Category Archives: Fantastic Friday

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In issue #233, John Byrne is already trying some experimental storytelling, with this only his second issue as writer/artist. The issue begins with some dark atmosphere as we’re introduced to Deeden prison, … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. This week, with issue #232, the series begins one of its best runs, if not one of the finest runs in all of comics, thanks to writer-artist John Byrne. After a decade … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. For several weeks, we’ve been zipping through the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby and before John Byrne, and now we’ve reached the end. As the saying goes, what a long strange trip … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still hula-hooping our way through the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. This batch of issues finds the series in an interesting place, with writer Doug Moench and … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still potato-farming our way through the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Byrne is here in parts, doing some penciling in these issues, but he’s not running the … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still befuddling our way through the “middle years” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Actually, we do get Byrne in this bunch of issues on inks and occasional breakdowns, but … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re nearing the end of the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. This week, we’re going to space, going to school, and hanging out with an Avenger. Issue #201: … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Making our way through the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne, this batch of issues takes up to the historic issue #200. Issue #197: In the previous issue, Sue, … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still in the “Middle Years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. The thing about superhero team books is that, every once in a while, the writers can take one member … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still butt-deep in the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne, getting pretty closer to the landmark #200. Issue #184: We begin with several pages of housekeeping after the … Continue reading →