I've really been enjoying this title the last couple of years, but . . I gotta' say . . ever since Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch came on board . . this book has been 'off the hook'. Honestly, the title Fantastic doesn't even begin to do this book justice. It's phenomenal . . it's brilliant . . it's without compare . . needless to say, I still like it quite a lot. Last issue Johnny got abducted. Come to find out it was his recent ex-girlfriend's group that did it. He told Psionics last issue that they were done. It was a conflict of interest for him to go out with a super-villain. Does Johnny know what a conflict of interest is? Anyways, he thinks she's just going off because of the bad news, but actually the group she belongs to, the New Defenders, wanted him anyways. They just thought if she cuddled up to him it would make the process a little easier. They're from the year 2509, the end of the Earth, and they want to bring the 8 billion survivors back in time. This is a bit complicated but this all started in Mark and Bryan's first story-arc in which Reed's old girlfriend, Alyssa, approached him with their project in which they were creating a new Earth. I don't really understand why, but rather than pool their resources into fixing this one, they decided to build a new one . . an exact replica . . and move all the deserving people there. Apparently what they really meant was a certain 'class' or 'wealth' of people. The leader of this group is Robert Bruce Banner Junior . . the last surviving son of Bruce Banner's. This is how he explains it, "The good news is, the Earth didn't die in the early part of the 21st century. But, when the end times came, it was worse than we imagined. 12 billion people starved to death, half the world's cities drowned in the seas and cancer and disease affected almost every living creature. The rich and the powerful disappeared overnight, leaving behind a lawless mess that the world's remaining super heroes bound together to protect." So what's not said, but I'm assuming, is that all the 'fortunate' people went to Nu-world. But apparently not every one knew about it. Anyways, the New Defenders plan is to saddle Galactus, and plug into Johnny, and draw the power necessary to bring the 8 million people back. But we know that's not going to work because it would severely over-tax our resources. I'm thinking they're going to have to find out about Nu-World from Reed. The problem is, the nanny that Sue recently hired, Tabitha Deneuve, is actually Sue from the future. Actually she's been sent to the Baxter Building to retrieve the one last piece they need to complete their time device. She makes pretty short work of the rest of the Fantastic Four. Mark has really introduce some 'fantastic' ideas into this title. This is actually his second story-arc, but it's only now that we're seeing how it all ties together. And Bryan Hitch's artwork is frikkin' fabulous. Together they've really taken this book to an all new level. And they aren't even done yet. Right now things look pretty bleak, but, really, the Fantastic Four haven't even really gotten involved yet. When Mark puts Reed, Ben and Sue into action . . I think we're going to see things get turned around pretty fast. I know eventually this will all be in TPB form, but . . I'm a purist. I want to see it as it was meant to be presented. If you have the opportunity, you really need to go out and get these issues . . #554 on up. You definitely won't regret it.
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