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The Thing and Human Torch are still roaming around NYC dealing with the absence of Reed, Sue, and the kids the best they can. I find this tiresome since they've been doing that in Marvel 2-in-1 for nearly a year now. Ben and Johnny have also been traveling across the multiverse trying to find them. There's a lot of nodes to the past, which I found nice. Medusa and Crystal both spoke about the absence of half the family. There's a silly nod to the Yancy Street Gang, which were some punk kids. I found 2 touching moments in the story; one with flashback of Johnny singing the family back to the city using an alien object and second with Ben proposing to Alicia. The later was particularly touching because Johnny took it as a sign of Ben giving up on finding the rest of the family. He wasn't wrong to take it that way, however, it was a bit of a dick move to ruin the happiness of Ben and Alicia when they told Johnny. The last page of the story leaves you with a nod that Reed, Sue, and the kids are alive somewhere in the multiverse.
The Dr. Doom backup had Doom returning to his castle and listening to an intruder about what Latveria needs. This did not feel like Dr. Doom to me. He was pointlessly crushing his Doombots and other military bots. Granted, Doom does through tantrums and he's certainly capable of this. However, there was a weird scene with him casting off his armor but keeping the mask. The intruder even suggested that he put the mask back on. It all seemed forced. I don't think Doom would listen to an intruder like that. Maybe there's a reason that hasn't been revealed yet. Doom has been through some weird changes without Reed around.
Overall, this should have been an issue that KNOCKED MY SOCKS OFF. It didn't. Instead, I'm left with a feeling of, at best, MEH. I didn't get to see the whole family together, which the there's a last page comic that makes fun of that fact.
MARVEL! IT'S NOT ENOUGH THAT YOU KNOW WHAT WE WANT AND THEN MAKE FUN OF IT!! If Marvel is going to pull a dick move like that I feel inclined to pull my money from supporting their comics. Marvel has been doing a lot of promising lately and doing very little delivery of those promises. I want to read some of the characters you publish. Give me a reason to keep buying them. Holding my back from what I want is not a way to keep me around.
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