Category Archives: Fantastic Friday

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. It’s the holiday weekend and I’m feeling lazy, so here are some Fantastic Four videos for you:                   **** Want more? Check out my … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re in the middle of an ongoing arc, in which the we say goodbye to the classic FF and hello to a whole new team. In issue #305, that’s not so easy, … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #304 promises a bold new direction for our heroes, but is it? First things first: This issue was written by Steve Englehart, and he’ll be with the series for the next … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. You want alternate what-if timelines? Issue #303 has alternate what-if timelines. We begin with Ben, moping around Four Freedoms Plaza, still dreary and bummed out about Johnny and Alicia’s recent wedding. He … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Now that Johnny and Alicia (who is secretly Lyja the Skrull in disguise) are married, issue #302 spins them off into their own adventure. While on their honeymoon in upstate New York, … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Now that Johnny and Alicia are married, it’s time to further establish the series’ new status quo. First up is Franklin revealing his new powers to his parents. We begin with Reed, … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Can you believe I’ve been doing this blog series long enough to reach issue #300? It’s the big wedding. We begin in the office of the Daily Bugle, where Johnny is furious … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Johnny has proposed to Alicia, and Ben has rejoined the team. Issue #299 deals with all the soap opera awkwardness that comes with this. We begin with an old-school throwback to the … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. After last issue’s sadness-fest, issue #298 gets back to some old fashioned superhero brawling… but still with some sadness. Previously, two alien brothers-turned-warlords, Umbra and Jaagur, were in a battle so great … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. The Thing has officially rejoined the team, but the issues that originally drove him away are still there in issue #297. We begin on an alien planet, where the ruthless warlord Umbra … Continue reading →