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Fantastic Friday: King me

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Is Black Bolt your favorite Marvel character? He’d better be, because FF #5 all about him. Recap: Four evil alternate universe versions of Reed, of the interdimensional Council of Reeds, are running … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: The real Defying Gravity

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In FF #5, writer Jonathan Hickman continues tying things together and connecting all the dots with everything he’s set up. Recap: The Fantastic Four is now the Future Foundation, with around twenty … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Dr. StrangeReed

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In FF #4, we have a meeting of the minds and a city under attack. Where were we? The Fantastic Four is now the Future Foundation, with close to twenty members, most … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Very varied and various variants

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. FF #3 continues writer Jonathan Hickman’s sprawling epic take on the series, but is there such a thing as too epic? Recap: The Fantastic Four is now the Future Foundation, with a … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Kristoff instruction

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still getting used to the new status quo in FF #2, only for Dr. Doom to show up and complicate things already. Recap: Following the death of the Human Torch, the … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: For F’s sake

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Except that Fantastic Four is over, and the series has now rebranded as FF #1. Oh, and Spider-Man is here. Maybe I should have led with that. We begin with scientists from … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Funeral for a matchstick

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. It might look like an ending, but issue #588 is more of an in-between issue following a major character death last issue and new lineup in the next one. Gimmie a gimmick: … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: The big burnout

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’ve all heard the jokes about comic book characters always dying and coming back to life. Our own Reed Richards was dead for a couple of years in the 90s. But now … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Bebe Nu-Earth

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #586 continues the ongoing storylines from past issues, while I pray that writer Jonathan Hickman will tie all this together somehow. Gimmie a gimmick: This issue continues the “Three: Countdown to … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: We got no troubles, life is the bubbles

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’ve got both Galactus and Atlantis in issue #585. All these storylines must be building to something, but what? Gimmie a gimmick: The cover continues this series of issues with a “Three” … Continue reading

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