We finally get issue one of FF. It begins with Reed watching a recorded message left by Johnny in the event of his death. His basic message is that they cannot stop what they are doing just because he has died and they should just replace him with Spiderman because Franklin would love that. Spiderman shows up on the roof of the Baxter Building and is greeted by Susan who is wearing the new black and white uniform. She shows him around the building and fills him in on what's been going on in case people just picked up the first issue of FF without reading Fantastic Four. She gives Spiderman his uniform and then the security alarm goes off. A group of AIM soldiers are attempting to break out the Wizard. By the time they get there, they are unable to stop his escape but the Wizard tells Reed that he has something of his (referring to Bentley) and that he will be coming for it soon. They return home in time for Nathaniel to cook his famous roast beef. After dinner, Nathaniel and Val tell Reed about the deal Val made with Doom and Doom just happens to be in the Baxter Building.
Issue two opens with Ben discovering Doom hiding out in their home and he is not pleased. He storms out with Dragonman to the nearest bar. Susan goes after them because she is also upset with her husband. The remaining Future Foundation members head into the classroom and try to fix Doom's brain damage. They eventually figure out that they need a back-up of Doom's memory to transfer into Doom to repair the damage. Doom eventually remembers his son Kristoff who Doom, conveniently transferred his memories and powers into. So they build a big brain switching machine and swap Kristoff and Doom's minds. Doom then, at full Doom power, tells Reed about the other part of Val's deal. He needs to defeat Reed Richards.
This issue begins with the FF team travelling around to several of the Fantastic Four's classic villains inviting them to a theoretical discussion on how to defeat Reed Richards. Once everyone has arrived and gotten comfortable Val begins explaining what happened. She went through the bridge and several Reeds followed her back through. The bridge seals behind them so they can't get back home. The Reeds decide they need to use Sol's Anvil to power their trip back to their universes. The Reeds separate and each take on their own specific evil task to help power Sol's Anvil. One Reed orchestrates a civil war between the races of the new Atlantis. Another attempts something similar among the inhumans but is killed when a telepath reads his mind and discovers he is lying. The third makes a deal with Mole Man to destroy the city that has been stealing his moloids; and the final Reed made a deal with Annihilus to open the portal to the Negative Zone and keep it open so that Annihilus' armies can attack Earth once again. How Valeria knows all this happened is beyond me.
Ok in this issue all the super villains are in the classroom discussing how to destroy these perfect Reeds when Susan's Atlantis conch shell alarm goes off. She and a few others go to check it out and discover the Mole Man helping out the traitorous Atlanteans and he is being commanded by Reed.
Spiderman and Alex (he's another character I don't talk about much because I don't know who he is) are fight the armies of Atlantis and the Moleman as Sue flies up to talk to Reed. There's a great moment where Reed just removes his goggles and Sue instantly realizes that he is not her husband. Reed shoots Sue with a laser gun but Spiderman saves her. The traitor army blows up the entire new Atlantis city and Sue, Spiderman and Alex escape in the fantasticar. Sue mentions that she is going to call Namor to help clean things up. Back at the Baxter Building, Reed examines Sue and she questions him about the alternate Reed. He breaks down and tells her that he made a terrible mistake and he looks genuinely scared. The issue ends at the High Evolutionary's city where the mole people there have come to an agreement with the Mole Man. Just then, the Inhumans invade.
There are still six issues in this story so I'm just going to end it here. Thanks for reading.
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