Dark Reign: Fantastic Four #3 (of 5)

New Comic Day falls on Thursday this week, so here's one more review from last week's comics, and it's sort of a preview of what we can expect in the near future for the Fantastic Four.

That's because this issue is written by Jonathan Hickman, who's taking over the scripting chores on the regular title when Mark Millar moves on in a few months.

This comic, drawn ably by Sean Chen, has three stories running at the same time.

First we have Reed Richards exploring alternate realities to see how the creation of the Illuminati, the Civil War and the Secret Invasion might have played out if events had been different.

The second story follows Sue, Ben and Johnny as they also tumble through alternate realities, meeting their doubles on those worlds.

The third story focuses on the children, Franklin and Valeria, who find themselves alone in the Baxter Building and facing an invasion that relates directly to the Dark Reign.

So far, the first storyline is quite good, the second one is mostly silly, and the third one pretty entertaining.

So it's a fair mix so far, and reasonably encouraging for the future FF. But we'll reserve judgment until we see how it all plays out.

Grade: B