Category Archives: Fantastic Friday

Fantastic February: Some assemblage required

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. When we last left our heroes, the Hulk was wrecking New York City, enraged that Captain America had taken his place on the Avengers. The Thing fought back, and got the crud … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Clobberin’ vs. smash

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Both the cover and the front page proclaim issue #25 to be “The battle of century.” (Note: I’ll be doing a bunch of these FF posts throughout February to make up for … Continue reading

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Fantastic February: Beware the space baby

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #24 provides some serious 1960s psychedelic weirdness. (Note: I’ll be doing a bunch of these FF posts throughout February to make up for weeks I’ve missed. If all goes according to … Continue reading

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Fantastic February: The master plan committee

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. What is Dr. Doom’s master plan? Let’s find out. (Note: I’ll be doing a bunch of these FF posts throughout February to make up for weeks I’ve missed. If all goes according … Continue reading

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Fantastic February: Use the force (fields)

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #22 introduces big changes for one of our heroes. (Note: I’ll be doing a bunch of these FF posts throughout February to make up for weeks I’ve missed. If all goes … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Don’t be a hater

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Things get serious in issue #21, in a tale of bigotry run amok, with one crazy surprise ending. The issue begins with the four hanging out in HQ, which interrupted by what … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: The Ballad of Atlantis

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. I was debating on whether to include the annuals as part of this re-read, but this first one is just too good not to. Strap in for a whopping 72 pages of … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Be cool, molecule

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In issue #20, we meet a nerd… with the power of the gods! The fun begins in Reed’s lab, where the team is investigating a meteor recently fallen to Earth. Ben breaks … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Walk like an Egyptian

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #19 features freaky time travel craziness and Egyptian wildness. The tale begins with Reed, Sue and Johnny tooling around the city in the Fantasticar, looking for Ben. They stop by Alicia’s … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: I’m Super (Skrull), thanks for asking!

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. After spending the last two issues outsmarting Dr. Doom, the FF take on a more physical threat in issue #18, a baddie with souped-up superpowers. The issue begins with the FF sitting … Continue reading

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