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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: Back in quarantine

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Between issues #569 and #570, Marvel published this one-shot, the Fantastic Four Cosmic-Size Special. But it might not be as cosmic as you’d think. We begin with a few pages of action … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Sue two

Posted on January 27, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #560 tells us what’s been going on in this story arc, with still more twists and turns for our heroes. Recap: Johnny’s new girlfriend, the super-powered bank robber named Psionics, is … Continue reading →

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