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_________________________ From the Mouths of the Marvels:
"Now...the world knows. And the mask becomes irrelevant. And that. Is. Unnaceptable. I had you dead to rights, Parker, but now...I'll just have you and your family dead." -- Chameleon, SSM #30 _________________________
(Click panels for larger images.) _________________________ Featured Characters:
Fantastic Four #538-543
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Civil War: Fantastic Four TPB Reprints: Fantastic Four #538-543
List price: $17.99 (US) • $29.00 (Canada)
About This Book:
One member of the Fantastic Four lies hospitalized, a casualty of the Civil War that has fragmented the superhuman community! Another member of the team is secretly helping the opposition. It had to happen: Amid the tumult and tensions, the Fantastic Four break up! Who will toe the line, who will join the resistance, and who will leave the battlefield altogether? Is this the end for Marvel's First Family? Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR #538-543.
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Writer: J. Michael Straczynski (#538-541), Dwayne McDuffie (#542-543)
FANTASTIC FOUR #538: "Street Fighting" While Johnny recuperates from wounds he suffered in a beating from anti-hero assailants, Ben keeps a vigil over him. Meanwhile, Sue and Reed squabble over their respective stances over registration and the role the FF will play in implementing it. The Yancy Street Gang, led by their leader, Cee, talks to the Thing about making a stand for what's right, in this case standing against the erosion of civil liberties that the Registration Act means to them. Meanwhile, Dr. Don Blake arrives in Oklahoma and picks up Thor's hammer.
FANTASTIC FOUR #539: "Decisions Made" Cee and the Yancy Street Gang help Cap by gathering intelligence on Iron Man's movements. The Thinker and Puppet Master prepare to control the factors involved in a convoy moving super-humans to prison. The Puppet Master manipulates a helicopter to fire missiles at the convoy and causes more mayhem with a bomb explosion. Ben is pulled at from both sides, and stops the bomb. Cee winds up dead; Ben's reaction is frustration with both sides acting irresponsible in the face of death and decides to leave the country rather than consort with either side.
FANTASTIC FOUR #540: "Some Words Can Never Be Taken Back" Wildstreak escapes while Reed is trying to send her to the Negative Zone. Reed argues with Sue about following the law and protecting their interests. Sue says that freedom is worth dying for and leaves him. Ben tells Reed that he's leaving the country for Paris. Reed talks to Peter Parker about his motives in supporting the Registration Act.
FANTASTIC FOUR #541: "Many Annoying Things, None of Them French" Ben heads to France where he joins a French super-team based in Paris, and joins them as they take on the French version of Mole Man.
FANTASTIC FOUR #542: "We Used To Go To Hyperspace Just For Donuts" Johnny meets Reed at a coffee shop and Reed insists that he made the right stance in the Civil War based on his mathematical calculations of how things would turn out. Later, he confronts the Mad Thinker and before the two come to blows, the Mad Thinker hears out Reed Richards' offer, one he cannot refuse. Johnny heads to France to pick up his buddy Ben, who is ready to return to the US. The Mad Thinker is permitted into Reed's private sanctuary in order to double-check all his calculations. Unknown to Reed, the Thinker has arranged for Sue to follow him into the sanctuary, invisible, so as to witness Reed speak about things he never did before in front of her. Now, Sue is more determined that ever that she, too, made the right choice.
FANTASTIC FOUR #543:
"C'Mon, Suzie, Don't Leave Us Hangin'"
Writer: Dwayne McDuffie While waiting for Sue and Reed to join them, Johnny and Ben watch a TV special about the history of the Fantastic Four with the kids. The special includes interviews with just about everyone who has come into contact with the team over the years. Meanwhile, Sue and Reed are up in the sky, floating in the Fantasti-Car, hashing out their differences in light of the recent civil war between heroes, spending much of the time trying to reconcile issues of trust. They return to Johnny and Ben and inform them that they are going to step away from the team to work on their relationship. Furthermore, while the Wakandan embassy is being rebuilt, Storm and Black Panther will be replacing them in the Fantastic Four!
"If This Be...Anniversary!"
Writer: Stan Lee Reed is upset that nobody is celebrating the team's 45th anniversary. Stan Lee shows up and convinces them to help him fight the Mole Man.
"A Day at the Races"
Writer/Art: Paul Pope Johnny runs into trouble with Spider-Man during an auto race at the race track.
-- synopsis by Gormuu
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