I feel that Fantastic Four #29, had one of the greatest, and most iconic covers of its day, if not even in the top covers of all time. Showing our four heroes seeming nervous as they walk along Yancy Street, with the watcher in the background with the universe speaking all around him. the colors being left to the foreground and the background, with the mid-ground Yancy Street itself, being sort of grey, with black lines to show what detail and shadows need to be seen. Speaking of shadows, our four heroes shadows stretching forward to the reader, and off the page just adds to the flow of the cover. In fact, I doubt only I feel this cover is great; it was selected for the cover of Fantastic Four, Vol. 3 . But I am not hear to judge a comic book on the cover alone, even a cover as great at this one.
In this issue, we have the Fantastic Four on patrol on Yancy Street; but it turns out that the Red Ghost is behind much of the disruption they currently face, and quickly works to capture our hero’s and bring them to the Moon to finish them off. How can our heroes save themselves from there doomed fate? and what role with the watcher play in all this before it is done? these are all important questions.
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