No One Can Stop the Vanisher
A solid improvement over their mediocre debut 2 months prior, this issue sees the green cadets of Professor X tackle a much less renowned foe by the name of The Vanisher. And three guesses as to what power this guy possess? Yeah, that's right; he can vanish, but not like The Invisible Girl—more like teleportation, instantaneously from one place to another. Simple concept, sure, but Lee does well to keep it as such and not use it to place the action inside laborious back-and-forths that tend to dominate the middle pages of The Fantastic Four. Once again we see some internal strife and bickering, but it's all done in jest (for the most part, at least) and the dynamics of the team's powers work far more effectively and without obvious seams this time around. Furthermore Lee wisely chooses to establish Professor X and the baddest of the bad-ass by having him finish the job instead of his young budding students. All in all, a fun read that further develops the X-Men in hopes that they won't be seen as Just Another FF.
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