Fantastic Four

From the tone of the storylines, to the stunning new artistic look, The Heroic Age ushers in a dramatic new vision of the Marvel Universe. Marvel's most elite characters will be at the center of The Heroic Age, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers and...

By noreply@blogger.com (Bully) So. Reed Richards has invented...the telephone. And he's made it bigger and bulkier. Granted, it's a visiphone...but with no visible screen. Ah well. Let the man invent his little rubbery heart out, won't you? After all, it's not rocket science.

By psfrontline For over half a century, Stan Lee has been synonymous with superhero comics. In addition to creating countless memorable series and characters, including Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men and Daredevil, he served as the former president and chairman of Ma...

By noreply@blogger.com (Bully) Panels from Fantastic Four #91 (October 1969), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott, letters by Sam Rosen Panel from Fantastic Four #93 (December 1969), , script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Frank Giacoia, letters by Artie Simek

By noreply@blogger.com (Bully) which was the very first appearance of Mr. B. Grimm in the Marvel Universe. The first image is, as a bookend, the most recent appearance: the final panel in Fantastic Four #574, the most recent FF comic book to be published before the end of 2009. My point with this panel—and I do have one—is that I...

To that end, this issue features the team brushing up against the Fantastic Four as they try to solve the mystery of Sue Richards' disappearance. ...

Between Mole Man and the Fantastic Four, there's a lot of Silver Age zaniness being thrown about. Unlike last issue, which came across as more dumb than fun ...

By noreply@blogger.com (Bully) What do you think about that, Johnny? So, just DOUBLE-checking here, Johnny... ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT AT ALL, JOHNNY?!? Aw, fer cryin' out...geez, Johnny, no no no NO!!! Yeah, well, Ben, ain't it true? Everybody can't be Michael Chiklis, now, can they?

November 25, 2009 - After a stellar first arc centered around Reed, Jonathan Hickman catches up with Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm, ...

By noreply@blogger.com (Bully) Panel from Fantastic Four #56 (November 1966), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott, letters by Artie Simek Reed Richards has invented the pad of paper and pencil you keep by the telephone. He's even invented the personalized note-pad.

By Brian Cronin 24.47% Captain America 20% Superman 15% Fantastic Four 5% Incredible Hulk 4% Batman 56% Batman Year One 19% Mark Waid Who is Aquaman's arch-nemesis? 79% Reed Richards 11% Victor Von Doom 1.7% Hank Pym RICHARDS!!! At October 13, 2009, Dr. Doom wrote:

By Kirk Warren(noreply@blogger.com) Verdict - Buy It.  Very, very solid start to Hickman's and Eaglesham's run on Fantastic Four and each issue has been better than the previous so far.  Would like to see more of the other Fantastic Four members, but also understand it's only two issues into the run and there's time to explore th...

By noreply@blogger.com (Bully) Because in this reality...wait for it...The Marvel Bullpen became the Fantastic Four. That's Stan Lee, Flo Steinberg, Sol Brodsky...and let's not forget...Jack Kirby: Super King! The best one of the four! Oh, no, wait, he's not The King, he's The Thing. And you know what that means, right?

Also, Doom's eventual fate this issue is weakened by the periphery knowledge we all have regarding his and Latveria's long-term involvement in the Marvel ... and more »

Slott’s characterization of the Fantastic Four is also great. The trepidation comes from the fact that this is a story that was constructed to explain why nobody else remembers Peter Parker is Spider-Man. It’s obvious that certain people used to know, ...

 CA by Kevin Fuller April 1, 2009 - As great as Millar and Hitch's run on the flagship Fantastic Four title has been, it hasn't exactly been all that relevant in terms of the overall Marvel landscape of late. A lot of that has to do with Marvel wanting to ...

By Brian Cronin While I am not a huge fan of having Reed beat himself up some more for the bad characterizations of past Fantastic Four writers, and I was fine with McDuffie’s “Hey, let’s just sweep it all under the rug and forget it!” approach, which paved the way for Mark Millar’s current “How about we just...

By noreply@blogger.com (Bully) The Thing prefers his usual physical approach. Remember, kids: Ben will, Ben will, rock you!: All panels from Fantastic Four #12 (March 1963), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers, letters by Artie Simek, colors probably by Stan Goldberg

By Brian Cronin He came to the Fantastic Four with an offer - destroy Galactus or he’ll destroy Manhattan. The Fantastic Four obviously are not down on murdering Galactus, but must play along, and in Fantastic Four #243, they confront Galactus. Reed tries to reason with him but then Terrax shows up.

By rss@youtube.com (narcalepticMAN) How to draw Dr.Doom part 2 with insight and ameture remarks Author: narcalepticMAN Keywords: how to draw Fantastic Four Dr.Doom Doom Dr. Marvel Added: January 18, 2009

 CA - Marvel made the very shrewd decision to keep Fantastic Four completely insulated from the rest of the Marvel Universe. While Jeph Loeb is working on his ...

No, this is not some massive crossover, engineered to overdose readers on teeth-clenching conflict and ever-descending darkness, while simultaneously draining their wallets. Just the opposite. The continuing story of Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius is the light-hearted, all-ag...

By Greg Hatcher As for Marvel and DC…? Well, I finally cut the last three Marvel books I was getting monthly from my pull list, simply for economic reasons. I read a lot more Marvel last year than I did in 2007, but it was all in discount trade paperback; I’m about a year and a half behind on everything.

By Chris Marshall Share on Facebook Collected Comics Library Podcast #199 28,645Kb; 30m 17s http://www.collectedcomicslibrary.com/ Regular readers of the blog of listeners of the podcast, know that I’m a big fanboy of The Batman, yes “The” Batman. meaning the older and slightly more campy Batman of the G...

By noreply@blogger.com (Pat) Fortunately the Surfer has doubled back to see what the FF were after and overhearing of the peril that threatens Earth, he decides to return to the larger world. But Reed, Johnny and Ben stay behind, deciding they must have it out with the Psycho-Man.

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) Reed asks She-Hulk to stay behind and to protect the children. Reed then looks at Valeria and tells her that they are going to talk when he gets back. Reed, Sue and Ben then hop into the Fantasti-Car and take off. We cut back to the Defenders’ headquarters where Johnny is screaming out in pain. Johnny yells for Sue to turn the Galactus engine off. Sue answers that Galactus will be drained and die first, then Dr. Doom and then Johnny last. Sue says that Johnny’s odds of dying are fifty-to-one. Hulk interrupts and said that the machine has eaten through more energy than expected and that the odds of Johnny dying are ten-to-one.   [read the full post]

By Sexdrugsand Fandom: Avengers/Fantastic Four Pairing: Reed Richards/Tony Stark Summary: Reed and Tony are trapped, and Tony is in need of some Tony Stark-style comfort. Features include complicated equations and some science fetishism. Rating: NC-17 ...

By Chris Marshall Fantastic Four Omnibus HC Marvel Visionaries Jack Kirby Vol 1 HC Marvel Visionaries Stan Lee HC Fantastic Four World’s Greatest Fantastic Four Visionaries John Byrne Vol 0 Marvel 1985 Premiere HC Cover B Superman Camelot Falls Vol 2 Superman Chronicles Vol 6

By Chris Marshall Marvel for January Marvel for February Marvel for March Superman/Batman: The Search For Kryptonite HC Batman: Death Mask TPB (CMX) Ultimate Fantastic Four Vol. 11: Salem’s Seven TPB Captain America: The Truth Premiere HC Superman: Camelot Falls Volume 2

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) We zip to Reed Richards back in his lab at the Baxter Building. Hank Pym contacts Reed to find out if Reed is still working on finding Doctor Doom’s location. Reed replies that he is back to examining the ecological data from Alyssa while he lets his subconscious deal with the Doom situation. (Look at Reed flexing that big brain of his.) Best of all, Millar delivers a Fantastic Four story that does not require the reader to have an encyclopedic knowledge of the Fantastic Four. I would imagine that Fantastic Four would appeal to a large cross section of comic book readers. Even comic book readers who have never liked the Fantastic Four.   [read the full post]

By Brad Curran I’ve worked out this whole Freudian shit. The incest thing in The Fantastic Four. What you’ve got is a family. There’s Reed and Sue, the Mom and Dad. Johnny’s the big brother and Ben’s the little crazy baby. But in that situation you’ve got Johnny and Sue — brother and sister! So there’s an incest t...

This week, as per your requests, the guys dive into Western Comics! Why does Blake love them? Why doesn't Chase? We touch upon great western heroes from Jonah Hex to Bat Lash to The Lone Ranger to Zorro to less orthodox western yarns like Preacher, The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty, The Kents an...

Continuing our ongoing series about legends of the comic book artform, this week Chase and Blake talk about the universe-changing, highly entertaining and always controversial John Byrne. From his world-shaping work on X-Men, Fantastic Four and Superman to his upcoming work on Star T...

Then the Avengers break out and Spidey barely wakes up in time to contribute to the big final battle, where he basically sics Undead Genie Warlock on Thanos and hilarity ensues... and that's about it for Cosmic Marvel for a while. It's all Skrulls fightin' Kree for the next decade or so.

By Mel Odom The game evidently had to put more villains and more side treks into the play to boost the game time up. Even though I was expecting game play to be quite repetitive, it became even more repetitive than I would have believed. However, it proved into retaining to my nine year old. He had a blast lis...

By Matt Paprocki Rise of the Silver Surfer wants to mimic Marvel Ultimate Alliance, ironic since the Fantastic Four were a part of that comic book tie-in. If you want to "flame on," play that title instead. This is nowhere close in any category. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is rated T (Teen) by the E...

By Iloz Zoc I was grievously disappointed with Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. I wasn't grievously disappointed with the first Fantastic Four film, just very disappointed. But this second film definitely cut me to the quick. Deeply. I expected so much more.

• a gratuitous scene of Chris Evans in a towel. One of these days they are going to make a movie where Chris Evans must spend hours and hours wearing only a towel, and the world will be a better place for it. • a not at all gratuitous scene where Jessica Alba loses all her clothes…although it’s very...

The lighthearted nature of the film along with some decent effects with the surfer and a mercifully 91 minute running time, makes Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the best comic book film of the summer so far. But this summer... that's not saying much. This is a terrible movie, and unli...

By Michael Slezak Jan Stuart, Newsday: Don't expect many acting nominations for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. The titular weather-buster may be a CG-generated special effect, but he manages to out-humanize all the performers around him. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael...

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With Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer about to hit your movie theaters, Blake and Chase bring you the first of a special two part episode! This week, the guys talk about their favorite stories starring Marvel Comics' first family, the Fantastic Four -- the all-time classics, the...

By Chris Marshall Podcast #124 - The one hundred twenty fourth podcast! Jury duty update; DC Comics for December; The Harvey and The Quill Awards; New Releases of the Week; Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer Trades just in time for the new movie; Running time: 36m 45s Collected Comics Library, hosted by Chri...

By Erik Davis For those that missed the trailer last night (as well as a highly-entertaining dance show), I've snatched it up and included it after the jump. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer arrives on June 15. Enjoy. Continue reading New 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' TrailerPerma...

Week of May 2, 2007. Emails: 1. Mark writes in to ban “Visually Interesting” from our vocabulary. News: 1. New Fantastic Four Trailer 2. Superman/Doomsday DVD trailer http://www.warnervideo.com/supermandoomsdaydvd/ 3. Iron Man news and new pictures. 4. Eric Roberts in Dark Knight as a Mafia Bo...

By Chris Marshall This is Trade Secrets number eleven. This is a conversation with Jeff Parker, Walk-In from Virgin Comics and X-Men First Class, Spider-Man/Fantastic Four and Agents of Atlas from Marvel; The collected edition, which is loaded with extras, is due out in stores this week; Running time: 46...

By Rokk Krinn Sue says that someone is trying to kill Black Panther and Storm so they should stay at the Baxter Building where it is nice and secure. Reed announces that he and Sue are taking some time off and that Black Panther and Storm will be taking their places on the Fantastic Four. This is evidenced by the fact that Thing and Human Torch are now wearing black Fantastic Four outfits to match Black Panther and Storm. (Oooookay.) The Thing says that Gravity’s body was stolen by some cosmic entity. The Thing has the coordinates to where the cosmic entity took the body. The Fantastic Four then blast off to that location.   [read the full post]

A back issue review of The Mod Squad #3, and I talk about Plastic Farm #8 & 9.  Also, JJ stops by to talk about Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #2, Liberty Meadows book 4 trade, and Ultimate Fantastic Four vol.5 trade.  Then, do I watch Heroes?  Finally, podcast recommendations and a song.  (...

By news@aroundcomics.com The Greatest Creative Runs in comic book history is the topic of this episode. While the Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Fantastic Four may remain the standard for greatness there are plenty more to talk about. Join us as John Siuntress and Simon MacDonald sit in on the panel as we go through what we con...