Fantastic Four #307

FF #307 from Oct. 1987.  "Good-Bye" by Steve Englehart and John Buscema.

Sue tells Ben that their two replacements are "wonderful."  Really?

But later, she tells Johnny what she really thinks.
The replacements are "dubious."

Fantastic Four #306

FF #306 from Sept. 1987.  "The Marvel Rage" by Steve Englehart and John Buscema.

Why does Ms. Marvel hate men?   

Fantastic Four #305

FF #305 from August 1987.  "All in the Family" by Steve Englehart and John Buscema.

Right in the middle of saying Crystal's name....Crystal shows up! 

Fantastic Four #304

FF #304 from July 1987.  "Pressure Drop" by Steve Englehart and John Buscema.

Reed and Sue look in on their captive child (who should be getting some kind of 24 hour psychological care by trained specialists).

Fantastic Four #303

FF #303 from June 1987.  "Alternatives" by Roy Thomas and John Buscema.

Ben decides to break off his marriage to Alicia in the alternate time-line...by busting through the wall of the church and just about killing everyone inside a collapsing church.

Fantastic Four #302

FF #302 from May 1987.  "And Who Shall Survive" by Roger Stern, Tom DeFalco, and John & Sal Buscema.

Franklin uses his powers to be a peeping tom...

and so....

Fantastic Four #301

FF #301 from April 1987.  "Dark Dreams" by Roger Stern, Tom DeFalco, and John Buscema.

Franklin's creepy floating head power:

Fantastic Four #300

FF #300 from March 1987.  "Dearly Beloved..."

At Johnny and Lyja's wedding, they avoid showing the bride's family.

Fantastic Four #299

FF #299 from February 1987.  "The Best Man" by Roger Stern and John & Sal Buscema.

The demolition works cheer that She-Hulk and the Thing are taking their jobs.

Fantastic Four #298

FF #298 from January 1987.  "Closer Than Brothers" by Roger Stern and John & Sal Buscema.

Johnny and Lyja announce their engagement.

Fantastic Four #297

FF #297 from Dec. 1986.  "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" by Roger Stern and John & Sal Buscema.

The combined version of Lord Umbra and Jaagur...Umbra's crazy beard and Jaagur's mohawk.

Fantastic Four #296

FF #296 from Nov. 1986.  "Homecoming" by Jim Shooter, Stan Lee, Barry Windsor-Smith, Kerry Gammill, Ron Frenz, Al Milgrom, John Buscema, Marc Silvestri, and Jerry Ordway.

Johnny gets a little work done from the Mole Man's plastic surgeon.

Fantastic Four #295

FF #295 from Oct. 1986.  "Welcome to the Future" by Roger Stern and Jerry Ordway, with John Byrne.

It's Clobber Time, Clobber Time, Clobber Time...

Fantastic Four #294

FF #294 from Sept. 1986.  "Hero Worship" by John Byrne, Roger Stern, and Jerry Ordway.

The Fantastic Four get worshiped as gods.

Fantastic Four #293

FF #293 from August 1986.  "Central City Does Not Answer" by John Byrne.

Byrne's artistic farewell to the Fantastic Four.

Fantastic Four #292

FF #292 from July 1986.  "The Man Who Dreamed the World" by John Byrne.

The cop-out ending...it was all just a dream.

Fantastic Four #291

FF #291 from June 1986.  "The Times They are A'Changing" by John Byrne.

In infamous scene:  12 year old Sue with a crush on college freshman Reed,
which actually makes them closer in age than they were before.

A UPS truck makes a good disguise for riding around in 1936 New York
(unless you don't have the right tags).

Fantastic Four #290

FF #290 from May 1986. "Risk" by John Byrne.

They arrive back in time, and Nick Fury is immediately able to pinpoint the exact year.

Fantastic Four #289

FF #289 from April 1986.  "Rip Wide the Sky" by John Byrne.

A mysterious green arm tries to grab back his cosmic control rod.
Gee, I wonder who that arm belongs to.

Fantastic Four #288

FF #288 from March 1986.  "Full Circle" by John Byrne.

Beyonder switches Dr. Doom back to his original body.
I guess Doom didn't like being a ginger.

Fantastic Four #287

FF #287 from Feb. 1986. "Prisoner of the Flesh" by John Byrne.

Peggy and Sarah just casually waltz into the Latverian Embassy.

Fantastic Four #286

FF #286 from January 1986.  "Like a Phoenix"

An original page by John Byrne with the mean, nasty Phoenix.

A redrawn page by Chris Claremont and Jackson Guice with a nicer, prettier Phoenix.

Fantastic Four #285

FF #285 from Dec. 1985.  "Hero" by John Byrne.

Darwin Award winner of 1985...Tommy Hanson.

Fantastic Four #284

FF #284 from Nov. 1984.  "Revolution" by John Byrne.

Great two-page spread of the Mines of Nuvidia.

Fantastic Four #283

FF #283 from October 1985.  "Torment" by John Byrne.

Reed gets attacked by a killer waffle maker.

Fantastic Four #282

FF #282 from Sept. 1985.  "Inwards to Infinity" by John Byrne.

The Human Torch gets attacked by a pair of tweezers.

Fantastic Four #281

FF #281 from August 1985.  "With Malice Towards All" by John Byrne.

A great two-page spread of New York burning....

Fantastic Four #280

FF #280 from July 1985.  "Tell Them All They Love Must Die..." by John Byrne.

After the destruction of the Baxter Building, a shop owner gives Reed a piece of his mind.

Fantastic Four #279

FF #279 from June 1985.  "Crack of Doom" by John Byrne.

Say goodbye to the Baxter Building.

Fantastic Four #278

FF #278 from May 1985.  "True Lies" by John Byrne.

Gutsy anti-racism story by John Byrne.  This isn't something you normally see in mainstream comics.

Fantastic Four #277

FF #277 from April 1985.  "Back from Beyond" by John Byrne.

I like this Lyja the Skrull.  She's not a pushover like Alicia.

Fantastic Four #276

FF #276 from March 1985.  "Suffer a Witch to Live" by John Byrne.

Reed and Sue sure do know how to throw a wild parties. 
They come up with their guest list by reading the newspaper comics page.

Fantastic Four #275

FF #275 from Feb. 1985.  "The Naked Truth" by John Byrne.

The morning after Johnny finally takes Lyja the Skrull to Pound Town.

Fantastic Four #274

FF #274 from Jan. 1985.  "Monster Mash: Part Two" by John Byrne.

Why is Frankenstein's monster on the Secret Wars planet?  Like really?!

Fantastic Four #273

FF #273 from Dec. 1984.  "Fathers and Others" by John Byrne.

I like the lay-out of this fight scene by Byrne.