Fantastic Four #557

I only read the first issue of this Millar/Hitch arc...should I have continued picking them up?

@darminion If you liked that first issue, yes.

How many more issues are Millar & Hitch on FF for?

they are doing 16 total...  i thought the first 2 issues were great, but they completely lost me with the last one...  i'm not picking this up unless i hear it's amazing...

@insight-- I hear ya the last issue was a let down for me too but with these guys track record I'm going for it anyway.

I read this yesterday. I am finding this run disappointing. I have never been a huge FF fan, but I love the connection to the cosmic elements, super-tough friends and foes (Namor, Inhumans, and the like), and the occasional guest member. This run seems to have none of those features.

By the way, the FF/Secret Invasion first issue was much better than this issue. 

I read this yesterday. I am finding this run disappointing. I have never been a huge FF fan, but I love the connection to the cosmic elements, super-tough friends and foes (Namor, Inhumans, and the like), and the occasional guest member. This run seems to have none of those features.

By the way, the FF/Secret Invasion first issue was much better than this issue. 

Yeah, I'm with you guys, this arc hasn't blown me away yet -- but I'll be staying on board because of past Millar/Hitch brilliance on Ultimates.

But, if this story stays unimpressive, my faith will be sorely tested! 

This arc has been ok but with marvel keeping this book seperate from anything else going on in the MU and the "ok" storyline I don't feel a need to keep up with the monthly.  I forget who was on the book from civil war till now but that was a much more engaging story to me.  I'll snag this to wrap up the arc then if I hear big things about the next arc I'll add it to my TPBs worth reading list.  Congrats to Hitch on keeping this monthly so far!

I really want this story to be good. I hope the next arc has time travel/space travel/inter-dimensional travel/ or something where the FF are not on earth.

I don't care what anyone says, this has been good, and this issue was really good.

This issue was indeed good; I especially liked the character moments. It makes me enjoy the series more now that I know the creative team will be on it for a longer stint. Originally I thought they were only doing this 4-issue arc; funny how limitations like that make you evaluate every issue so much harder, because you think there's going to be fewer issues total so every issue has to mean more to the overall artistic statement or whatever. Here's hoping Hitch doesn't fall behind.

I was a litte underwhelmed by the first arc, but i have a lot of faith in the creative team.  I'm definately sticking with this one till the end

I think I prefered it when Bryan Hitch took several months per issue. His art has seriously gone downhill since te Ultimates.

A bit strange having all the heroes stanting around like spare pricks at a wedding. The second half - Reed and Sues date in the past, the fit bird covered in money, Doom - was so much better than the snow obscured shite in the first 15 pages.

Now that I have gone through the issue I can say with a resounding *thud* that I am dropping this.  Its not that its really bad I jsut think there has to be a stronger monthly I can replace it with.  There was solid charecter work at the end but that cliff hanger was really uninspired IMO

Disappointing...  I see nothing in this book or the characterizations that remind me why I loved them so back in the 80s/90s.

For chrissake bring John Byrne back... say what ya say about the man and his ego, he got the FF.

I am a little confused by how Sue is kind of presented as sweet but dim in this latest issue.  Is it just me or does her IQ seem to have taken a serious dip?  (Or is that how she's classically presented?  I've only been reading LOTS of Marvel for maybe two years, so I may have gotten used to her being written as smart and savvy when that's maybe not traditionally the case?)

@bansidhewail I didn't think Sue was presented as "Sweet but dim". I thougt she was shown to be very perceptive. She knew what Alyssa's plans, were, she could tell that Alyssa had already made her move and got shut down. She's just not as brainy as Reed. Which is normal. Just about no one in the marvel universe is. Even the very smart ones. That's kind of the point of Reed Richards. That and the stretching and adventuring.

There's just something about Hitch's art that is rubbing me the wrong way lately.  I think I'd prefer another artist on this book asap.

I'm enjoying the hell out of this book.  Especially this issue.  It's good to see the family back together after that horrible Storm/Black Panther crap.

Is this really the same team who did Ultimates? Why is the story so boring, and why does Sue Storm look ugly, and Reed & Johny look like they have down syndrome?

If this was any other team on this book, I'd have dropped it already ... so how long should I continue to have faith in something that's not delivering on ANY level?