Category Archives: Fantastic Friday

Fantastic Friday: Sky booms

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. It’s not a retcon or a remake, it’s a “Marvel Remix,” as we flashback to the early days of the Inhumans in Fantastic Four: Fireworks. We all love ‘60s Marvel, but they … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Son of a Genius

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Time to get all inner child with the kid-friendly Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius. Son of a Genius, from writer and cartoonist Chris Eliopoulos, started as some backup comics appearing in … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: What’s bugging you?

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Remember Marvel’s Annihilation crossover? No? Well, issue #578 sure does.   Johnny, in voiceover captions (is that the right term?) describes meeting a woman at a bar called The Other Side of … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Universal remote

Posted on July 12, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #577 gives us some classic mayhem on the moon. Except by “mayhem” I mean “lots of standing around and talking.” We begin with the Inhuman royal family arriving at the Blue … Continue reading →

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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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