Category Archives: Fantastic Friday

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. This week, in issue #74… he’s back. The story begins right in the middle of some soap opera stuff, as Ben walks into Alicia’s apartment, only to find her in there with … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #73 is interesting, in that it continues stories started in other comics. You see that all the time these days, but it was something new back then. The issue begins with … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Is there anything to say about issue #72? Last issue, Reed announced he and Sue were leaving the team. This issue skips all the goodbyes, starting with them already gone. Johnny and … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start.  This “the Thing turns evil” story has been going on for four issues now. Now it’s issue #71. How’s it going to end? At the end of the last issue, Reed and … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #70 finds us in the middle of a multi-issue arc, in which Ben has been turned into a murderous creature intent on destroying Reed, courtesy of the Mad Thinker. This issue … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #69 continues the “Ben goes bad” storyline started in the last issue. Previously, a mysterious villain, whose identity still hasn’t been revealed, disguised himself as renowned scientist Dr. Santini, here to … Continue reading →

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We go back to basics, kicking off another multi-issue arc in #68. We begin in a hospital room, where Alicia is recovering from her adventures with the Enclave and “Him” in the … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. This week, it’s annual #5, which actually takes place before the issues I wrote about last week. Oh no, continuity is all out of whack now. The story begins as Sue mysteriously … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issues 66-67 contain one my personal favorite FF epics, with a lot of action, drama, and sci-fi weirdness – and it introduces, in a way, a major Marvel character. In the previous … Continue reading →

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In the last issue, we were introduced to mysterious aliens called the Kree. This week, in issue #65, they’re already back. Things begin strangely, with the FF floating in space somehow, being … Continue reading →