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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Feels like something right out of Byrne's run.

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

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

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.

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.

This issue maintains the adventurous mood of the volume, but it's not going on my shortlist for the best of the run.
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Love the great science fiction we're getting throughout this series. North excels where many others at Marvel falter.