Artist's Edition #[12]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis oversized hardcover collects John Byrne's original artwork from his celebrated run on Fantastic Four, presented in high-resolution scans that capture the uninked pencils, blue-line corrections, and margin notes. Part of IDW's Artist's Edition series, it showcases Byrne's dynamic storytelling and detailed figure work across key issues from the early 1980s, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind one of Marvel's flagship titles.
In "The Lady Is for Burning!", Johnny is stunned when his girlfriend Frankie begins manifesting powers eerily like his own—until her fragmented memories return, revealing a secret tied to a long-forgotten experiment. Flashbacks uncover a dangerous incident during WWII, when her stepfather, Professor Phineas T. Horton, attempted to resurrect the original Human Torch, a robotic warrior from the war.
In "Render unto Caesar!", the Fantastic Four are sent by Nick Fury to investigate a mysterious power pocket near Wakanda—only to find themselves mysteriously transported into a surreal, ancient Rome where they must navigate a world both familiar and alien, with no clear way back.
In "Shall Earth Endure?", the fate of Manhattan hangs in the balance as Terrax drags the island into space, forcing the Fantastic Four into a desperate gamble: destroy Galactus or watch Earth fall. With Galactus weakened and Terrax's threat escalating, the heroes and their allies must stand against the world eater’s final, hungry advance—before the planet is consumed.
In "The Search for Reed Richards," the Fantastic Four turn to the Watcher for help when Mr. Fantastic vanishes, only to uncover a shocking truth: Reed has been captured and stands trial before a cosmic court for the act of saving Galactus—whose subsequent destruction of the Skrull homeworld has set the universe ablaze.
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