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Fantastic Friday: A Fraction of a second

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’ve reached an interesting and exciting time in the series’ history. This is still two comics, Fantastic Four and FF, now restarted with new #1 issues, both written by Matt Fraction, and … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Hick, man

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. It’s the final two issues for writer Jonathan Hickman. What’s his final word on our heroes? Gimmie a gimmick: This issue and the following FF issue both have “Final issue” in big … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Ready, shoot, A.I.M.

Posted on April 26, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. As writer Jonathan Hickman prepares to move on to Avengers comics, he still has a lot of business to wrap up in the dual Fantastic Four and FF comics. Let’s see how … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Talk the talk-anda, walk the Wakanda

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. After everything that’s happened, it’s time for a vacation. I hear Wakanda is lovely this time of year. Issue #607 begins with the Fantastic Four and the kids from the Future Foundation … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Voting in the negative

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Writer Jonathan Hickman’s cosmic mega-epic has ended, but there are still some details to follow up on, most notably Johnny becoming ruler of the Negative Zone during the time everyone thought he … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Celestial mechanic

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Writer Jonathan Hickman’s years-long mega-epic finally comes to a close in Fantastic Four #604. Was the journey worth it? Gimmie a gimmick: The cover sports an Avengers vs. X-Men logo in the … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Twice the F

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re in the middle of some of the most ambitious – and most bewildering – run of issues the series has ever done. Buckle up. In what has got to be one … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Do the wave

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In between issues #11 and #12 of the rebooted FF, we went back to the original Fantastic Four title for the big 50th anniversary issue #600. Gimmie a gimmick: Starting with this … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Oops all villains

Posted on March 7, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Time to start breezing through the rest of Jonathan Hickman’s run multiple issues at a time, with FF #8-11. Fantastic Four’s “lost years” in the 1970s is where things got all confusing … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Kree will rock you

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Here’s FF #7, the second half of an extended flashback that… Oh, I just can’t.   Recap: Two issues ago, the conflict between four recently-discovered lost civilizations was complicated by four evil … Continue reading →

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