Category Archives: Fantastic Friday

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re making our way through the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne, several issues at a time. Issue #117: We begin with Johnny, who has been all ticked off … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re making our way through the “middle years,” several issues at a time. Issue #113: In the last few issues, Ben developed the ability to turn back into a human, only for … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re making our way through the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. In this batch of issues, we get another trip to the Negative Zone and a killer superhero … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We had the classic Stan Lee/Jack Kirby years, and we had the exciting new directions John Byrne took the characters years later. In between those two eras, though, we had the “middle … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Here we are, folks. The end of an era. It’s Jack Kirby’s final issue of Fantastic Four. According to suspicious-sounding internet rumors, Kirby allegedly turned in his resignation letter to Marvel the … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. It’s Jack Kirby’s next-to-last issue on the book, and once again we go back to the “gangster movie” style he was allegedly fond of at the time. We open with some sitcom … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. After reading issue #100 last week, this week we’re taking a detour. In 2001, a whole slew of well-known comics pros collaborated on a 12-issue miniseries, Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Comic Magazine. … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Time for a milestone: Issue #100! Our heroes are returning from meeting with the Inhumans last issue, when something destroys their flying saucer. Crystal uses her powers to float everyone safely to … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Hope you like relationship woes, because that’s what you’ve got in issue #99. We begin with some sitcom comedy shtick as Reed and Sue barge in on Ben as he’s dressed in … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #98 is an interesting beast. The fictional Marvel heroes had walked on the moon several times, and then Neil, Buzz, and company went and did it for real. This comic was … Continue reading →