This was a nice book. Another retrospect, really. First of all it's the 45th anniversary of the Fantastic Four. So they started in . . . 1962. Seems like forever ago. So the whole book is set up like a TV show. A Dateline kinda' show, actually. Ben and Johnny are sitting watching it, while they're watching the kids. Reed and Sue are outside in the Fantasticar discuss the events of the last few issues. Sue is upset because Reed kept her in the dark. Reed, obviously, says that he thought he was protecting her. But her feelings are that he didn't trust her enough to be open with the information. So while she loves him, and she knows that she's loved, she also feels " . . . it won't ever be the same." Her real betrayal came when Reed confided in the Thinker, but not in her. She had to use subterfuge, and her powers, to eavesdrop and find out what was really going on. Meanwhile the show on TV is scrolling through their rich history. Showing achievement after achievement. We heard from a broad spectrum of people. Even down to Willie Lumpkin. Finally, as the show ends, Reed and Sue come back inside to talk to Ben and Johnny. They've come to a decision. They need a little break from the FF to give them time to work on their marriage. Although, they've done this before, and they always end up back here, so I'm kinda' wondering how this time will be different? But anyways, T'Challa and Storm have decided to fill in for their absence. There's a nice little fill in story in the back by Jim Lee. And a kinda' flashback story about Johnny and Spider-man by Paul Pope. Over all a nice issue. And an end to an era. The new creative team of Dwayne McDuffie and Paul Pelletier take over next issue. So it should be interesting, new creativity, and new characters.
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