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Chronological Fantastic Four @chronologicalff.bsky.social · 1m

Mistake on my part due to a coloring error. That's not Johnny, despite the blonde hair. That's Reed.

Reed is wearing a bowtie at this event, while Johnny has some sort of button-thing going on.

Chronological Fantastic Four @chronologicalff.bsky.social · 3m

Ugh!

First, I hate the "old friend" thing in comics. Second, Ben and Johnny are sooooooo not old friends.

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Chronological Fantastic Four @chronologicalff.bsky.social · 3m

She's only ever called Frankie, but I'm gonna guess this is Frankie Raye.

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Chronological Fantastic Four @chronologicalff.bsky.social · 3m

Without the white temples, Brett Booth's Reed looks like his Peter Parker. (Okay, technically that's Ben in the second image, from Backlash / Spider-Man #1, but the point remains.)

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Chronological Fantastic Four @chronologicalff.bsky.social · 3m

Fantastic Four #8 (1996)

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Chronological Fantastic Four @chronologicalff.bsky.social · 22h

Surfer: Those dudes kinda saved me. So, how about not eating them?

Galactus: Nah.

Chronological Fantastic Four @chronologicalff.bsky.social · 22h

Sue's sequence is not a flashback to an older issue, which is lame.

They could have easily used this sequence from Annual #6 (image 3) in which he was born. Granted, Franklin isn't yet named but that can be written around.

Also, since that involved The Negative Zone, it seems like a layup.

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Chronological Fantastic Four @chronologicalff.bsky.social · 22h

Flashbacks to Fantastic Four #300 (1961).

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Chronological Fantastic Four @chronologicalff.bsky.social · 22h

Going into the Heroes Reborn books, did we know these were the 616 characters shunted into another reality or were we meant to think they were different versions? I cannot recall.

Either way, I like the idea behind this.

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Chronological Fantastic Four @chronologicalff.bsky.social · 22h

This is from Fantastic Four vs The X-Men #1 and 2 (images 3-4).

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Chronological Fantastic Four @chronologicalff.bsky.social · 22h

Like, three pages prior Reed said Surfer used a wormhole through The Negative Zone to reach our solar system, so why is he shutting Johnny down when he points out there's a dude outside the ship?