Fantastic Four #10

8.2

Critic Rating

6 Reviews
8.8

User Rating

40 Reviews
Writer Ryan North
Artist Leandro Fernandez
Cover Price $3.99

Thousands of years ago, a desperate alien race built a colossal sleeper ship - an ark - to escape their dying sun, setting a course toward a new and distant world. A single volunteer was to be awakened from stasis every hundred years to serve as their protector and caretaker, before finally training the next one. But something has gone horribly wrong. The ship's engines have failed, and the ark is trapped in a dark void - infinite, silent and deadly - where even the light of stars can't enter. The newest caretaker awakens to an empty ship. His predecessor's body lies decaying against a bulkhead, beneath monstrous images of impossible beings d more

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  • 9.8

    Comic Watch - Theron Couch

    Aug 02, 2023

    A hallmark of the current Fantastic Four run is the sheer variety of stories it is telling. That on its own makes Fantastic Four #10, the most science-fiction oriented issue yet, feel fresh and engaging. Add in the creative teams continued superior performance, and its no surprise that Fantastic Four is among Marvels very best series at the moment. Read Full Review

  • 9.0

    Henchman-4-Hire - Sean Ian Mills

    Aug 05, 2023

    Really clever, really fun done-in-one sci-fi story starring the Fantastic Four. Read Full Review

  • 8.5

    AIPT - David Brooke

    Aug 02, 2023

    I'm starting to sound like a broken record, but Fantastic Four continues to be exciting as it introduces new and inventive sci-fi problems for the heroes to solve. This issue is no different, with a clever storytelling structure and a fresh tale that pulls you in. Read Full Review

  • 8.0

    ComicBook.com - Chase Magnett

    Aug 02, 2023

    In a series often defined by long-running relationships and grand epics, Fantastic Four #10 showcases just how much the team (and their stories) can accomplish in a single, standalone issue. Read Full Review

  • 7.5

    The Comicbook Dispatch - StoryBabbler

    Aug 04, 2023

    Fantastic Four #10 brings us a new adventure with the team that leans more into the horror direction. The comic does a solid job in grounding this horror perspective of the Fantastic Four in the eyes of the aliens very well. There's an increasing sense of desperation and escalating violence as each of the FF appear to the alien characters one after the other. The comic lives up to being a neat misadventure of the Fantastic Four that has an interesting twist to it. Read Full Review

  • 6.5

    Weird Science Marvel Comics - mrgabehernandez

    Aug 02, 2023

    Fantastic Four #10 borrows a classic sci-fi idea to tell a one-shot about aliens stuck in time and space while strange visitors move at a very slow rate of speed. The sci-fi concept (relative time) creates an interesting drama, and the art team gets the job done. Read Full Review

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  • 10

    Cuckoo

    Aug 04, 2023

    Love this collection.

  • 9.5

    Prodigalson16

    Aug 01, 2023

    Feels like something right out of Byrne's run.

  • 9.5

    sawright20

    Aug 02, 2023

    I. Love. This. Run! North has put so many insanely creative, high concept ideas into the first couple of arcs, and this issue is no exception. A cool one-shot with a Doctor Who feel (a good episode of Doctor Who, though), I just can't get over how wonderfully weird this series has been. It's exactly what the Fantastic Four has needed.

  • 9.5

    Speed

    Aug 26, 2023

    This was a memorable issue of the ongoing Fantastic Four run. It was spooky and weird, a little dark, but still had the fantastical element of the Four Family.

  • 9.0

    ResearchReader

    Aug 03, 2023

    Love this issue. But I am rating this for its story and art, not what it is as a FF story, cause honestly, they act as a plot device to the story and nothing more. Now as a sci-fi horror story, this is great. Replace the aliens with humans and the FF with an outer rim planetary exploration group and you have a solid movie premise. I just loved everything about this from a one-shot horror sci-fi perspective. I dont want to ruin too much but the Alien perspective was great. North leaves me confused. A lot of his writing is terrible, but this run has been unusual, separated, but full of unique one-shot ideas. I can't tell if he is getting more editorial help or less, but whatever the change is, it is working well for him. So keep this up more

  • 9.0

    Hailey

    Oct 10, 2023

    This is an easy 10 but the art is kinda weird so I'm lowering it a little.

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  • 8.5

    Kalaoui

    Jan 16, 2024

    Old school science fiction done well like a Dr. Who episode. North is actually doing some nice work. I like these past few issues so much better than the first 6. Only down side here is the art is off for me.

  • 8.0

    K-23

    Nov 06, 2023

    Love the great science fiction we're getting throughout this series. North excels where many others at Marvel falter.

  • 8.0

    CrazyforRAMU

    Dec 20, 2024

    This one-shot has a ton of great ideas going for it, but when they come together the result just barely squeaks into "good comics" territory for me. The issue's greatest strength might be that it remains tense and engaging even though the plot is a simple high-concept jaunt without any big twists. In that respect, the storytelling is strong. But on the flip side, the narrative never stays with any of the alien caretakers long enough to flesh them out or (in the case of the FF) deliver real insights. The art does good, clear storytelling (with some exceptions), but when the Four finally show up, they look mighty weird. For all the attention the author and artist lavish on the alien protagonists, they don't get particularly memorable. more

  • 8.0

    Williamflipper

    Mar 23, 2025

    Fantastic self contained story

  • 6.5

    Gio

    Aug 09, 2025

    Way better than the last two issues,this was kind of strange. A rat alien race is stuck in the void of space and somehow thir trajectory threatens the teleported Baxter building, so the team has to intercede and prevent this from turning into a disaster. But this comic is really more focused on the weird rat aliens POV because throughout 500 years they are witnessing the Fantastic four in a kind of time glitch. Making the rat aliens think they are hostile one alien goes crazy and dies at a time. It is hard to explain, but not a bad issue, but like the previous two this feels like just another filler.

  • 6.0

    Kenjamin

    May 11, 2025

    Art: 3/5 Story: 3/5 Total: 6/10

  • 10

    Eduard Khil's #2 Fan

    Aug 04, 2023

  • 10

    Lightbulb2

    Aug 04, 2023

  • 10

    ZachMerps

    Oct 29, 2023

  • 10

    Deadlock 92

    Jan 15, 2024

  • 10

    Psycamorean

    Mar 06, 2025

  • 9.5

    63yego

    Aug 03, 2023

  • 9.5

    Miss Mittens

    Aug 03, 2023

  • 9.5

    laned

    Aug 09, 2023

  • 9.5

    batnn

    Feb 16, 2024

  • 9.0

    Halodystroyer44

    Aug 01, 2023

  • 9.0

    General C K

    Aug 02, 2023

  • 9.0

    Texas VII

    Aug 04, 2023

  • 9.0

    andrepbruno

    Aug 04, 2023

  • 9.0

    DaddyChar

    Aug 05, 2023

  • 9.0

    KittyNone

    Aug 12, 2023

  • 9.0

    retcon_D

    Aug 14, 2023

  • 9.0

    Rand al'Thor

    Sep 09, 2024

  • 9.0

    Khan/Murdock

    Feb 17, 2025

  • 8.5

    The Cheese Man

    Aug 02, 2023

  • 8.5

    matmene

    Aug 15, 2023

  • 8.5

    Drasek83

    Dec 14, 2023

  • 8.5

    Agatehorizon

    Dec 29, 2023

  • 8.0

    Justin Ray

    Aug 05, 2023

  • 8.0

    Sidowski

    Nov 06, 2023

  • 8.0

    Jason The Dude

    Jun 29, 2024

  • 7.5

    ComicWorm

    Aug 04, 2023

  • 7.5

    jmprados

    Aug 19, 2023

  • 7.5

    Nellyslayer

    Aug 28, 2023

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