The Fantastic Four Appreciation 2020

[Rzerox21xx]

I gave it 27 issues and I think since I have to cut back on books Im gonna have to drop this, which sucks I enjoy the first couple issues I love that Ben and Alicia not only adopted kittens but also the 2 Skrull Kree kids but man not doing it for me, on the other hand Ben gets some great moments in today's Immortal Hulk.

[Billy Maximoff]

I mean last month's issue was fast pace and relatively good this one just dragged and the ending makes it for nothing.

I thought issues 25 and 26 were good and seemed promising and ultimately could mean the book will get better but it looks like it's back to the uneventful and irrelevant book it was before issue 25.

[Crimz]

Hopefully he'll be gone soon so that I can read FF again. By the sounds of things this was another useless issue in this boring book.

Give me Ewing, Zdarsky, or Cantwell on the book next!

[Digifiend]

Today's issue was kind of pointless in hindsight.

Pointless? Seriously?

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Considering 4 Yancy Street has been destroyed, I'd say an important development happened in this issue. By the way, the Iron Man suit was given to Franklin, who remote controlled it. It was destroyed along with 4 Yancy Street.

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[Crimz]

Pointless? Seriously?

spoilers:

Considering 4 Yancy Street has been destroyed, I'd say an important development happened in this issue. By the way, the Iron Man suit was given to Franklin, who remote controlled it. It was destroyed along with 4 Yancy Street.

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Weren't they planning to move back to the Baxter Building anyway? And the suit thing is pretty meaningless seeing as it was only in one issue of Empyre and no expected it to be around very long anyway...

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[Will Evans]

I wander will Jonathan Majors appear as Rama Tut in the Fantastic Four film?

I think just like Spider-Man in the MCU, they’ll skip over their origin story.

[Digifiend]

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Weren't they planning to move back to the Baxter Building anyway? And the suit thing is pretty meaningless seeing as it was only in one issue of Empyre and no expected it to be around very long anyway...

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The Baxter is currently a pile of rubble. Reed even mentions they've lost two homes in as many days.

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[Crimz]

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The Baxter is currently a pile of rubble. Reed even mentions they've lost two homes in as many days.

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Honestly still not seeing the importance. Especially considering the teams history with buildings... It's not like they haven't been through this several times already.

[Thundershot]

I think it’s time for the return of Four Freedoms Plaza! I always loved that design.

[Amadeus Arkham]

I wander will Jonathan Majors appear as Rama Tut in the Fantastic Four film?

It’s currently being rumored that he’ll appear in the Loki show, which would make sense given the fact that show involves time travel shenanigans. We’ll see what the future holds for that character in the MCU. I just hope he’s done well.

I think just like Spider-Man in the MCU, they’ll skip over their origin story

We’ll see. The FF’s origin story isn’t nearly as known as Spider-Man’s. One of the main reasons why they skipped it for Spider-Man is simply because most people already knew it, and it didn’t need to be addressed again. The next FF film shouldn’t be a straight origin in the sense of them getting their powers I still think audiences need to experience these versions of the characters a year or two into their superhero careers. Actually, I actually wouldn’t mind that we open the film with their very first mission as a team after several months of training similar to FF #1, and they don’t get costumes until a little later. We don’t need to see how the team formed, but we need to see their formational emotional arcs over the course of the film. Things like wrestling with their place in the world, adjusting to their status as superhero celebrities should be central to the story, imo .

[Frontier]

You also have to go into exactly how they got their powers...The Negative Zone? Cosmic Rays? Quantum Rays?

It's not as simple as just a spider-bite.

[danielsan52]

Another great issue. I love this era of FF. Good to see Lyja assisting. I hope Frank becomes Psi-Lord next issue!

[PlatinumThorns]

What do F4 fans think of Ben Grimm's appearance in today's immortal hulk #41?

[scribbleMind]

Ehh, I liked it. I just can't get behind the idea that what happened needed to be important given little is in comics, and some of my favorite stories of all time aren't consequential at all. I, like many, wanted to see the Fantastic Four go bigger, but I don't necessarily need everything to be reflective of an event comic regardless of how much I enjoy it when that is done well. I think the idea that the status quo needs to have big upsets every run creates the kind of shock storytelling that people often rebel against. I'm also not upset they didn't end up stopping Griever because how long has it been since readers would be right to expect the big bad to be stopped in a single issue? If that happened, people would be complaining about how anti-climatic it was. However, naturally, there were things about this story that I didn't like. Reed and Invisible Woman did some cool new things that Slott chose to both spotlight and simultaneously sweep away as soon as possible, and given what Plan A was I feel like these things could have stayed in the bag for moments where they could actually be appreciated.

I loved all these alien designs. It is just one of those times where I end up wishing that most aliens weren't generally depicted as humans with one or two minor changes. I could be wrong, but I don't think this arc is a climax. I think it is a prettier road than usual leading us to a more unexpected destination. I think a lot of this is going to wind up being a tease, and I understand why that might be both upsetting and why it might just undercut the threat and interest in Griever. By the time they deal with her for realsy we might all be sick of her, just like The Batman Who Laughs over at DC.

[Billy Maximoff]

However, naturally, there were things about this story that I didn't like. Reed and Invisible Woman did some cool new things that Slott chose to both spotlight and simultaneously sweep away as soon as possible, and given what Plan A was I feel like these things could have stayed in the bag for moments where they could actually be appreciated.

Just out of curiosity, What did Sue do that was new? I scanned through the issue and I didn't notice it.