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Fantastic Friday: Frog-kanda forever

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #547 has cosmic beings, epic space battles, and… magic frogs? Recap: We have a new FF team with Black Panther and Storm joining Ben and Johnny. The body of dead teen … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Surf’s up

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #545 is only the second one with the new team, and they’re already up against Galactus. Recap: The new Fantastic Four – Ben, Johnny, Black Panther, and Storm – are investigating … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Stormy weather

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. It’s a whole new FF in issue #544 as Black Panther and Storm join the team, and superstar writer Dwayne McDuffie takes over the writing. Also, Deathlok is here! (Sort of.) Following … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Fresh faces

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #543 is the FF’s 45th anniversary, so Marvel wanted to do a special issue. But it’s also a Civil War tie-in, so we have to deal with that as well. The … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Surrender, Dorothy

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Marvel’s epic Civil War crossover comes to an end… except that it doesn’t. The issue of superhero registration has divided the entire Marvel Universe. After a lot of fighting and casualties, Captain … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Funeral for a stilt

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Reminder that events during Civil War are happening not chronologically, but simultaneously across issues. So, while Civil War #6 builds up to the big finale, there’s still a lot happening across the … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Not Kate Beckinsale

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Here’s another look at everything else happening during Marvel’s Civil War mega-event, including lots of Punisher, new characters, and one of the most disliked comics of all time. First, we’ve got to … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Civil duck

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. As the Civil War crossover rages on, this week we’re looking at more of what’s been happening in the Marvel Universe during the event. You’d think that the crossover would want to … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Panther on the prowl

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. As Marvel’s Civil War mega-event continues on, this week we’re looking at the Black Panther issues from the crossover. This might not seem to be that connected to the Fantastic Four, but … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Pro and continuity

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Except I’m going “bigger picture” this time. I’ve read a lot of Marvel Civil War comics this week, and it’s way too much to summarize in just the trivia section at the … Continue reading

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