Fantastic Five #2 vol. 2

 



Writer: Tom DeFalco
Penciller: Ron Lim

Synopsis: Ben relives his past while freeing himself from Doom's trap and Doom attacks the rest of the Fantastic Five. 

Comments: Ben's older brother Daniel first appeared in Thing #1. His appearance here contradicts those events in that he lived to see Ben join the Yancy Street Gang. In the main 616 continuity, Daniel died before Ben joined the gang. 




Also when I was doing my research reading Thing #1, I realized Ben's children are named after his Uncle Jacob and Aunt Alyce, the relatives who raised him when his parents died. 



I like how the Fantastic Four, particularly Sue, have 60s hairstyles and dress in the flashback just like in Fantastic Four #1. 


 



The flashback with Terrax contradicts the flashback in Fantastic Five #4 vol.1 in which the team was still the Fantastic Four when Reed and Sue had to stay in the Negative Zone. Here it shows they were the Fantastic Five when Ben injured his arm and had a metal shell placed on it by Reed. Terrax also seemed to be destroyed in the flashback, but he was a suspect behind the superhero disappearances in Last Hero Standing. Oh well, I guess everyone knew death is cheap in the Marvel Universe and he could have come back. 




Ben is revealed to have his arm, albeit damaged. This contradicts the Last Hero Standing miniseries where the Hulk ripped off his metal arm and you can clearly he's an amputee when he throws Wolverine. 















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