Fantastic Four Appreciation 2018

[CaptCleghorn]

My first:

and the one starting a 537 issue streak:

Why, no, I have no problem, why do you ask?

[KOSLOX]

The only ones who aren't adopted by Sue and Reed are Alex (who's family seemed to know he was alright),and Onome.

Onome's family being angry about things could be interesting as it could cause tension with Wakanda and T'Challa.

I wonder if she came back when T'challa restored Wakanda. Since he's one of the very few that would remember the old universe I'd suspect he could dissolve any tension.

[KOSLOX]

As far as revamped villains, since the FF represent the four classical elements I'd like to see the Frightful Four (or whatever the revamped name is) use other concepts such as Void (Space/Aether), Mercury (Metal), Sulfer (Explosive Energy), and Light.

[Kirby101]

Liked the first issue, I gave up Marvel a few years back, only buying the occasional run, like Waid/Samnee DD.Will give this series a try out.

My first FF



The earliest back issue had in my collection

[Crimz]

I wonder if she came back when T'challa restored Wakanda. Since he's one of the very few that would remember the old universe I'd suspect he could dissolve any tension.

Yeah he may be able to sort things out, or already told them that she was safe and out there helping rebuild the multiverse.


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Something that I want that others might not is FF events. Marvel's important teams have their own big events that shake up their side of the universe like No Surrender for the Avengers, and extermination for the X-Men. Even the Inhumans is kind of getting one with Death of the Inhumans.

The FF have never really had that. Secret Wars was kind of a Fantastic Four event, but was advertised as an Avengers/Marvel universe one. I think if Marvel really wants to treat the FF as one of their main teams again they should give them their own event that can even crossover with another team, like the X-Men/GoTG one.

[BAS]

Digging through one of my many long boxes I came across my first issue of The Fantastic Four.
Issue #176. Bought in the summer of 1976. Just before starting the 4th grade. The issue that started it all for me.
Still a fun read after all these years. Great art by George Perez and Joe Sinnott.
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Cool.. while that one wasn't the first Fantastic Four comic I owned, it WAS the one where I started actively collecting each subsequent issue.

Prior to picking up this one on the newstand, I had
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But the first ever exposure I had to Fantastic four was this one:
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[KOSLOX]

Yeah he may be able to sort things out, or already told them that she was safe and out there helping rebuild the multiverse.


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Something that I want that others might not is FF events. Marvel's important teams have their own big events that shake up their side of the universe like No Surrender for the Avengers, and extermination for the X-Men. Even the Inhumans is kind of getting one with Death of the Inhumans.

The FF have never really had that. Secret Wars was kind of a Fantastic Four event, but was advertised as an Avengers/Marvel universe one. I think if Marvel really wants to treat the FF as one of their main teams again they should give them their own event that can even crossover with another team, like the X-Men/GoTG one.

I think a full on Negative Zone invasion of Earth would be fun.

[CaptCleghorn]

Yeah he may be able to sort things out, or already told them that she was safe and out there helping rebuild the multiverse.

The who knows what situation is a huge problem. You'd expect Reed to not make families think their kids are dead, but Johnny and Ben also fall into that category. And it is a big deal. Recreating the multiverse is a cosmic happening and the FF is all over that. Parents and kids are family and the FF is also all over that. This needs to be either fixed or ignored as the more it's looked at, the less logical it seems.

Something that I want that others might not is FF events. Marvel's important teams have their own big events that shake up their side of the universe like No Surrender for the Avengers, and extermination for the X-Men. Even the Inhumans is kind of getting one with Death of the Inhumans.

The FF have never really had that. Secret Wars was kind of a Fantastic Four event, but was advertised as an Avengers/Marvel universe one. I think if Marvel really wants to treat the FF as one of their main teams again they should give them their own event that can even crossover with another team, like the X-Men/GoTG one.

Secret Wars was really an FF story. Even looking at the final few cast members, we had Reed, Doom, Namor, T'Challa, Molecule Man. All of them introduced or reintroduced in FF.

I get the desire to see an FF event, but let's get the book up and running first. See if MTIO lasts and if the Future Foundation book returns. I'm sure Dan Slott can find something big to write about. And the Negative Zone is a good idea. I'd be interested as to what the "negative" Earth there is like. Although Marvel may just make it an evil version of Earth where Reed has a beard.

[CaptCleghorn]

It's like my post is twice as good...

[Grim Fandango]

Fantastix lol...

https://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/08...tastix-marvel/

[Digifiend]

So Blue Eagle left the Liberteens. I assume Miss America will be getting a new codename? Not only is her costume there not patriotic, there is of course also the fact America Chavez has debuted since Slott created this team back in the Initiative era.

[Crimz]

The who knows what situation is a huge problem. You'd expect Reed to not make families think their kids are dead, but Johnny and Ben also fall into that category. And it is a big deal. Recreating the multiverse is a cosmic happening and the FF is all over that. Parents and kids are family and the FF is also all over that. This needs to be either fixed or ignored as the more it's looked at, the less logical it seems.



Secret Wars was really an FF story. Even looking at the final few cast members, we had Reed, Doom, Namor, T'Challa, Molecule Man. All of them introduced or reintroduced in FF.

I get the desire to see an FF event, but let's get the book up and running first. See if MTIO lasts and if the Future Foundation book returns. I'm sure Dan Slott can find something big to write about. And the Negative Zone is a good idea. I'd be interested as to what the "negative" Earth there is like. Although Marvel may just make it an evil version of Earth where Reed has a beard.

Of course not soon, the team aren't even properly back yet. I mean in the future, and not a line wide event like Secret Wars. An event just for the Fantastic Four franchise like Spider-Man had things like Clone conspiracy and things.

Fantastix lol...

https://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/08...tastix-marvel/

I wonder if this team will eventually end up being apart of a Fantastic Four family of books, like the X-Men and Avengers have. It could end up being the Fantastic Four as the main book, a Future Foundation book, and this Fantastix team having a book.

[Mike]

My second exposure was Marvel's Greatest Comics #69.
Picked it up at a Grey Drug in the mall. At the end of 1976.
The ending to one of Stan Lee/Jack Kirby's greatest stories.
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[Mantis Dad]

My second exposure was Marvel's Greatest Comics #69.
Picked it up at a Grey Drug in the mall. At the end of 1976.
The ending to one of Stan Lee/Jack Kirby's greatest stories.
Marvel's_Greatest_Comics_Vol_1_69.jpg

I don't remember the exact first FF I bought, but it was early in the 20 cent error. I also bought that giant sized book in your avatar at a grocery store. When I saw those large books as a kid, I was in heaven!

[Ravin' Ray]

Huh, Marvel posted the Fantastix on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and almost no one identified them as the former Liberteens. Some even thought they were a pastiche of DC's Terrifics lol. Many hated the name.