Category Archives: Fantastic Friday

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re on issue #411 and now that Reed is back from the dead, he’s learning that being alive again is harder than he thought. We begin with what appears to be young … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Except I have the flu this week, so here’s H.E.R.B.I.E. the Robot instead. Freakin’ H.E.R.B.I.E. the Robot.   **** Want more? Check out my book, CINE HIGH, now available for the Kindle … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. It’s issue #410, and we’re pretty much at the end now, with a complete reboot on the horizon. This issue starts wrapping up some odds and ends… or does it? We begin … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Here’s issue #409, and we’re still Hyperstorm-ing it up with Hyperstorm. When Reed and Dr. Doom died, they didn’t really die. Godlike supervillain Hyperstorm transported them to a robot-filled alternate reality where … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In issue #408, our heroes confront the mega-villain Hyperstorm, and Hyperstorm shows us just how dull he is. We begin with Kristoff having transported the FF away from Hyperstorm, revealing that they … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In issue #407, Reed Richards comes back from the dead. It had to happen sometime. Previously, our heroes encountered the godlike villain Hyperstorm, who has Dr. Doom held captive in his otherworldly … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’ve reached issue #406, and I’m afraid we have to talk about Hyperstorm. We begin in the lab at Four Freedoms Plaza, where Kristoff is experimenting with the tech recovered from Zarrko … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In issue #405, we learn tha–OMG it’s Conan the Barbarian! While on an adventure in Brazil, our heroes have uncovered an alien device that might be able to save Ben’s life after … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #404 has the Thing fighting a bunch of other Things, and… that’s it, really. We open with Namor the Sub-Mariner, seeking revenge for losing control of Atlantis to the Inhumans during … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In issue #403, we’re getting back to basics with some old-fashioned jungle adventure. We begin in the lab inside Four Freedoms Plaza, where Kristoff has designed a new Ant-Man suit for Scott … Continue reading →