Fantastic Four Appreciation 2018

[Digifiend]

Val's the second smartest person on earth

Smarter than everyone except Moon Girl? Come to think of it, Lunella got her title from defeating a Banner Box puzzle that Bruce thought was unsolvable. But shouldn't Reed be above him on the list?

[cc008]

Ign on how the spirit of the Fantastic Four are coming back to Marvel comics:

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2017/10/2...-marvel-comics

I'm so pumped for this. Not having a Fantastic Four book and reading more and more Torch, Thing, and Doom on their own actually made me want this even more.

[CaptCleghorn]

Smarter than everyone except Moon Girl? Come to think of it, Lunella got her title from defeating a Banner Box puzzle that Bruce thought was unsolvable. But shouldn't Reed be above him on the list?

I take the list of "smarters" as being Lunella, Val, and Reed. Now as to how much smarter, who knows. And intelligence is being used as a one-dimensional metric here when it has many aspects to it. What does it really mean? Depends on the writer. But Reed's got a plethora of accomplishments and will continue to whip out stuff (right, Marvel, he will continue?) so he stays my go-to guy for this stuff and my fanboy pride remains unblemished. Yes, fanboy pride.

Ultimately that's what it comes down to. I can accept Reed not being number one. Val was the band-aid comng off a bit, but Lunella was ripping it off totally. The Duture Foundation concept was brilliant. Hell, it IS brilliant. With Ms Marvel, Squirrlel Girl, and Moon Girl breaking new ground with their demographics. FF should be the go to book for kids loving kids playing with STEM.

F4 is F4. Make it great, but FF is screaming to be HUGE. val, Lunella, Franklin. Do I seriously need to tap a wall against someone's head?

[PaxHouse]

I take the list of "smarters" as being Lunella, Val, and Reed. Now as to how much smarter, who knows. And intelligence is being used as a one-dimensional metric here when it has many aspects to it. What does it really mean? Depends on the writer. But Reed's got a plethora of accomplishments and will continue to whip out stuff (right, Marvel, he will continue?) so he stays my go-to guy for this stuff and my fanboy pride remains unblemished. Yes, fanboy pride.

Ultimately that's what it comes down to. I can accept Reed not being number one. Val was the band-aid comng off a bit, but Lunella was ripping it off totally. The Future Foundation concept was brilliant. Hell, it IS brilliant. With Ms Marvel, Squirrlel Girl, and Moon Girl breaking new ground with their demographics. FF should be the go to book for kids loving kids playing with STEM.

F4 is F4. Make it great, but FF is screaming to be HUGE. Val, Lunella, Franklin. Do I seriously need to tap a wall against someone's head?

....And speaking of Lunella and {some of the members of} the F4; Today's Marvel.Com has the Sketchbook of the First Part of the FANTASTIC THREE Storyarc, beginning in MOON GIRL & DEVIL DINOSAUR #25.

[CaptCleghorn]

....And speaking of Lunella and {some of the members of} the F4; Today's Marvel.Com has the Sketchbook of the First Part of the FANTASTIC THREE Storyarc, beginning in MOON GIRL & DEVIL DINOSAUR #25.

And I will be fanboy testing this to make sure that Johnny and Ben aren't freaked out by Lunella. These guys have not only been hanging with Reed forevah, but Valeria has gotten them used to a young girl being the smartest person in the room.

[Digifiend]

Ben's already a friend of Lunella's, they've teamed up before.

[Tugger]

I have just started reading John Byrne's run on FF starting with #232. I did read the later ones at the time they were first published but it will be good to have a run of 50+ to get stuck into.

[The Whovian]

I have just started reading John Byrne's run on FF starting with #232. I did read the later ones at the time they were first published but it will be good to have a run of 50+ to get stuck into.

I absolutely LOVE Byrne's run. I liked the FF from the moment I read my first issue, but his run is when I fell in love with them.

[cc008]

Was thinking about purchasing Lobdell's Heroes Return volume of Fantastic Four... worth it?

[PaxHouse]

I have just started reading John Byrne's run on FF starting with #232. I did read the later ones at the time they were first published but it will be good to have a run of 50+ to get stuck into.

I absolutely LOVE Byrne's run. I liked the FF from the moment I read my first issue, but his run is when I fell in love with them.

Yes....there's no denying that Byrne's run was indeed one of the best of the F4 Series.

[Michael Watkins]

I'm not a fan of Byrne's art. Otherwise, I would love to try out his FF run.

[The Whovian]

Was thinking about purchasing Lobdell's Heroes Return volume of Fantastic Four... worth it?

NO. It is complete trash.

[cc008]

NO. It is complete trash.

I appreciate the promptness and honesty.

How about the Jim Lee volume?

[Erick5]

FABULOUS FANTASTIC FOUR RUNS!
Chronologically

Stan Lee & Jack Kirby

John Byrne

Mark Waid

Jonathan Hickman
Matt Fraction & Bagley and Allred
James Robinson & Leonard Kirk

FAVORITE FANTASTIC FOUR RUNS!
According to 5717 voters

1 John Byrne 28.0% 1599
2 Jonathan Hickman 24.8% 1417
3 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby 17.4% 995
4 Mark Waid 10.1% 579
5 Stan Lee 6.7% 383
6 Mark Millar 2.5% 145
7 Walt Simonson 2.1% 119
8 Matt Fraction 1.8% 103
9 Chris Claremont 1.2% 67
10 Tom DeFalco 1.1% 65
11 J. Michael Straczynski 0.9% 50
12 Roy Thomas 0.7% 41
13 Karl Kesel 0.6% 33
14 Carlos Pacheco and Rafael Marin 0.5% 29
15 Steve Englehart 0.4% 23
16 Marv Wolfman 0.4% 21
17 Gerry Conway 0.3% 16
18 Carlos Pacheco and Jeph Loeb 0.3% 15
19 Scott Lobdell 0.2% 14
20 Doug Moench 0.1% 3

COLLECTED EDITIONS

Fantastic Four Omnibus v1 Lee & Kirby
Fantastic Four Omnibus v2 Lee & Kirby

Fantastic Four Omnibus v1 John Bryne
Fantastic Four Omnibus v2 John Bryne

Fantastic Four Omnibus v1 Jonathan Hickman

Thing () by Dan Slott
Thing Freakshow
Fantastic Four Unstable Molecules
Fantastic Four 1234
Fantastic Four True Story

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LINKS

Jason Young's Fantastic Four 9 Project

The Science of Reed Richards


The Ever-Lovin Blued-Eyed Thing Appreciation

Dr. Doom Appreciation

What Millar did with the hooded man was "uncanny." I was totally surprised. And the way he wrote Johnny was much appreciated. I felt he really emphasized the Torch's speed.

[The Whovian]

I appreciate the promptness and honesty.

How about the Jim Lee volume?

Ack! Sorry, my bad. I thought you were asking about this earlier. (That's what I get for trying to do two things at once)

Heroes Reborn is NOT trash. It's good. FF v2 by Jim Lee is trash. The art is nice, but the story is garbage.

BTW, if you're looking for a different take on the FF, you might like Ultimate FF. There's some good stories in that volume.