In one of the most anticipated comic events of the last year, Marvel has leaked which member of The Fantastic Four will meet their fate.
In the AP story, Hickman, Marvel SVP of Publishing Tom Brevoort and CCO Joe Quesada revealed that Johnny "The Human Torch" Storm will meet his demise in the comic . Brevoort confirmed that "588 is the final issue of the 'Fantastic Four .' Beyond that, we're not ready to say exactly what we're doing. There won't be an issue 589."
Hickman also said that his story's overall direction moving forward will "converge in a new thing that will be exciting and different and yet, very familiar and very much the same."
"Our readers get heavily involved in the lives of these characters. They fight alongside them, they share their triumphs and pitfalls. They live with them and they grasp them very tightly to their breast. They take them on in a very one to one, very personal sort of way," the Hickman added.