Category Archives: Fantastic Friday

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #281 brings the intensity in a big way. Let’s see if I can recap this: Two villains are inciting hate-fueled riots throughout New York, which is especially bad timing for our … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. As issue #280 begins, our heroes have been brought to their lowest, with their home destroyed and anger running rampant in the streets. What more could go wrong? We begin with the … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #279 finds us during a run of issues in which things get all dark and dreary. It begins with our heroes in a bad place, and everything just gets worse. To … Continue reading →

Re-reading the original Fantastic Four comics from the start. Comics of the 1980s were often accused of getting too dark, and, hoo boy, do things get dark in issue #278. The issue begins with Dr. Doom saying, “The time has … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Here’s another one of those wild experimental issues from writer-artist John Byrne. Every page is split horizontally across the middle. The top half of the issue tells the story of Ben’s return … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. If you’re a superhero, it’s probably best not to host a dinner party, because bad things will happen. This is demonstrated nicely in issue #276. We begin with Johnny flying celebratory loop-de-loops … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Remember when I said that the comics world really upped sex and violence during the ‘80s? We get a big dose of that in issue #275. She-Hulk has been an Avenger, she’s … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Just as we’re getting used to the new status quo with She-Hulk on the team, we switch gears and spend issue #274 with the Thing and what he’s up to. To recap: … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Reed’s search for his long-lost father comes to a head in issue #273. Also, robot pterodactyls! OK, let’s try to recap all this: The FF have followed Reed’s long-lost father through a … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. The last issue was all set-up and character development, so in issue #272 we get down to some insane sci-fi action! Reed and the FF are visiting his childhood home, the Richards … Continue reading →