Fantastic Four #1 Nov 1961, #400 May 1995, #416 Sept 1996, vol. 2 #1 (417) Nov 1996, vol. 2 #13 (429) Nov 1997, vol. 3 #1 (430) Jan 1998, vol. 3 #70 (499) Aug 2003, #500 Sept 2003
History: Nov 1961-Sept 1996 #1-416, Nov 1996-Nov 1997 vol. 2 #1-13, Jan 1998-Aug 2003 vol. 3 #1-70,
Sept 2003-present #500-present
Summary: The Fantastic Four, along with the Avengers Captain America, and Iron Man were
relaunched after Onslaught apparently did them all in. Issue #416 led into the Onslaught:
Marvel Universe one-shot where the heroes sacrifced their lives to defeat Onslaught.
A new Fantastic Four vol. 2 #1, drawn by Jim Lee took place in a parallel universe
created by the powerful Franklin Richards. After the heroes returned they were relaunched
again to vol. 3 #1. In 2001, Marvel began its sub-numbering system with a smaller number
indicating what issue it would be if the series hadn't been relaunched, so issue #42
was also #471. The vol. 3 numbering continued until #70 in 2003, as the next issue
officially returned to original numbering with #500.