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arbre_rieur
January's issue of FANTASTIC FOUR gave us Ben celebrating New Year's, February's was a special Valentine's Day issue. Now this month's brings us the Ides of March.
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She-Hulk & Thing banter!
Jan. 10th, 2013 12:25 pmhyarooJust a little two-page moment from Fantastic Four #2, with the Thing and She-Hulk being cute.
( Ben and Jen, behind the cut... )
( Ben and Jen, behind the cut... )
Fantastic Four #2
Dec. 15th, 2012 01:43 pmarbre_rieur
The family says good-byes and makes final preparations as they get ready for their tour across space-time...
( Four pages... )
stolisomancerNot a lot of people were reading the FF's book back in 2002, or if they were, they weren't talking much about it. The entire line was just coming off the doldrums of the nineties, and while there were a few good solid superhero books coming out around then - like the underrated Nicienza run on Thunderbolts - it was a quiet time at Marvel.
Which is a shame, because in the middle of this dead zone, you get one of the single greatest moments for Dr. Doom ever.
( five pages, after the cut )
Which is a shame, because in the middle of this dead zone, you get one of the single greatest moments for Dr. Doom ever.
( five pages, after the cut )
kevinrocMatt Fraction has given an interview for Newsarama about his upcoming run on Fantastic Four and FF.
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/marvel-n
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http://www.newsarama.com/comics/marvel-n
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- char: ant-man/scott lang,
- char: doctor doom/victor von doom,
- char: human torch/johnny storm,
- char: invisible woman/susan storm,
- char: medusa/medusalith amaquelin,
- char: mr. fantastic/reed richards,
- char: she hulk/jennifer walters,
- char: stature/cassie lang,
- char: the thing/ben grimm,
- creator: matt fraction,
- group: fantastic four,
- title: fantastic four
Fantastic Four #604
Mar. 15th, 2012 11:26 amsherkahnThe War of Four Cities/Mad Celestial/Council of Reeds war ends here.
With the arrival of the last line of defense at the end of the last issue, we get this moment.
Spoilers, but most of you would've seen this coming.
( A boy and his giant. )
With the arrival of the last line of defense at the end of the last issue, we get this moment.
Spoilers, but most of you would've seen this coming.
( A boy and his giant. )
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- char: artie maddicks,
- char: bentley 23,
- char: dr. doom/kristoff vernard,
- char: dragon man,
- char: energizer/katie power,
- char: franklin richards,
- char: gee/alex power,
- char: human torch/johnny storm,
- char: invisible woman/susan storm,
- char: leech,
- char: lightspeed/julie power,
- char: mass master/jack power,
- char: mr. fantastic/reed richards,
- char: nathaniel richards,
- char: valeria richards,
- creator: barry kitson,
- creator: chris sotomayor,
- creator: jonathan hickman,
- creator: nick dragotta,
- creator: paul mounts,
- group: fantastic four,
- group: ff,
- group: power pack,
- publisher: marvel comics,
- title: fantastic four,
- title: ff
It's better down where it's wetter...
Jan. 20th, 2012 05:49 pmstubbleupdate2 panels from Uncanny X-Men #5, that made me laugh
( featuring Namor the Submariner and Hope )
( featuring Namor the Submariner and Hope )
stubbleupdate
I've wanted to post this for ages (well, since Fantastic Four #600 came out), featuring as it does my New Character Find of 2010 The Anti-Priest of the Negative Zone. He's the leader of a cult who want to bring Annihilus and the Annihilation wave into our universe, and he preaches at a club called the Other Side of Zero.His quest to bring the Annihilation Wave into our universe was one of the threads that tied in to the War of the Four Cities
( In the first story of Fantastic Four #600, Forever part 1 )
And ( the flashback from the second story )
I love this sequence. The letterbox framing echoes the negative sign/control rod, the actual speech from the Anti-Priest just sounds good and I do like seeing scenes revisited later on when they are dripping with meaning.
The Fantastic Four #600
Nov. 23rd, 2011 03:31 pmsherkahnThe threats just keep on coming.
And, oh yeah, we learn a truth about the nature of the Negative Zone.
MASSIVE SPOILERS and some gore behind the cut.
( New rules to new life indeed. )
And, oh yeah, we learn a truth about the nature of the Negative Zone.
MASSIVE SPOILERS and some gore behind the cut.
( New rules to new life indeed. )
Welcome to my world
Nov. 5th, 2011 09:23 pmstubbleupdateI had a big think about this in the summer, but recently, I've been thinking about how comic books attract new readers and how welcoming they are. There's an old saying about how "every comic is somebody's first" and comics have to have a go at making it possible for new readers to pick up any book, even if its midstream. There's a lot of advertised "jumping on points" and Marvel's .1 initiative has been a pretty uneven way of their characters, concepts and stories.
In superhero movies, there's always a desire to do an origin story as a way to make the story accessible to new readers. This always frustrates me, especially since Colleen Coover's told the definitive Spider-man story in one panel and six words and Batman's isn't much more than "My parents are deeeeead." We don't need to see James Bond start his military training and changing to HMSS to know that he's a badass, so why have we got to see Green Lantern get his ring? Why can't we just see him be a space cop?
DC's relaunch has made a big deal about being new reader friendly and has by and large jumped into stories. Apart from Supergirl, I'm not aware of any origins being retold, which is nice.
( The story recap )
( The concept recap )
( The character recap )
( The novel recap )
Are comic books really less new-reader friendly than other media? I know that it doesn't take much to pick up a movie and watch it, and that sequels rarely do recaps (though the credits sequence in Incredible Hulk was pretty bloody good). What about for TV? Is it easier to jump into a TV series midstream (and not just soaps, but one with an ongoing narrative like The Shield or Fringe) than it is to jump into an ongoing comics series?
In superhero movies, there's always a desire to do an origin story as a way to make the story accessible to new readers. This always frustrates me, especially since Colleen Coover's told the definitive Spider-man story in one panel and six words and Batman's isn't much more than "My parents are deeeeead." We don't need to see James Bond start his military training and changing to HMSS to know that he's a badass, so why have we got to see Green Lantern get his ring? Why can't we just see him be a space cop?
DC's relaunch has made a big deal about being new reader friendly and has by and large jumped into stories. Apart from Supergirl, I'm not aware of any origins being retold, which is nice.
( The story recap )
( The concept recap )
( The character recap )
( The novel recap )
Are comic books really less new-reader friendly than other media? I know that it doesn't take much to pick up a movie and watch it, and that sequels rarely do recaps (though the credits sequence in Incredible Hulk was pretty bloody good). What about for TV? Is it easier to jump into a TV series midstream (and not just soaps, but one with an ongoing narrative like The Shield or Fringe) than it is to jump into an ongoing comics series?
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- title: chew,
- title: fantastic four,
- title: infinite vacation,
- title: irredeemable ant-man,
- title: ms. marvel,
- title: my faith in frankie,
- title: patsy walker: hellcat,
- title: power girl,
- title: spider-man loves mary jane,
- title: the order,
- title: the umbrella academy,
- title: ultimate comics ultimates
