Fantastic Four - The End - #6 - Marvel

We finally wrap up this mini series. But it didn't end the way I thought it would. I was pleasantly surprised. First, come to find out, the orb that Sue was looking for, was one that Valeria had described to her on that fateful day where her and Franklin disappeared. About 20 years ago. Or . . . I mean 20 years from the time of this story. Anyways, Valeria was making a sign for it, while all the hoopla was going on with Doom, and Sue's been looking for it ever since. My understanding it that it allows a person to see a moment in time, in the past, and then pluck something out of that moment. So Sue's plan is to get Valeria and Franklin when they disappeared. Which was Valeria's plan all along. Then we have this whole alien invasion thing. The Avengers, and practically anybody else that was willing to fight, is out by Jupiter attempting to thwart the alien invasion fleet. But there all being herded in front of a gun ship. It gets down to the last second, it looks like everybody is going to get fried, when out of the blue, or blackness, comes a ray that takes out the gunship. It's from Galactus. He then issues a warning, "Henceforth, any who threaten this solar system shall make an enemy of Galactus. GO NOW!" Pretty succinct. And next thing you know, the invasion is off. But it's not all peaches & cream for our heroes. When they pulled Val & Franklin through time, Doom saw it as an opportunity to save himself also. And since he was already in the middle of a fight, now he's trying to kill the Richards in the current time. But he sees Reed's gate into the Negative Zone and jumps in to it. Just as the thing self-destructs. So Reed doesn't know if he made it in to the Zone, or if he was vaporized. We however find out, on the last page, that he is indeed in the Zone, and is in the process of riling up the natives. Fantastic series, pun intended. But I expected nothing less from Alan Davis and Mark Farmer. These guys are just fantastic when they work together. I'm just wondering if this is going to lead in to another "The End" mini series, like the X-men did. They got 3 mini series out of it. I guess we'll have to wait and see.