Category Archives: Fantastic Friday

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 →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. I don’t dare suggest the legendary Jack Kirby ever phoned it in, but here, in his last few issues before his contentious departure from Marvel, it sadly kinda/sorta feels like he’s phoning … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Need a quick and easy story idea to crank out a comic on deadline? Evil twins! Issue #96 begins with some comedy shtick as the Yancy Street Gang has mailed Ben a … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. The so-called “middle years” are famous (infamous?) for introducing a bunch of hokey, one-off villains, and that’s the case with issue #95. We begin with a man on the street taking photos … Continue reading →