![]() ![]() ![]() When he departed the book in #611, what resonated most was how Hickman had Spider-Man counseling Franklin Richards on coping with losing an uncle, illustrating how he wrote his characters filled with heart and soul. Even in this played-out trope of impermanent death in comics, Hickman still had fans in awe. His "Three" arc killed off the Human Torch in an emotionally-charged affair in the Negative Zone in issue #587, only to bring him back in #600, where it was revealed he was resurrected as a gladiator for the entertainment of Annihilus. He took over where writers like Mark Millar and Mark Waid floundered, just after the "Dark Reign" event, with artists like Dale Eaglesham and Steve Epting helping to deliver gold. Almost everything he did on "Fantastic Four" was gold, especially when the book didn't have the benefit of piggybacking on a successful cinematic franchise. Hickman knew this team was meant to be explorers of the unknown, both in space and on Earth, while never losing the essence of what made them Marvel's first family. ![]()
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