Category Archives: Fantastic Friday

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In between issues #11 and #12 of the rebooted FF, we went back to the original Fantastic Four title for the big 50th anniversary issue #600. Gimmie a gimmick: Starting with this … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Time to start breezing through the rest of Jonathan Hickman’s run multiple issues at a time, with FF #8-11. Fantastic Four’s “lost years” in the 1970s is where things got all confusing … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Here’s FF #7, the second half of an extended flashback that… Oh, I just can’t.   Recap: Two issues ago, the conflict between four recently-discovered lost civilizations was complicated by four evil … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Is Black Bolt your favorite Marvel character? He’d better be, because FF #5 all about him. Recap: Four evil alternate universe versions of Reed, of the interdimensional Council of Reeds, are running … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In FF #5, writer Jonathan Hickman continues tying things together and connecting all the dots with everything he’s set up. Recap: The Fantastic Four is now the Future Foundation, with around twenty … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In FF #4, we have a meeting of the minds and a city under attack. Where were we? The Fantastic Four is now the Future Foundation, with close to twenty members, most … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. FF #3 continues writer Jonathan Hickman’s sprawling epic take on the series, but is there such a thing as too epic? Recap: The Fantastic Four is now the Future Foundation, with a … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Except that Fantastic Four is over, and the series has now rebranded as FF #1. Oh, and Spider-Man is here. Maybe I should have led with that. We begin with scientists from … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. It might look like an ending, but issue #588 is more of an in-between issue following a major character death last issue and new lineup in the next one. Gimmie a gimmick: … Continue reading →