"Four Smash!"

"Fantastic Four: Taco Bell Exclusive Collector Edition" is a comic from around 2009 that was distributed with "kid's meals" at Taco Bell, apparently one of four editions featuring Marvel Super-Heroes and distributed by Taco Bell. A small notice on the lower right of the cover proclaims "Not For Resale", and yet I bought this for fifty cents out of the bins at a local comic store. Hopefully I am not getting into trouble for the crime of trading money for a promotional comic.

Anyway, what goes on in here? This is not a full sized comic, with the main story measuring in at 11 pages. It is a bog standard Fantastic Four story, and is set in an indeterminate time in the Fantastic Four's long continuity. Reed and Susan are eating an anniversary dinner, when a feuding and rough-housing Thing and Human Torch interrupt them. Just as recriminations are about to abound from their ruined dinner, the Hulk attacks, and after futile attempts to fight him, they finally

One of the most despised and yet also the most wonderful of birds. 

The common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) is common through most of North America. It's about a foot long with a long, dark bill, yellow eyes, a long tail, and dark iridescent feathers on the head and wings. Female grackles are a bit smaller and less iridescent.

It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 1758 edition of the Systema Naturae and given the taxonomy Gracula quiscula. In the 1816

Back again, and ready to wreak some havoc, welcome the deathborgs! And some death-fairies, death-hobbits, and death-ships. Maybe some nice borgs too. All sorts are invited!

All science fictional stories, poems, essays, and predictions are accepted. In the spirit of providing an inclusive environment, fairies, ghosts, mages, and gods are also welcome. Reviews and explanations of science-fictional concepts will be accepted, but factual science writeups are suspect, and will probably