In December, the news broke.  One of the Fantastic Four, Marvel’s cornerstone superhero franchise for the past 50 years, was going to die.  Not comic book death, either.  Supposedly, the dead Fantastic Four member was going to die actual death.  Well, with the final issue of the Fantastic Four, a year-long storyline by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Steve Epting comes to an end with the death of one of the members of the Fantastic Four.  I won’t say the spoilers here, so click here to read which member of the Fantastic Four dies.  I will admit that I was completely wrong about who I thought was going to die.

Tom Brevoort, editor of the Fantastic Four and senior vice president of Marvel, said, “588 is the final issue of the Fantastic Four. Beyond that, we’re not ready to say exactly what we’re doing.  There won’t be an issue 589.”

“In doing this, we’re going to elevate the other three and the family in general and going forward with the story that we want to tell,” said Hickman, defending allegations that his move is a publicity stunt to renew interest in the book.  “I think it makes complete sense. It’s kind of a logical move.  Our readers get heavily involved in the lives of these characters.  They fight alongside them, they share their triumphs and pitfalls.  They live with them and they grasp them very tightly to their breast.  They take them on in a very one to one, very personal sort of way.”

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