The only interesting and honest moments occur towards the end of the book with the long-in-development subplot about the Thing's marriage to his school teacher girlfriend. I've had trouble sticking with this particular storyline, only because I had the sneaking suspicion the Millar was going to do something underhanded or cynical with the relationship. I will say that this is another chapter in Ben Grimm's hard luck life, and if I didn't buy into its initial premise I definitely think there's real emotional honesty in its conclusion. Drawing on decades of Marvel's dead girlfriends and wives in a fairly gentle way, as well as with some nods to earlier plot points within this and earlier arcs from Millar's run, Ahearne actually gives the characters human reactions to their otherwise larger-than-life situations. Read Full Review

Millar's run on FF has definitely become my favorite of any FF arc or stories. Granted, I'm not a big FF fan as they usually come off as campy to me. I was very pleased to see that the arc rebounded after last month's weird and poor outing. Read Full Review

Besides being a little too jammed full, stylistically there isn't a whole lot wrong with Fantastic Four #569. But for longtime readers, there's the sneaking suspicion that we've both been here and done that before. Regardless, considering the trajectory of the Millar/Hitch era as it wound down (and considering Millar and Hitch are only really present in spirit), it's better than I had expected. Read Full Review

Other elements had me scratching my head. What happened to Franklin? He and Val were nowhere to be found at the conclusion of the last chapter, but the little sister is front and center at the beginning of this issue. Also, did Dooms Master kill Bens Aunt Petunia? There isnt any mention of that horrific scene from last month here. One would think that come up during a family event like a wedding. Read Full Review

The finale of the Millar/Hitch run ends with neither on the book completely, but I don't think that would have helped this mediocre, convoluted story since Millar still plotted it and Hitch is replaced by an artist very much his equal. It's a shame that this 16-issue run couldn't end with more of a bang, but it does have some rather good moments. Read Full Review

Millar executes Debbie and Ben’s break up perfectly and the art is great but other than that Millar goes out with a whimper. Overall, this run had some exceptional concepts that just weren’t executed well at all. Deep, deep, down Millar’s Fantastic Four is a good comic, and I really believe that. Nu-World was cool and it was featured a solid amount in Hickman’s run. This run just felt too inconsistent and poorly executed to me