Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	May 1998
Cover Price	1.99 USD
Pages	38
Editing	Mark Powers (editor); Jason Liebig (assistant editor); Bob Harras (editor-in-chief)
Notes	Indicia incorrectly gives "April 1998" date.

Cover Details

Characters	Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Crucible
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Salvador Larroca (signed)
Inks	Art Thibert (signed)
Colors	Liquid! (signed)
Notes	Indicia incorrectly gives "April 1998" date.

2 page Fantastic Four recap "Previously in Fantastic Four"

Characters	Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Invisible Woman; Human Torch
Genre	superhero
Letters	typeset
Notes	Brief introduction to the major characters, with a re-cap of the events from Fantastic Four (vol. 3) #3-4.

24 page Fantastic Four story "Broken Reed"

Characters	Mr. Fantastic (O), Invisible Woman, Thing, Human Torch; SC: Franklin Richards, Alyssa Moy (I, O); V: Crucible; OC: Isabel Aguirre, Gordon Clay, Genoshan Freedom Brigade, Warwolves (behind the scenes).
Synopsis	Reed and Ben head for Stockholm to attend an international symposium of physicists, with Reed's friend Alyssa Moy; Crucible attacks; Reed notices a resemblance to Dr. Doom; Crucible steals Reed's rationality and mental talents for himself.
Genre	superhero
Script	Scott Lobdell (plot); Chris Claremont (script)
Pencils	Salvador Larroca
Inks	Art Thibert
Colors	Liquid!
Letters	Richard Starkings; Albert Deschesne [as Comicraft's Albert Deschesne]
Notes	The Crucible storyline is resolved in issues #10-12. The concern over the warping and twisting of the fabric of reality comes to a head in issues #24-25.