Monthly Archives: May 2015

Fantastic Friday: Dead man talkin’

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In issue #233, John Byrne is already trying some experimental storytelling, with this only his second issue as writer/artist. The issue begins with some dark atmosphere as we’re introduced to Deeden prison, … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Byrne, baby, Byrne

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. This week, with issue #232, the series begins one of its best runs, if not one of the finest runs in all of comics, thanks to writer-artist John Byrne. After a decade … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: The middle years, part 22

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. For several weeks, we’ve been zipping through the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby and before John Byrne, and now we’ve reached the end. As the saying goes, what a long strange trip … Continue reading

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