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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]

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Pages: 1

Street Fighting

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]]; Don Blake; Mjolnir; Yancy Street Gang; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers] (cameo); Silverclaw (cameo); The Thinker (cameo); Puppet Master (cameo)

Synopsis: After sitting in the hospital with the injured Human Torch, the Thing finds that the Civil War has come a little too close to home--Yancy Street.

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Pages: 22

Decisions Made

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Thing; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Luke Cage; Cloak; Dagger; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; She-Hulk; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Wasp; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Tigra; Yancy Street Gang; The Thinker (villain); Puppet Master (villain); Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo flashback); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo flashback); Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards] (cameo flashback)

Synopsis: The Puppet Master and the Thinker choose a clash between Iron Man's forces and Cap's forces during a prisoner transport to strike out at the heroes and cause additional havoc. When a member of the Yancy Street Gang is killed in the conflict, the Thing verbally lays into the heroes on both sides of the Civil War conflict and declares that he is leaving the country until the superhuman registration mess is sorted out.

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Pages: 23

Some Words Can Never Be Taken Back

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Fantastic Four [The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Peter Parker [Spider-Man]; Wildstreak

Synopsis: When Sue helps Wildstreak escape from the Baxter Building against her husband's wishes, the couple fight and the Civil War splits the Richards family right down the middle. The Thing also deserts Reed by informing him that he is leaving the country until the superhuman registration mess is cleared up. Tony and Peter stop by to take a look at the new superhuman prison that Mr. Fantastic has set up in the Negative Zone.

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Pages: 22

Many Annoying Things, None of Them French

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Thing; Adamantine; Night Count; Anais; Blue Light; Le Cowboy; Phantom Detective; The Wind; Docteur Q; Emperor of the Underground World (villain); Rock Monsters (villains)

Synopsis: The Thing arrives in France and ends up helping the heroes of Paris fight an underground "mole man" and his army of rock monsters who plan on razing the City of Lights over a woman's slight.

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Pages: 22

We Used to Go to Hyperspace Just for Donuts

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman; The Thing]; Franklin Richards; Valeria Richards; John Porter [Damage Control]; Anaïs [Les Heroes des Paris]; The Thinker; Hydra (villains); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo flashback); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo flashback); Giant-Man [Bill Foster] (cameo flashback); Nick Fury (cameo flashback)

Synopsis: Reed and Johnny meet in a coffee shop to discuss the Civil War. Reed brings the Thinker to the Baxter Building to check his math in calculating the necessity and social outcome of superhuman registration. The Thinker confirms his conclusions but notes that Reed has had to do some truly evil things to prove his theorem. Torch catches up with Ben in Paris and invites him to come back home.

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Pages: 22

C'Mon, Suzie, Don't Leave Us Hangin'

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing; Black Panther [T'Challa] (cameo, joins); Storm (cameo, joins); Mr. Fantastic (quits); Invisible Woman (quits)]; Franklin Richards; Valeria Richards; Hank Pym (cameo); Namor, the Sub-Mariner (cameo); Dr. Doom (cameo); Willie Lumpkin (cameo); Wyatt Wingfoot (cameo); Spider-Man (cameo); Luke Cage (cameo); She-Thing [Sharon Ventura] (cameo); She-Hulk (cameo); Conan O'Brien (cameo); Oprah Winfrey (cameo); Wolverine (cameo); Tony Stark [Iron Man] (cameo); Galactus (cameo flashback); Silver Surfer (cameo flashback)

Synopsis: While Ben, Johnny and the kids watch a retrospective of the Fantastic Four on Lateline, Reed and Sue try to settle their differences over the split that came between them during the Civil War. Returning home, they tell Ben and Johnny that they are taking a leave of absence from the team to work on their marriage and introduce them to their replacement members--the Black Panther and Storm.

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Pages: 30

A Day at the Races!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing]; Crystal; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson; Gorgon; Wyatt Wingfoot

Synopsis: Jameson sends Parker to get photos of Johnny Storm racing and, of course, the incident devolves into a battle between Spidey and the Torch.

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Pages: 12

If This Be...Anniversary!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman; The Thing]; Franklin Richards; Stan Lee; Joe Quesada; Mole Man (villain); Moloids (villain)

Synopsis: On the 45th anniversary of the Fantastic Four, Mole Man attacks the city and Reed refuses to fight him as nobody has made a big deal about their landmark achievement. Stan Lee shows up to save the day.

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Pages: 10