Category Archives: Fantastic Friday

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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Fantastic Friday: Dr. Doom’s Day

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Most villains come up with an evil plot, but it takes a one-of-a-kind villain to come up with multiple evil plots throughout the course of a single story. That’s our boy Dr. … Continue reading →

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