Issue Description

Continuing the arc, after Reed Richard's discussion with his alternate selfs, he begins building a "Virtual Time" device to develop the Thing's epidermal shell into a future construct. In the Thing's world, he is continuing the fight with his evil counterparts, but it doesn't look good. Reed Richards converses withy the highly evolved sentient shell of Ben Grimm,, which resembles a totem with glowing dots surrounding it. The Alternate Grimms and Ben come through into the present universe,   causing Reed Richards to utilize the totem to cause the Alternate Grimms to disintegrate. The arc ends with the revelation that the Thing will not be able to shed his shell again.

Fantastic Four (1998)

Publisher

Marvel

Volume Description

The foursome returns from the Heroes Reborn universe and take their place as Marvel's first family. The volume ran for 70 issues and before it reverted to the Fantastic Four (vol. 1) numbering with issue #500 (71) , collecting three volumes in one.

With issue #588 the series was replaced with a new comic named "FF (vol. 1)" (or Future Foundation) for 11 issues before returning to the Fantastic Four title with issue #600. The FF series also continued from issue 12 as a spin-off to the Fantastic Four.

The series ended with issue #611 when it was relaunched with a new volume as part of the Marvel NOW! event.

Collected Editions Flesh and Stone (#35-39) Into the Breach (#40-45) Resurrection of Galactus (#46-50, Annual #31) Fantastic Four/Inhumans (#51-54) Imaginauts (#56-66) Unthinkable (#67-70 & #500-502)Authoritative Action (#503-508)Hereafter (#509-513)Disassembled (#514-519)Rising Storm (#520-524)The Beginning of the End (#525-526, #551-553)Fantastic Four By J. Michael Straczynski (#527-532)The Life Fantastic (#533-535, Special #1)The Road to Civil War (#536-537)Civil War (#538-543)The New Fantastic Four (#544-550)World's Greatest (#554-561)The Master of Doom (#562-569)Fantastic Four By Jonathan Hickman Vol. 1 (#570-574)Fantastic Four By Hickman Omnibus Vol. 1 (#570-588)Fantastic Four By Jonathan Hickman Vol. 2 (#575-578)Fantastic Four By Jonathan Hickman Vol. 3 (#579-582)Fantastic Four By Jonathan Hickman Vol. 4 (#583-588)Fantastic Four By Jonathan Hickman Vol. 5 (#600-604)Fantastic Four By Hickman Omnibus Vol. 2 (#600-611 & 605.1)Fantastic Four By Jonathan Hickman Vol. 6 (#605-611, 605.1)Secret Wars Prelude (#611)

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