I must say that I was disappointed with this 6 issue mini-series by Alan Davis. The art, of course, was lovely and I would love to see Davis take on a regular assignment of a monthly book. The Avengers or FF would be perfect.
However, Davis' story here is very weak. It is set in the future where, by some miracle of Reed's science, all the heroes are living longer. However, Reed and Sue's children died in a final, fateful battle with Doom and the FF have gone their separate ways.
OK so far, but the various tangents that the story subsequently split into were uninspired and drawn out. There were too many guest stars, not enough concentration was placed on the FF and it never felt like this was the final story. Even at the conclusion you could basically say that nothing had changed. There was a distinct lack of drama.
In my opinion, Early efforts by Alan Davis at writing stories were really good but recently they have failed to excite. Particularly this and "Another Nail" for DC.
Rating 5/10 - for the fantastic art.
More new purchases Dept: Received Captain America Red Menace Vol. 1 via Amazon Marketplace yesterday. Vol 2 is on order and I'll soon be able to catch up with Brubaker's Cap before reading the "landmark" issue 25.
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