Fantastic 4 No More

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I'm not sure if this thread already exists, if it did, i couldn't find it.

I can't understand why it had to be him, I don't even understand why they can't just make it Fantastic 5 instead? oh well, here's what they have:

Fantastic 4 No More
By DON KAPLAN
Last Updated: 6:45 AM, December 27, 2010
Posted: 1:49 AM, December 27, 2010

The world will have to make do with the Thrilling Three.
A death will shatter the Fantastic Four next month, transforming one of comic books' most beloved and iconic teams into a trio.
Just who will die in "Fantastic Four" No. 587 -- the Human Torch, the Invisible Woman, Mister Fantastic or the Thing -- is a secret, but Marvel Comics Executive Editor Tom Brevoort says the plan to kill off one of the heroes has been in the works for more than a year.
"It's not a flash-in-the-pan thing," he said.
The issue -- which will hit shelves on Jan 26. and come sealed in a black bag -- will also mark the end of the series created by comic-book icons Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, who dreamed up the Fantastic Four in 1961.

MARVEL COMICS
Fantastic Four
"There won't even be a book called 'Fantastic Four' anymore," Brevoort said.
"Out of this moment, a new thing will be born."

link: Marvel Comics reveals: One of the Fantastic Four will die - NYPOST.com

Marvel Comics kills off the Human Torch: No more ‘Fantastic Four’
January 25th, 2011 6:33 pm ET



According to a startling report issued by the Associated Press on January 25, 2011, Marvel Comics is dismantling the fan favorite Fantastic Four by killing off the Human Torch.

Comic book enthusiasts soon became irate after hearing the drastic change to superhero mythology.
“If they were going to kill off one of the Fantastic Four, it wouldn’t be the Fantastic Four anymore,” explained comic book collector Ben Czeladnicki while visiting Midtown Comics’ Time Square location in New York City.

Tom Brevoort, Marvel’s senior vice president for publishing, asserts that Marvel did not set out to kill the Human Torch, but in doing so he realizes many fans will be angry. The news is said to bring forth backlash, but that is exactly what Brevoort is hoping for.

“The worst thing that we could have when our books come out … our stories come out is deafening silence,” declared Brevoort in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press.

There is no question that "Marvel's First Family" helped start the modern age of comics, a time when superheroes confronted real-life adversities aside from crime fighting. It has been nearly 50 years since the first issue hit stands back in 1961, and now one of the characters that helped define a literary era is going to die.

This story will most likely put the Fantastic Four back in the center of the Marvel Universe, paving the way for a groundbreaking chapter in superhero mythology.

Fantastic Four (1997) #587 arrives in stores everywhere on January 26, 2011.
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[Blackbeard]

meh, comics is ever changing. no one stays dead or appear dead for long.

besides this is just a gimmick to bring in readers.

[theBLUR]

this sucks

[endlessknight]

If you've read the comics, you actually don't see him die. He just gets swarmed by insectoid minions of Annihilus. I doubt that he's really dead. Marvel will also feature "The Death of Spider-Man" next month but I hardly think they'd actually kill Spidey. DC "killed" Batman during Final Crisis but he seems to be very healthy these days for a dead guy.

[Blackbeard]

they also killed Cap, but look now he's back and has taken up Fury's vacated post.

Johnny will be back, someday.

[endlessknight]

This isn't the first "death" in the Fantastic Four. I can recall that Reed was apparently killed during the 90's.