Category Archives: Fantastic Friday

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. While the FF are more supporting characters in Secret Invasion, they got their own spinoff miniseries, which filled in gaps in the main series and brought back on of Marvel’s most notorious … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. It’s finally time for Secret Invasion, which takes place between issues #565 and #566 of Fantastic Four. So let’s get all green and wrinkly-chinned for some serious Skrull action. Gimmie a gimmick: … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #565 concludes this wholesome family holiday story with a tentacle monster, because of course it does. The FF have traveled to Scotland to spend Christmas with Reed’s never-before-seen cousin Hamish and … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. It’s vacation time in issue #564, with a trip to another country and long-lost family. Gimmie a gimmick: This cover is the famous Fantastic Four holiday painting that’s been often memed. It … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #563 is all about the Thing getting engaged, along with naughty cosplayers and a looming otherworldly threat. We begin with a very suggestive image of Johnny getting romantic with Storm and … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We go from a funeral to a jail to… a wedding proposal? No, this isn’t a ‘90s Hugh Grant romcom, it’s issue #562. Most of this issue is dealing with fallout from … Continue reading →

Fantastic Friday! Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch’s first big story arc comes to a head in issue #561. Recap: With an eco-disaster on the horizon, the New Defenders have traveled from the future to with a plan to bring future … Continue reading →

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 →