ITEM: Stars, how I love your portrayal of Ben Grimm! What I wouldn't give for Strange Tales to return, with you on a Thing solo strip. With plenty of team ups, provided they weren't forced or unnatural (e.g., the Thing and the Man-Thing. That just didn't work for me.)

ITEM: If I just looked at that "Invisible Girl" and "Mr. Fantastic", from their expressions, I would know they weren't the real deal. Obviously that's the intent... but those are SO nice!

ITEM: Loving how the X-Men look! It may sound odd... but I really miss Cyclops as he looked and as he was. Arguably, Cyclops was the second best team leader in the MU; loaded with skills and talents and strategic training - oh yeah, and a devastating super power too. But they had to muck with him entirely. To me, that started when he fell for a red headed woman who might have looked like Jean; we have only Scott's word for it, as the art was so vague in detail that it looked like any woman with a hairdo that we never saw Jean wear. Silly detail - I never liked Cyclops' outfit in X-Factor. The colors were kinda silly, and especially so with the aqua and white outfit. That should have been Iceman's.

This is just a holdover? It makes it easier to wait for the return. Thank you!

And can I just say how much I LOVE the coloring on that FF cover! What happened to that kind of quality??

Yes it was. One reader got a letter published in FF #39 asking about Alicia's last name. Stan (or whoever handled the letter column at the time) admitted they hadn't thought of one, and asked for suggestions. 

The winning entry, which received a no-prize, was published in #42 and referenced the Puppet Master as basis for the choice of name. 

The first in-story use of the name was in #49 I believe, as the Silver Surfer crashes into Alicia's apartment.