Fantastic Four

Reed Richards is on a quest to set the world right with new FANTASTIC FOUR scribe Jonathan Hickman taking Marvel's first family into uncharted territory. Marvel Digital Comics is bringing you the... (originally published on: Nov 3, 2009)

By Brad Curran 2. Lee, Kirby, and Sinnot Fantastic Four 5. Lee and Ditko Dr. Strange 13. Lee, Kirby, Steranko, Colan Captain America 14. Lee, Kirby, Ditko, Severin; just the whole bullpen, okay? Hulk 19. Lee, Thomas, Kirby, Toth, Roth X-Men**** 21. Lee, Kirby, Heck Ant Man*****

By noreply@blogger.com (Bully) Panels from Fantastic Four #94 (January 1970), script by Spooky Stan Lee, pencils by Jack O'Lantern Kirby, inks by Joe "Original" Sinnott, and letters by Sam Rosen from the Grave Happy Halloween from the Thing and all his spooky friends!

Fantastic Four #570 Eaglesham Mr. Fantastic Cover) Fantastic Four #570 Cassaday Variant Cover) Fantastic Four #571 Fantastic Four #571 Super Hero Squad Cover) Fantastic Four #572 Fantastic Four #573 Fantastic Four #574 Fantastic Four #575 Original post blogged on ComicList.

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 noreply@blogger.com (Caleb) Who are The Ineffables? Well, you can find out pretty much everything you need to know here on Bogart’s website, under “Who are the Ineffables?” They’re a sort of Fantastic Four/Challengers of the Unknown science and exploration superhero team, and they defend the mysterious city of My...

By Brian Cronin 24.47% Captain America 20% Superman 15% Fantastic Four 5% Incredible Hulk 4% Batman 56% Batman Year One 34% John Romita 18% John Romita Jr. 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 Brad Curran Fanboy talks about indie cartoonists on superheroes; makes it about himself/superheroes: I was excited about Strange Tales when I remembered it existed and was being published imminently last month. Then I remembered this post from my old nemesis and became less so, because he pretty w...

By noreply@blogger.com (Bully) What if... you could travel to parallel worlds? The same year, the same Earth, only a different dimension. A world where the Russians rule America, or where your dreams of becoming superstar came true, where Captain America was elected President, or where Nick Fury fought World War II in spaa...

By Brian Cronin Artist: Jack Kirby 5. Artist: John Buscema 4. 3. 2. 1. Artist: John Buscema Besides Fantastic Four #52, the only other really "famous" Black Panther cover. But ... I think you should really reconsider your fourth choice (Black Panther #26). Those muscles are freakish. Just like ...

By Kirk Warren(noreply@blogger.com) FANTASTIC FOUR #570 Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Dale Eaglesham Verdict - Check It. Not a perfect issue, but a good Fantastic Four issue. More in line with classic interpretations of the team and personalities than the more over the top Millar work.

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 »

Spidey goes undercover as Venom with the help of the Fantastic Four, but Venom will only be gone for a bout a week. That seems a little flimsy of a plan, but Parker just wants to infiltrate the Dark Avengers long enough to figure out what Norman has in ...

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 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 John Romita Sr HC Marvel Visionaries Stan Lee HC Fantastic Four World’s Greatest Fantastic Four Visionaries John Byrne Vol 0 Superman Camelot Falls Vol 2 Superman Chronicles Vol 6

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) Captain America #42 Fantastic Four #560 Nova #16 Project Superpowers #6 Superman #680 The Winner: Fantastic Four #560 Also, Fantastic Four is very new reader friendly and quite accessible. I would think that Millar’s Fantastic Four would have mass appeal to the comic book reading populace. Hulk #6 New Avengers #45 Wolverine: Origins #28 Wolverine: Origins #28 was another disappointing read. Way continues to deliver a sub par read on this title. Wolverine: Origins is a fine example of why Marvel should have never given Logan his memories back. So congrats to Fantastic Four #560 for winning The Che Award of the week and “congrats” to Ultimates 3 #5 for winning the Sequential Methadone Award for the week.   [read the full post]

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...

Because you demanded it! Last week, our faithful geeks talked about the future of the core X-Men titles, but what about the other books changed by Messiah Complex? With big changes on the way and three new titles about to be released, this week the guys discuss Cable, Deadpool, and the X-Fo...

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...

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.

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...

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By Chris Beaumont Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. (2007, 89 minutes, PG, action, trailer) The second time around for this team of heroes will hopefully be a step up from the first. While the first was not nearly as bad as the early word would have had you believe, it was still a disappointment conside...

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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...

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...

The question my comic book nerd friends and I ask whenever a new superhero movie or TV show is made is, "How will they screw this one up?" Suddenly Dr. Doom is with the Fantastic Four during their accident. Spider-Man doesn't build web shooters, he grows them. Etc. Etc. Ad infinitum.

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.  (...

The craze of comic books gone Big Screen continues as fans prepare for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie this Friday, as well as Spiderman 3 and Fantastic Four part II this summer.

I recommend and discuss podcasts.  I share a wishlist, some recent purchases(including Great American Comic Books book and 1979 DC comics TV specials), and info on freecycling.  Also, I give a trio of new reviews on Amazing Spider-man #535, Fantastic Four #540, and Captain America #22.  A...

Tune in for this very special hour of FbR as Mark Waid joins the in-studio crew and live listener callers.  Mark Waid is the writer of Legion of Super Heroes and is working on the upcomming 52 and Brave and the Bold.  He has penned many successful comic series such as The Flash, Captain America,...