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Fantastic Friday: Love is a battlefield

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #572 has a battle raging throughout the multiverse… and within the human heart. In his newfound drive to solve everything, Reed has discovered the interdimensional Council of Reeds, whose science and … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Councilmen

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. The so-called Council of Reeds is a controversial subject among fans. In issue #571, we get to know them and learn what their deal is. After the crises of Civil War, Secret … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Hicksville

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #570 has a new writer and artist, and yet another far-out new concept for us to wrap our heads around. This is the first issue of Fantastic Four for writer Jonathan … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Back in quarantine

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Between issues #569 and #570, Marvel published this one-shot, the Fantastic Four Cosmic-Size Special. But it might not be as cosmic as you’d think. We begin with a few pages of action … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Now there’s a Wynch

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Writer Mark Millar’s dark and violent Marquis of Death storyline comes to a dark and violent ending in issue #569. Gimmie a gimmick: This issue has a wraparound cover, a single image … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Marquis and Peele

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Writer Mark Millar continues to put his mark on the series in #568, as one mean villain keeps getting meaner. Dr. Doom’s long-lost mentor the Marquis of Droom arrived on Earth after … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Class is in session

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Now that we’ve met Dr. Doom’s teacher, it’s time for Doom to get some schooling in issue #567. After wreaking murderous havoc throughout the multiverse, Dr. Doom’s long-lost master, the all-powerful Marquis … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: No day at the beach

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. After several issues teasing the concept of Dr. Doom’s master, we finally get to meet the guy in issue #566. We begin on a beach in Thailand, where Reed asks a local, … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: The original Dr. Doom

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Before we get into the storyline about Dr. Doom’s mentor, it’s finally time to look back at the first Dr. Doom. That means this week we’re reading… DC Comics??? Most comic book … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: It can’t reign all the time

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. The Dark Reign event was all about Norman Osborn throwing his weight around, and that’s what does for our heroes at the end of Dark Reign: Fantastic Four. Recap: Feeling overwhelmed by … Continue reading

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