Maybe these covers are metaphorical. Like, the last few have depicted Reed killing Sue. He pretty much has been. Emotionally. And this one, like, little Franklin turned the Fantastic Four into zombies and they’re going after Doctor Doom. Um… because, that’s like saying, the Fantastic Four’s parenting has been so shitty they might as well have been dead, and if Franklin wants anybody to care about him he might as well rig up some dead bodies to a complex series of pullies and switches, and then he can use his imagination to pretend like someone is keeping an eye on him. Yeah, that’s the ticket. PS I think it’s great that Doom put a jaw hinge in his mask so when he’s really shocked he can express it. I wonder if he has to press a button to get it to do that. (Fantastic Four Versus The X-Men #4 – June 1987)