Fantastic Four, Vol. 2: The Invincible Woman

Fantastic Four (2025)

by Ryan North, Humberto Ramos (Illustrator)

Issues 6-10

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel

152 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2026

About the author

Hi, I'm Ryan! I was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1980 and since then have written several books. You can read my Wikipedia page for more, or check out my author site at RyanNorth.ca!

I'm the author of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics (that's the comic where the pictures don't change but the words do, it's better than it sounds and I've also done crazy things like turn Shakespeare into a choose-your-own-path adventure, write a comic for Marvel about a girl with all the powers of a squirrel, or mess up walking my dog so badly it made the news.

I'm working on more stuff as we speak, hopefully it's good

Reviews

[Dan]

Another great entry in the best FF run in decades.

[Chris Lemmerman]

Ryan North's second relaunched arc of F4 brings us the Invincible Woman, an alternate version of Sue Storm who decides to go all out with her powers and basically destroy the universe. If the idea of Sue Storm unleashed is fun for you, then you're gonna get a lot of mileage outta this one.

North still balances the larger book with the character stories, keeping the new SHIELD/Future Foundation plot ticking over and giving the kids that the F4 have left behind something to do to keep themselves involved. I still think some of the science flexes can get a little too LOOK HOW SMART THE WRITER IS at times - I'm not sure why it bugs me here and didn't throughout North's Unbreakable Squirrel Girl run. Maybe it's because it's usually run through Reed Richards's mouth, so it comes off as pretentious, maybe?

The final issue of the volume that focuses on the Thing is wonderful though, and actually brought a tear to my eye, even if the art from Pat Boutin was much scratchier than the other five issues from series artist Humberto Ramos.

[actuallymynamesssantiago]

Me gusta, me gusta. Durante décadas La mujer invisible/Sue Storm fue Invisible Girl, no Invisible Woman. Cumplía un rol maternal y pasivo en el grupo, siempre era la inspiración del marido científico —siendo ella misma científica también— o la mediadora en todas las peleas que tenían los cuatro. Incluso en las películas que se hicieron —excepto la del año pasado— la mostraban de la misma manera y siempre priorizaban al Hombre elástico y a La mole (el marido y el mejor amigo del marido), que eran los que más atractivo tenían para el lector de cómics/comprador de coleccionables promedio; nivel, le pedían a Jessica Alba que se viera “más linda” mientras peleaba y ni hablar de que todo el tiempo la hacían desmayarse o que le sangrara la nariz.
Volviendo a los cómics, todo fue así hasta que John Byrne se avivó en los 80´s y usó toda esa carga que le habían encajado para volverla loca y generarle un alter ego: Malice. La vistió con puás y ropa sadomasoquista/dominatrix —muy de la escena neoyorkina de los 80’s, sobre todo en los gays— y la hizo fajar a todos los integrantes del grupo, pero mal. El status quo se reestablece pero pasó de llamarse Invisible Girl a Invisible Woman y se la tomaron un poco más en serio.
Con el tiempo le fueron dando más atención y mostrando la complejidad de los poderes que tiene —tampoco hay mucha competencia en el grupo, uno es de piedra, otro se estira y el otro puede hacer una súper nova pero no es que le dé mucho la cabeza— puede manipular la luz. Este cómic tiene una intelectualización sobre esos poderes, explican y exploran sus capacidades, al punto de mostrar una matanza tremenda o cómo se hace una lobotomía a sí misma usando una llama del hermano —en la película de 2025 hay una escena bellísima, ella está embarazada y cuando el marido le va a hacer una ecografía ella usa sus poderes de invisibilidad para mostrar al feto, parece grotesco pero es bastante humano y de las escenas más lindas que haya visto en cine de súperhéroes, o que incluyan gestaciones en general, también hicieron que los efectos de los poderes se vieran como un prisma, como debería ser—; otra cosa que hace muy bien este cómic y es clave para escribir a estos personajes es mostrar cómo trabajan en equipo, porque solo funcionan así, buscando mecánicas o formas de ayudarse, no dejan de ser la primera familia de los cómics.
Marvel la viene queriendo reivindicar. La suelen colocar como una figura diplomática y líder del grupo. Hace poco hicieron un crossover con Predators que matan a casi todo el universo Marvel y ella los faja a todos. Y en este arco recuperan a Malice, pero como una versión alternativa de Sue —en algún momento se quedaron sin tela de la que cortar y empezaron a joder con los multiversos y etc., lo mismo pasó con las películas de ahora.
Me siento Tolkien hablando de estas cosas. Medio fantasioso.

[Franck Martini]

Ryan North writes amazing FF stories and the final issue of the collection proves it once more. But invincible woman did not work that well for me. Too much tech / scientific mumbo jumbo and a conclusion that screams « I’ll be back ».

[Nevin]

I like SO MANY things about this series in theory: It has enough cool ideas to keep up with its Silver Age roots, and there's a real focus on the family and characters. However, the pieces don't always click for me. It's clever enough for the flaws to bother me, and I'm not always sold on the stakes or the feeling of the overall Marvel Universe. It still has enough good moments to keep me invested in the series, though.

[Ryk Stanton]

I read this as it came out on Marvel Unlimited and really loved it. The problem, though, is it they’re developing Sue so much into this character that is going to be difficult for her to rein herself in as a normal superpowered human. I like it, but I don’t love it.

[Jamie]

You can tell that Ryan North is having a really good time showing off his science knowledge and we all get to joyfully benefit from it. Ramos is as great as he's ever been, unsurprisingly, and the two of them working together is a treat.

[Robert]

I’ve been enjoying this run by Ryan North with its high concept, hopeful vibes but this one fell a little flat for me and mostly on account of one thing: The Invincible Woman’s villainous costume design. Garish, ugly, and not related to anything in her backstory. I’m shocked it made it to print.

[Paul]

2.9 stars

[Beelzefuzz]

The new places Ryan North takes the 4's powers never cease to amaze.

[Alex Sarll]

As is traditional for this run, we begin with a puzzle, but once the SOS hidden in the cosmic background radiation is decoded, that turns out to be the beginning of a five-part story, as against the usual ones and twos. And given how uninspiring most of Marvel has been lately, anything bringing one of its few good books closer to the rest of the line must be regarded warily. Lo and behold, the threat turns out to be a dramatisation of that old staple, 'surely Sue could take down the rest of the FF'. And the rest of the planet, and oh, let's dress her as Malice while we're about it, why not? Obviously it's executed with more spark than most of the House of Worn-Out Ideas' recent reworks and rejigs, because it's by Ryan North, but it's still far from a highlight of his tenure. And while I was excited when Ramos joined on art, the visuals having sometimes lacked the character of the writing, some of the bigger scraps here are tricky to follow, though that may be down to the colouring.

[Tyler]

This arc can be viewed as an interesting "What If?" about an alternate Invisible Woman. Read as individual comics, ratings below:

#6= 3.5 stars
#7= 3 stars
#8= 2 stars
#9= 3.5 stars
#10= 4 stars
#11= 3 stars

Overall rating of 3.5 stars