The Fantastic Four Appreciation 2020

[Crimz]

Nice that Kate acknowledges Sue as one of the most powerful women in the world. You should share that panel on her thread, Crimz.

I will do just that...

[Shadowcat]

Has the other side of the Mark Brooks connecting variant been released yet?

[Crimz]

Has the other side of the Mark Brooks connecting variant been released yet?

Yeah. Now it's just the bottom two left:

[Shadowcat]

Yeah. Now it's just the bottom two left:

Oh! It’s a 4 parter! I didn’t know that, but am in love with it.

[Crimz]

Oh! It’s a 4 parter! I didn’t know that, but am in love with it.

You can tell from Ben and Reed's hands showing up at the bottom. There is going to be more.

I hope they make a poster of this.

[Shadowcat]

You can tell from Ben and Reed's hands showing up at the bottom. There is going to be more.

I hope they make a poster of this.

Me too. I was already planning on the first 2 to use as my Facebook wallpaper. Now I’ll have that, plus some phone wallpapers. The Empyre 0 issues are my current phone wallpapers.

[danielsan52]

I wish Alexander Flynn, Doom's alleged mutant son would show up in 4X.

[Shadowcat]

Yeah. Now it's just the bottom two left:

Do you know where I could find a textless version of this? I’ve literally been looking all night, and found nothing.

[Ravin' Ray]

I have a feeling Mark Brooks will post the complete art sans text when all four panels are released. You'll see he already did so for Hickman's combined House of X / Power of X art.

https://www.deviantart.com/diablo2003

[BAS]

Nice that Kate acknowledges Sue as one of the most powerful women in the world. You should share that panel on her thread, Crimz.

Also nice to see that both Charles and Erik are staying true to form -- Charles wants to investigate his power loss, Erik just wants him on the side of the Mutants. -- but both think they know what's best for Franklin.

[Shadowcat]

I have a feeling Mark Brooks will post the complete art sans text when all four panels are released. You'll see he already did so for Hickman's combined House of X / Power of X art.

https://www.deviantart.com/diablo2003

Awesome. Thanks.

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #9 Jan 1985
"Assault on Galactus!"
The battle-wounded Colossus exits the rustic building he is healing inside to see Galactus starting up his machine to devour the planet.
He re-enters the building to tend to the unconscious Zsaji. He tells her he loves her and goes out to help stop Galactus.
Meanwhile, the X-Men and Magneto try to attack Galactus. An energy ball appears and blocks them from continuing up the mountain.
In the village, Hawkeye, Captain Marvel and Wasp watch the X-Men try to battle it when
suddenly a large blast on the mountain makes them think the X-Men have been defeated.

At Doombase, the remaining heroes try to return to the battle that is going on on the mountainside.
They take a ship from the base and begin to travel to the battle.
Hulk is distraught over his new "intelligence" of Bruce Banner's mind in his body.
Ben Grimm suddenly regains his powers as the Thing.
Iron Man ponders what Spider-Woman's true intentions are.
Spider-Man meanwhile, is glad to have his webs back since he has donned the new "black costume".
Mister Fantastic thinks of a reason as to why they are all there in the first place.
They reach the mountain and are hit by Galactus' beams.
They crash into Colossus, who braces their ship from impact.

The heroes exit the ship and begin their fight to reach Galactus.
As they get closer, Mister Fantastic realizes a meaning to this conflict and tells the heroes NOT to stop Galactus.
He says the only way to stop Galactus is to let him win.
In doing this the Beyonder will grant him his wish of freedom from his planet-consumption hunger.

As they all agree to stop fighting, Reed suddenly vanishes along with Galactus and the construct Galactus built.
Reed appears on Galactus' homeworld which is housed in his spaceship in space.
There Galactus shows Reed a vision of his pregnant wife and their child, Franklin.
Then Galactus tells Reed to listen to what he is about to tell him.

Inside the containment unit in the Doombase, Doctor Doom determines that he needs to get to Galactus' homeworld and he breaks free of his cell.
He ignores the pleas of the other villains who are still trapped and releases only one other, Klaw.

On the mountainside, Colossus frees the trapped X-Men from beneath some rubble.
They all journey into the village and Colossus realizes Zsaji is awake and runs not to him, but to Human Torch.
While they are all discussing what to do, Mister Fantastic reappears in the village.

He says Galactus told him that Reed was a "Champion of Life". This emboldens him not to fight Galactus. The Avengers decide otherwise.
Galactus reappears on the mountain and turns on the machine again. The Avengers then head back toward the mountain.
Doctor Doom watches the battle from inside the Doombase where he cuts up Klaw into tiny disc-shaped lenses.

The battle continues and Mister Fantastic realizes he must stop Galactus to be able to see his baby born.
He tells the heroes to stop Galactus from leaving and they cannot.

He flies off to his homeworld where he begins to devour it and creates a huge energy field.
Doom sees this as his opportunity to "steal" the energy of that homeworld by using the Klaw-discs as a siphon...

Story by Jim Shooter. Art by Mike Zeck and John Beatty.

[Crimz]

A look at Fantastic Four: Grimm Noir out February 26th:

https://www.marvel.com/articles/comi...d-gerry-duggan

[Crimz]

I really like the art, it suits the concept of the book. I especially like how they are utilizing his blue eyes, to really make them stand out.

[Snoop Dogg]

These pages are so depressing it's like Ben and Alicia got the apartment number wrong and walked into a Daredevil comic.