than almost any other FF writer. And less with Diablo, which is also nice.
One of my favorite moments in the whole run.
This is something I would do. I love that Reed is suggesting what he's suggesting.
I love Sue's little smirk in reply.
Little moments like this make some comics so so great.
Old Val smacking Young Val for having terrible thoughts is great. It would've been fun if these older versions could have stuck around. Totally changes the family dynamic.
And as we get back to the story of the Inhumans, once again we are told that "Everything dies."
It's such a small thing, but Dragon Man's pacifism and reading glasses are so fun.
I hope he's staying out of this 2020 AI war story that's going on now.
But I also want a team-up between him and Nextwave era Machine Man.
And on re-read, I like how they make it clear how nearly impossible this is. Because that explains why they can't just do it for everyone.
But it still raises questions about why it can't be done more often, why Reed doesn't do more to cure cancer, etc.
Mixed feelings, as I said.