Here's a first look at FF #18 from writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Nick Dragotta, in stores May 30.

Marvel is proud to present your first look at FF #18, from superstar creators Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta! The kids of the Future Foundation suit up for their first field trip…to the Negative Zone?! That’s right True Believers, Johnny Storm plays substitute teacher for a day and takes the team deep into his sovereign dimension, but when the locals aren’t too happy with the Human Torch – chaos ensues! Can the FF and Johnny make it out of the Negative Zone with limited scratches? Find out in FF #18, hitting comic shops, the Marvel Comics app, and Marvel Digital Comic Shop this May!

Here's a look at FF #17 from writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Nick Dragotta, in stores April 25.

"Roomies": Now that he's back among the living, the Human Torch moves in with Spider-Man! Can two superheroes share an apartment without driving each other crazy? What secret lies behind the door to Annihilus' closet? Who throws a house party like the Light Brigade?

Marvel has revealed the image formed from combining the variant covers for the upcoming Fantastic Four #601 and FF #13, both drawn by artist Giuseppe Camuncoli.

The future of the Fantastic Four and FF collide this December as Marvel is pleased to present your first look at Giuseppe Camuncoli’s connecting variant covers for Fantastic Four #601 & FF #13! After the universe altering events of the highly anticipated Fantastic Four #600, Reed, his family and friends embark on a bold new journey into the Marvel Universe. No fan of superstar writer Jonathan Hickman’s critically acclaimed run can miss out on these exciting new variants!

Superstar artist Marko Djurdjevic has sadly parted ways with Marvel, but he was kind enough to do it as publicly as possible, taking shots at his co-workers at Fan Expo Canada's ironically-named "FF Team Spirit Panel":

"I was fighting with the guys at Marvel about this. You can't make people re-work your shit because you can't decide what you want. Either pay or leave."

Tension in the room mounted as Djurdjevic illustrated the problems between himself and Marvel editors, sharing with the audience numerous mock-ups of Lady Bullseye's redesigned costume, citing it as an example of his problems with Marvel art direction.

"I did a couple color sketches, and it just went into revision mode for the face paint forever and ever," he said, forever being about two weeks. "I think I made so many face variations for that character until they finally decided, 'Oh yeah, that's the one that people are going to recognize forever,'" Djurjevic recounted, mocking his editors in a high-pitched voice, yet again.

And I can see why a man tasked with dressing up the Lord of the Vampires like a New Warrior might feel a bit irked.

I also wondered if the blatant resemblance here was ever a point of contention.

The bottom line is that artists are human beings too, and a lot of people put them on pedestals for better and for worse but the truth is they have a job to do, and they can get mistreated and when they do, it sucks. I'm not taking sides, but I'm just saying that Marko is a person with a right to feel abused and there are times when, for the sake of the fans who are going to miss you, it's important to have your side of the story heard.

Pappy always told me, "Son, if you're gonna go out hard, you soak that bridge in gasoline, light a match, and don't look back."

Pappy actually didn't tell me that, although I do recall a now-legendary voice actor with whom I worked some years ago, who used to express his frustration with management by urinating in their plants. That's how we kicked it in the old school. 

Speaking as a fan, Djurdjevic will be missed. I look fowrard to seeing what he does next -I'm referring both to art and spectacularly nasty public resignations.