Issue(s): Fantastic Four #190
Cover Date: Jan 78
Title: "The way it was"
Credits:
Marv Wolfman - Writer
Sal Buscema - Penciler
Tony DeZuniga - Inker

Review/plot:
Last issue was a reprint and this issue is an "All New Album Issue!", but the only thing that is all new is the framing sequence with the Thing and Alicia reminiscing about the Fantastic Four now that the team is broken up.

The majority of the issue is a historical overview of the FF...

...largely focusing on their previous break-ups. I guess technically it's all newly drawn and scripted material.

Anyway, not much of a plot. The rest is covered in the References section.

Quality Rating: C

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References:

• The FF's origin from Fantastic Four #1.
  
• The fight with the Miracle Man in Fantastic Four #3.
  
• The Human Torch quitting, resulting in the revival of the Sub-Mariner in Fantastic Four #4.
  
• Dr. Doom's first appearance in Fantastic Four #5.
  
• Namor's attempt to trick the FF with an offer for them to star in a Hollywood movie in Fantastic Four #9.
  
• The Thing quitting the FF after defeating Dr. Doom in Fantastic Four #40.
  
• His corruption by the Wizard's Id Machine in Fantastic Four #41.
  
• The guy who duplicated the Thing's powers from Fantastic Four #51.
  
• The Mad Thinker's corruption of the Thing and the subsequent announcement of the FF's break-up in Fantastic Four #69-71.
  
• Then the Watcher showed up to get the group back together in Fantastic Four #72.
  
• The Human Torch left the team in Fantastic Four #129, and in that same storyline Sue left after a fight with Reed.
  
• Reed zapped Franklin in Fantastic Four #141.

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A

This cover is another Kirby, this time with Frank Giacoia inks, but still done Joe Sinnott-style.

https://www.comics.org/issue/31867/