This story had me more than a little confused last issue. It seemed like everything was gearing up for this Masters of Doom story-line when . . bam . . we're back at Christmas time and Reed, Sue and the rest of the family have gone to Scotland to visit Reed's cousin Hamish. It doesn't become clear until the end of the issue that this is basically an in-between story. In this issue we find out that the town is being protect by some ancient monster called Korgo. Basically he/it protected the town from crime, disease, strife, etc. for the last 2000 years. All he asked in return was a child of his choosing every 25 years. This time he asked for Hamish's son Angus. That's when Hamish invited the Richards to Scotland and offered Korgo Valeria instead. Once they found out what Korgo was, it was just a matter of them finding something big enough to hit him with. It's at the end of this story that we realize that this happened before the current events of the series. One of the women that Sue helped save writes her a few months later. Basically she wants to say thanks for everything that Sue, and the rest of the FF did for them back in Armailt. " . . I just wanted to show you what a difference you've made to one person's life . . and hopefully raise a little smile after everything that happened when you went back to New York. I'm sorry about what happened with Doctor Doom and those horrible teachers of his. So sorry for what happened to the Thing and that lovely fiancee he had." That all sounds a bit ominous. Anyways, I guess Mark Millar had to take a little break from all the danger and adventure for a little side story. That or he just needed a little time to get everything ready for this big Doctor Doom epic. Bryan Hitch's pencils were great . . as usual. It appears that next issue all the Doom and gloom will be hitting the fan . . literally. I can't wait.
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