Category Archives: Fantastic Friday

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch continue on with issue #559. Also, David Letterman is here! Recap: Dr. Doom has been kidnapped by a new team of supervillains calling themselves the New Defenders, … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #558 gives us new villains and a surprise continuity-changing twist for one of our main characters. Recap: After their adventure involving an alternate Earth and would-be utopia called Nu Earth, the … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #557 answers the question, how do you fight a giant robot? With another giant robot! Recap: Reed was contacted by his old girlfriend Alyssa Moy and her new husband, mega-millionaire Ted … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Except this is the holiday weekend, and Storm is an official FF member now, so here’s Storm: * * * * Want more? Check out my ongoing serial, THE SUBTERKNIGHTS, on Kindle … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Writer Mark Millar continues his run with issue #556, with robot battles in the snow. Because why not? Recap: Reed was contacted by his old girlfriend Alyssa Moy and her new husband, … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In issue #555, writer Mark Millar continues his run on the series with otherworldly action and new characters. Recap: Reed was reunited with his old college girlfriend, science whiz Alyssa Moy, and … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. One of comicdom’s most popular – and most controversial – creators takes over the series in issue #554. What can I possibly say about writer Mark Millar? With his indie work in … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #553 is the last one for famed writer Dwayne McDuffie, full of time-twisting cosmic craziness. Where were we? A future Dr. Doom time-traveled to the present, saying that Reed’s “idea 101” … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. The original FF are back together in issue #551, but the shadow of Civil War still hangs over them. Also, time travel! The issue begins with the caption, “Meanwhile, 75 years later…” … Continue reading →