Fantastic Four #551 is so uncannily good that I can barely contain my affection for it. Black Panther is back, but it’s T’Challa from 75 years into the future. He’s joined by Namor as he warns the adventurous foursome of something bad they’re about to do. To top it off, they’ve brought along future Dr. Doom.
This issue is a huge contrast to last month’s space epic, in that it’s a suspenseful time travel thriller with a small spatial scope. The storytelling structure used by writer Dwanye McDuffie is borderline genius. In the beginning, we see Reed Richards 75 years in the future as he watches Doom break out of prison to travel into the past.
What does it all mean? If Reed watches the incident from the future, saying he remembers experiencing it in the past, does that mean that the horrible future foretold by Namor, Panther, and Doom will occur anyway? I don’t know. All I know is that this issue is the exact opposite of horrible and I love it.
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