PREPARE TO BECOME FICTIONAL!: Fantastic Four #583-588 Annotations

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Fantastic Four #583 - "In Latveria, the Flowers Bloom in Winter" [9/22/10]

If they think I'm going to read Fall of the Hulks, they are mistaken!
So Doom appears to have gotten brain-blasted. He summons Kristoff Vernard (his heir?) to take the throne until he regains his intellect.
Valeria goes awol and does a little bit too much! She activates the Bridge and lets the remaining Reeds escape into universe 616. These include the Alpha-Reed, Iron-Man reed, Prof-X Reed, and Armor-Reed (who IIRC lost his intelligence and was the one who summoned the Mad Celestials in the first place).
I guess all of them split up according to the infographic word bubble map. Could those locations correspond to the Four Cities? I don't think so since the Negative Zone and Inhuman City-Ship are not on Earth, but maybe we'll get an answer in the future.
So Val disagrees with her father's decision to choose his family! That's crazy!
Val makes a deal with Doom; she'll restore his intelligence if he promises to help Reed. Why will Reed need Doom's help?
Silver Surfer discovers the corpse of OML-future Galactus!

Fantastic Four #584 - "Congratulations, Mister Grimm. You're Handsome Again!"

Nu-Ben and Johnny take the city by storm! (Get it?)
The revamped Yancy Street gang is hilarious.
Sue goes to Mutopia to rendezvous with Namor as they set forth for the Peak of Old Atlantis to arrange a peace treaty between both kingdoms.
Reed observes strange spatial energy bleeds dubbed the Fault and the Crunch.
He is confronted by Silver Surfer and Galactus himself regarding the corpse of the alter-Galactus from OML-timeline.

Fantastic Four #585 - "The Kings of Atlantis!"

God damn it, Namor! Still badass though, and don't think it didn't notice the reuse of his line in HOX/POX!
Reed joins Galactus and Surfer on their way to Nu-World. It's in a different dimension IIRC, but Surfer found a bleed that will let them access it.
While Surfer goes to collect some other individuals with similar energy signatures as the dead Galactus, he reveals to Reed that Franklin's powers have been reactivated, and that he feared a confrontation.
The Other Side of Zero/Anti-Priests prepare to invade the Baxter Building, activate the Negative Zone portal, and unleash a second Annihilation Wave upon the universe.

Fantastic Four #586 - "World-Eater!"

From bad to worse!
The peeps Surfer got were Ted and Alyssa!
The reason for the apocalypse of the OML-Timeline besides the superhero-genocide is a result of the Sun dying after too much of its energy is consumed.
Reed plans on using the Farm planets + star-surgery to prevent the death of Galactus and the decay of the sun from occurring.
Galactus wants to eat Nu-World, and they try to ferry the remaining population off the planet through the last remaining gate.
Namor reveals that the Old Kings are actually malevolent in nature and want to pillage the world like they did in the old days. They use Sue as bait and plan to kill her.
Negative Priests and bug dudes invade the Baxter Building and blow a hole in Reed's portal, unleashing the Annihilation Wave from the Negative Zone.

Fantastic Four #587 - "The Last Stand!"

Whaaat! So Leech has been rooming with Franklin so he can hold back his reality warping powers! So smart, I never would have guessed!
RIP Johnny! But if nothing can die in the Negative Zone...
The Old Kings reject Namor's prejudice and name Susan as their new queen.
Reed opens the gate back to Earth, bringing Alyssa, Ted, Lightwave, Maestro Bruce Jr, and the collective conscious of humanity in Natalie X. Galactus destroys Nu-World.

Fantastic Four #588 - "Month of Mourning" [2/23/11]