Fantastic Four Volume 4

It made me stinkin' mad to discover that this is the way Marvel chose to close the book on the FF. To retcon over 50 years of storytelling with the pathetic machinations of one evil genius whose entire motivation is his lust for Sue and resulting hatred of Reed (and, by extension, their whole family and range of associates and friends and and and...) feels almost disrespectful to the universe that so many brilliant writers and artists created before this fizzle.

The story on its own would have been two stars - at most - for me, but for the inclusion in this volume of four beautiful pages of Marvel royalty talking about their favorite FF covers through the years. A great overview of the way cover art has changed through the years, and interesting to hear the perspectives of artists and writers on what makes a cover a stand out.