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This weekend Marvel teased a Fantastic Three project

It ain’t the first time…

…the book bore this banner following Reed Richards’ ‘death’ in #381 of the original series – until Ant-Man Scott Lang showed up to provide the brains a few issues later.

In fact for a family team book, the FF have had quite the cast of members – Sue took time off during both pregnancies, replaced the first time by Crystal while the second time she stayed around the background. She was also replaced by Medusa during a separation from Reed.

Years later when both she and Reed left the team to try and have a normal life (they ended up joining the Avengers briefly before returning to the FF so you can see who well that turned out) they were replaced by Crystal and Sharon Ventura, then Ms Marvel and later the She-Thing. Recently the couple took a leave of absence once again to repair their marriage following the superhero Civil War, and were replaced by the Black Panther and Storm.

The Thing has been out of the team at various points too, whether he be depowered (although at times he stuck around in a Thing robotic suit), on the Secret Wars Battleworld or simply in a huff. He’s been replaced by Luke Cage and the She-Hulk.

There have also been a lot of almost-members, hanger-ons who have stuck around for a while but never been officially on the team – Nova (Frankie Raye, not Rich Rider), Namorita, Nathaniel Richards and Kristoff spring to mind – so in fact the only person who hasn’t taken an extended leave of absence at one time or another is the Human Torch.

So – can we expect a Torch-less FF soon?

Tyrese Gibson says that he’s still considering playing Luke Cage in John Singleton’s still-in-development movie (that hasn’t been on any recent Marvel press releases, now I think about it).

Please?

The Bad

1) Tom Foster is a self-entitled whiny brat that I have no interest in reading about. I always liked Bill Foster and wish he had survived long enough to give his troublesome nephew a clip round the ear and a stern talking to.

2) Misty Knight transforms from a hard ass into a self-doubting fool. I was never that keen on her but that’s just plain annoying.

3) No Colleen Wing.

4) Amadeus Cho is crossing the line from amusing to obnoxious.

5) With the Damage Control mini coming out in January, it would appear that the rebuilding of New York will last till next May. Which is odd because it looks fine over in Spider-Man right now.

6) No Colleen Wing.

7) Manhattan starting to split apart. Just stupid.

I don’t believe Colleen Wing was in it.

9) Luke Cage acts like an ass in response to someone who says that they didn’t want to fight. How does Cage respond? By hitting him and saying that they did.

The Good

1) The Warbound in general and everyone else turning a blind eye to them escaping.

2) The preview for the Incredible Hercules wherein the bearded demi-god attacks a SHIELD helicarrier with a barrel of merlot.

3) Hercules holding Manhattan together with chains reminded me of another stupid Marvel Hercules feat, where he towed the island of Manhattan. Yes, read that sentence again and boggle your mind at the sheer stupidity of it. I wish I had a scan of that, but I’ll settle for the book’s cover…

And a few panels from a climactic scene inside the book as the Thing forces the Skrull agent to reveal herself…