Finally the issue ends with Doom entering the fray. There is so much going on here that the super powered Galactus waiting in the wings is not even mentioned. The art keeps up with the massive scope, great action sequences and fantastic color work. Ben Grimm's face looks wrong and some of the pages lack some detail but otherwise it's a steller issue artistically by Rachel Stott. Dan Slott is having so much fun on this book and the story shines on every page. The individual moments here can feel a bit heavy handed but the overall momentum and energy shines through. Read Full Review

Sue Richards is still incognito this issue, though she will be on board for the grand finale of this yarn in FF #44. What role will our ineluctable Invisible Woman play in saving the universe from the Reckoning? And will anyone be happy with Reed when this is all over? Two more issues of this to go Read Full Review

Fantastic Four #42 brings the next part of the Reckoning War. The art by Rachael Stott with colors from Jesus Aburtov and Erick Arciniega continues to be top-notch in this event. However, the big brawl between The Thing and Mr. Fantastic fails to deliver as the reason behind the fight is contrived, making the whole fight feel forced. Read Full Review

Each individual storyline has its moments but there is entirely too much going on to care too much about any of them, save for Ben and Reed's interactions. Read Full Review

Perfectly cromulant.

Maybe I'm in a good mood today but, I liked this one a lot. I liked all the plot threads, it felt important and exciting and thought it was fun.

The art's the best part of this issue, and even there, I have nits to pick. Although I generally love the way the characters are drawn, the blocking is pretty generic. It's like an overcorrection to the artist's previous issues, in which the blocking veered too experimental.

I could write a thousand words on the shortcomings of this script, but the logline is this: This is an embarrassingly generic Big Dumb Event™ plot where individual developments are meaningless until some character melodramatically exposits on their significance. (Plus the dialogue is infested with lazy cliches.)

This arc is creating the illusion of complexity with a bunch of cheap (and not even particularly well-executed) storytelling tricks.

Ehhhh. It has bland art and whike an intereeting twist the story is all over the place and a lot of bland action