A Family Reunited

[chocochuy]

Greetings, True Believers! (Had to sell the family car to pay for the royalties of Proteus_Lives but I will still use his greeting)

Family and Friendship are elements that must be always treasured and it's always neat to see those elements playing a key role on the modern mythology we call Comic Books (especially on this Ultra-Violent era for our beloved heroes). Today I am proud to give you one great moment from FF # 10.

Ben Grimm has alienated himself from the Fantastic Four/Future Foundation and has been brooding alone at the Avengers Mansion. You could say that the "death" of Johnny Storm and his evil possesion during Fear Itself have left Aunt Petunia's favorite nephew under the control of depression. Let's admit it, folks, the life of Ben Grimm has always been Grim (sorry for the silly pun) with all his personal tragedies. Well, help is on its way for Mr. Grimm, courtesy of certain friendly neighbor.





Personal Note : I love that scene with Spiderman eating his Jarvis Burger and Fruity Drink like a Boss. That and the other panel with him smiling with the Jarvis Burger could be great avatars.

Now this is the Spiderman I grew up with. Always a joker with a heart of gold and always willing to lend a hand to his friends. Ben and Spidey may not have very friendly but they had a link called Johnny Storm and Ben probably knows that Johnny wouldn't give up on hope so easily. Will Ben follow Spidey's advice? I think you might now the answer already but let's carry on, comrades.

Sue and Reed are discussing the current events that have been haunting their heroic family when they suddenly hear their Fantastic Plane (Correct me if that isn't the correct name) and they are about to receive a surprise.





It's funny to see Ben mixing some of his sarcasm with the wise cracks that are usually the territory of Johnny and Spidey. It's good to see some hope on modern mainstream comics. Make Mine Marvel!

Comments

[k_red]

I guess it's too much to hope the "I need a new girlfriend" line means Spidey and Carlie are through. Sigh.

You go, Ben!

[capt_satellite]

....and THAT'S the Ben Grimm I grew up with! Anyone else remember the Barry Windsor-Smith piece featuring Ben in Marvel Fanfare #15? Quintessential, as is this.

[shadowpsykie]

what annoys me is that it will probably be all Hugs and Kisses for Ben. But it will be all spits and "fuck you"'s to Bruce Banner...

Yes, that's the one!

[capt_satellite]

Plastic straws for stubble!

[grazzt]

You would think Reed would whip up a cell phone that actually fits in Ben's hands.

[proteus_lives]

I bet Ben misses his stogies.

BTW, I expect my payment at the first of the month! :D

[cypherfdp]

Couldn't agree more on the girlfriend thing, especially considering how she is a spider and also probably the devil.

[kd_the_movie]

DRAW EVERYTHING, BARRY KITSON!!

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Okay, so what the heck is a Jarvis-Burger? Because that thing looks kind of weird...

[sethgray]

...I have no idea why, but that panel of spidey on the table with his mask off his mouth seems so porny. Gee, Pete, what could you possibly have been doing that would require taking only some of the mask off??

[jlroberson]

These are a couple of the better bits. But it's been eating at me as I've been following this book since #1(and before that, maybe about 5 issues of Millar's before I got bored and forgot buying it, and before that, not since Byrne)...I hate to say this because I love Epting's art, but Hickman's FF--I have no idea what this is supposed to be about. I have no idea who most of these people are--seriously, it seems intensely dependent on VERY DEEP knowledge of the FF, recent knowledge, and you can't call this book welcoming to new readers. And potentially interesting plotlines trail off into a very dull nothing. It might just be that nothing interesting can be done with the FF anymore, but apart from the occasional interesting page, I don't think I like this book.

And Nathaniel Richards looks ridiculous in that purple fork suit he wears, and annoys me for reasons I can't quite name. And much of the time, it seems the FF themselves are beside the point. That can work in some books(SANDMAN famously being an example)but when the FF become walk-ons in their own book--that's a REAL problem.

I guess I was kind of hoping it might tap into a tiny bit of that VENTURE BROTHERS kind of vibe.