Category Archives: Fantastic Friday

Fantastic Friday: Ice to meet you

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re going underwater for a soaking wet slugfest in issue #575.   We begin with Sue giving a slideshow (Powerpoint?) presentation about an isolated Antarctic base which is located over a massive … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Head-ing underground

Posted on June 28, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. It’s been a while since we’ve ventured into underground kingdoms, and that’s where issue #574 takes us. We begin with a grisly scene in NYC, where a bunch of Moloids (the Mole … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Franks and beings

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #574 gives us a party, as well as more than one glimpse of the future. It’s Franklin’s birthday, and Sue manages a surprise party by turning everyone invisible. Among the guests … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Not so Nu

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #573 takes us back to Nu World, where we all learn a lesson about how sometimes you shouldn’t want to go back. Following the previous storyline’s subplot, Johnny and Ben are … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Love is a battlefield

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Mac McEntire

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

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Mac McEntire

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

Posted on May 24, 2024 by Mac McEntire

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

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Mac McEntire

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

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Mac McEntire

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

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Mac McEntire

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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