The Fantastic Four Appreciation 2021

[Thundershot]

Speaking of Ben’s once a year transformations…


What happened to the device from the tail end of DeFalco’s run that let him change back and forth? I understand WHY it was forgotten, but I don’t recall it ever getting mentioned again, even when he had a new way to become human once a year…. Only thing I can figure is that it was packed away with all of the other crap that Nathaniel Richards hid in the Negative Zone. I don’t think they ever got that stuff back…

[Iron Maiden]

Speaking of Ben’s once a year transformations…


What happened to the device from the tail end of DeFalco’s run that let him change back and forth? I understand WHY it was forgotten, but I don’t recall it ever getting mentioned again, even when he had a new way to become human once a year…. Only thing I can figure is that it was packed away with all of the other crap that Nathaniel Richards hid in the Negative Zone. I don’t think they ever got that stuff back…

No real reason I guess, other than everything got rebooted after Onslaught/Heroes Reborn "event". I do recall some of the things Nathaniel stashed away was mentioned at one time in another book. Nathaniel and Kristoff were trying to get things together at this time when the heroes battling Onslaught were assume to be dead. It was in another title since the FF, Avengers, Iron Man and Captain America titles were temporarily shelved to be relaunched later. But I'd have to do some checking back to see where they appeared. Been a while since I read that era.

[Rzerox21xx]

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/fant...g-of-galactus/

Fantastic Four Life story issue 5 2000s, it been 5 issues, What you think of the series so far, its good but not as good as Chip's Spidey life story, but yeah, i enjoy it.

[CaptCleghorn]

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/fant...g-of-galactus/

Fantastic Four Life story issue 5 2000s, it been 5 issues, What you think of the series so far, its good but not as good as Chip's Spidey life story, but yeah, i enjoy it.

I love both Russell and the FF, but this is disappointing to me. It's an awkward format where each issue covers ten years where we're used to time passing more slowly for these characters. Russell's handling of current affairs and relevance is not nearly as visible here as I had hoped. It's still worth the money each month (or how ever often it's released) to me, but it's not anything special.

[Doom'nGloom]

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/fant...g-of-galactus/

Fantastic Four Life story issue 5 2000s, it been 5 issues, What you think of the series so far, its good but not as good as Chip's Spidey life story, but yeah, i enjoy it.

I enjoy it too but I have 3 main problems with it:

1) Sue's story in issue 2 is way too intertwined with Reed. I know this is a book celebrating F4's history through a different lens but I think it would be better if it was more about how Sue perceives the world and tries to change it and less about how she's perceived by others (namely Reed)

2) Johnny shouldn't have died.

3) Doom's portrayal is ...bizarre to say the least.

[Crimz]

It's disappointing that the Superior Four book has nothing to do with the Fantastic Four. It should have been about a less popular FF villain, like Diablo or Wizard (which makes sense considering their history). Instead it's about a Spider-Man villain who doesn't need the boost in popularity and has almost nothing to do with the FF.

[Ravin' Ray]

His FF co-writer/artist run may not be as well known as that of Kirby, Buscema, Byrne, Ryan, Weiringo, and the other greats, but George Pérez deserves mentioning here, now that he announced he has terminal pancreatic cancer.

[SplinteringHeart]

His FF co-writer/artist run may not be as well known as that of Kirby, Buscema, Byrne, Ryan, Weiringo, and the other greats, but George Pérez deserves mentioning here, now that he announced he has terminal pancreatic cancer.

Good call "Ray", I loved this run too...sad news about George, he's facing it bravely....fantastic artist who drew some classic comics...

[Oberon]

When Perez drew it, way back, it's actually one of my favorite eras and he will so be missed. How sad.

[jackolover]

Did anyone pick up the 60th anniversary tribute with the redrawn pages of FF 1 and Annual 3? I have to say I was a bit underwhelmed with the artistic variety, but that I think that's due to my unfamiliarity with many of those artists. I don't quite regret buying it, but outside of trying to find different artist styles and identifying them, it's underwhelming. It would have been nice to have seen some Sinnott work here, but I know the circumstances made that nearly impossible.

I picked this up, and I looked at it as if each artist was interpreting the story, but they only had one page. This made me imagine what a whole story done by an artist would look like. It made me appreciate what are the interpretive abilities of artists. It was a storyboard of snapshots of what artists could do to a script by Stan Lee/Jack Kirby. But the experience was very fleeting, because we only got snippets. It’s something that needs a whole lot more examination, I think.

[Ravin' Ray]

Dan Slott gave an interview to CBR about the Reckoning War where he gave more details.

https://www.cbr.com/dan-slott-hints-...antastic-four/

Johnny is shaded here while the other heroes aren't, which tells us his nova form is still in overdrive.

And a panel for FF #40:



Looks like the entity Reed confronts on the cover knows the Watcher that was silenced in Slott's She-Hulk way back.

[Reviresco]

Good call "Ray", I loved this run too...sad news about George, he's facing it bravely....fantastic artist who drew some classic comics...

Well said. Just heartbreaking news about George Perez. I wish him and his family the best.

[danielsan52]

Speaking of Ben’s once a year transformations…


What happened to the device from the tail end of DeFalco’s run that let him change back and forth? I understand WHY it was forgotten, but I don’t recall it ever getting mentioned again, even when he had a new way to become human once a year…. Only thing I can figure is that it was packed away with all of the other crap that Nathaniel Richards hid in the Negative Zone. I don’t think they ever got that stuff back…

Does Sharon get this too?

[BAS]

When Perez drew it, way back, it's actually one of my favorite eras and he will so be missed. How sad.

Mine too. While I had read several random issues of Fantastic Four either as first prints or reprints, the nature of buying comics at the newstand was hit or miss up until I could ride my bike to town. My first issue of truly regular collecting was issue 176 . To this day, I consider issues 176 - 200 my favorite - even ahead of the best Lee/Kirby issues.

[danielsan52]

Dan Slott gave an interview to CBR about the Reckoning War where he gave more details.

https://www.cbr.com/dan-slott-hints-...antastic-four/

Johnny is shaded here while the other heroes aren't, which tells us his nova form is still in overdrive.

And a panel for FF #40:



Looks like the entity Reed confronts on the cover knows the Watcher that was silenced in Slott's She-Hulk way back.

Looking forward to this !!!