Secret Invasion - Fantastic Four #2 - Marvel

I really enjoyed this book. It's not really the whole team . . Sue and Reed are . . elsewhere. So when Layla took the top half of the Baxter Building in to the Negative Zone, all she really got was Johnny, Ben and the kids. But still, it's enough to make a statement to the Skrull empire. She posed as Sue, to infiltrate the building, but it wasn't until she tried to convince Ben or Johnny that the other was the impostor . . the Skrull . . that they saw through her ruse. But by then . . . it was to late. So this issue, after a brief history of Johnny's dating life . . just to fill in the people who didn't realize that she was an ex-girlfriend . . Johnny and Layla just start going at it. The only problem with two people fighting this hard, expending so much energy on each other . . it only leads to one thing . . an arousal of the senses, which leads to . . passionate feelings. They're flying around in the Negative Zone, basically trying to cook each other, and the next thing you know they're all over each other. That's not to say that Johnny trusts her any more, but . . hey! . . you got a hot chick busting her ass to get your attention . . you better give her some of that attention. Anyways, they get back in to the Baxter Building, but she gets knocked out. So now, the gang has to try to figure out how to get Reed's equipment to work, so they can get back home. Franklin's the one that has the best idea though. He suggests that since his daddy's jail is in the Negative Zone, maybe there's somebody there that can help them. I really like Roberto Aquirre-Sacasa's story. I like the way he's handling the characters, and keeping them . . well . . true to character. Johnny and Ben have limitations. There's only so much they can do. And when it comes to Reed's equipment . . that knowledge is nill. And they'll be the first to admit it. I also thought it was great to see Barry Kitson on the pencils this issues. He's one of my favorite artists. And I really like the look that he gives these character. I know. I said I wasn't going to get sucked in to this whole Invasion thing. But hey . . it's the Fantastic Four. What am I gonna' do?