Category Archives: Fantastic Friday

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 →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still self-flagellating our way through the mediocrity of the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Issue #177: The FF return from their previous adventure in space, with the Impossible … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still marching through the death march of comics that is the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Issue #171: To recap, Ben is human again, but still fights … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still clawing our way out of the creative black hole that was the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Issue #164: We begin with talk about how Sue’s … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still in the horribly mediocre “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Maybe this is the week we’ll find that elusive hidden gem. (Spoiler: We won’t.) Issue #158: Ben … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Time for more mediocrity from the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Issue #150: This “anniversary” issue is a double-sized one, with two stories. The first is a continuation … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still suffering our way through the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby and before John Byrne. These ‘70s FF comics are dreadful, but I remain hopeful we can discover some sort of … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re trudging our way through the slog that is the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Issue #138: Johnny’s pal Wyatt Wingfoot shows up at the Baxter Building, announcing … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re trudging through the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Issue #132: So at the end of the last issue, Johnny learned that Crystal had dumped him for the … Continue reading →