Fantastic Four #518

Mike Wieringo was born to draw an issue like this as it's largely the Fantastic Four doing battle with a host of wildly diverse looking alien races, and how can one not love the one page shot where we see the hidden swarm of attacker that Sue renders visible. There's also several cool impact visuals from the scene where Ben is attacked when the team first enters the structure, to the scene where we spot why Sue isn't going to be able to come to Reed's aid. The issue also turns in a nice bit of work where we get to see Galactus destroyed an inhabited planet, and the anguish on Reed's face when Sue makes her decision makes for a fantastic visual to carry us into the next issue. My only real quibble with the issue is that the lead alien looks a bit goofy, and this in turn makes it difficult to take him seriously when he's delivering his ultimatum. We do get a pretty solid cover shot though as I love the idea that the alien's grip is shown to be shattering Ben's rocky hide. Read Full Review

Rapid action and a traditional comic book cliffhanger make this issue another example of the fine work of Messrs. Waid and Wieringo with Marvels First Family. Read Full Review

Something was off with Weiringo this issue; not as much detail as I normally expect. It may have been the inking, but everything seemed a tad rushed. Read Full Review

Ryan

Jun 21, 2019

Zius explains why he attacked Manhattan, and it’s because Sue is the only person in the universe that can help Galactus eat planets now that Zius is turning them invisible and Sue can make them visible for Galactus. Wieringo was great as usual, especially when he draws a small army of alien dogs attacking the family