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Fantastic Four?
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Permalink Reply by Jordan O. on -
The essentials, i'm currently reading them i love them so much man you can't go wrong with them. I think the whole team ensemble they have is great, the best of the older books are when their is an internal conflict and such, this is one of my favorite books.
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Permalink Reply by Big Freddie Style on -
Totally agree. I don't even read contemporary Marvel anymore. Or DC for that matter. I collect the Essentials and DC Showcase trades.
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Permalink Reply by son of wolverine on -
Dude, the Fantastic Four disbanded, read FF it'sd basically after they disbanded and formed a new team, it's pretty cool.
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Permalink Reply by Big Freddie Style on
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Nothing from the last decade, that's for sure. Go Old School. Collect the Marvel Essentials trades of the Silver Age Fantastic Four adventures. Back when the writers knew how to sell a comic - great stories. And didn't rely upon gimmicky covers, multi-book crossover uber events every year or writing the characters completely out of character (for shock value).
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Permalink Reply by Randy Flagg on -
Read everything Jonathan Hickman has done so far. Great stuff.
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Permalink Reply by RodimusBen on -
In my opinion there are four great Fantastic Four runs:
-- Stan Lee/Jack Kirby, the creators and original team. Highlights include, well, the introduction of all the characters, and the classic FF villains like Dr. Doom and the Sub-Mariner.
-- John Byrne in the 80s. Highlights include the temporary membership of She-Hulk when the Thing left the team for a while, plus Byrne's forays into space and alternate dimensions. Byrne's 20th anniversary issue is one of the best FF stories ever.
-- Walt Simonson in the early 1990s. Highlights include Simonson's brilliant writing of time travel adventures with the FF, also the presence of the tragic character of the She-Thing.
-- Mark Waid/Mike Weiringo in the 2000s. Highlights include great characterization of the team, and the "Unthinkable" story arc.
Most or all of these are collected in TPB form. ALSO, in the mid-2000s there was briefly a second FF series simply titled "4." The initial issues were meant to emphasize drama and the family element, and are not that great, but around about issued 8 or 9 it picks up and has some good stories for the rest of its run. "4" also showcased some truly great artwork.
Every writer has had a slightly different approach to the Fantastic Four. I tend to think that the best stories are the ones that basically treat FF like a science fiction comic with characters who happen to have superpowers, rather than a generic superhero book. Usually Reed Richards' genius is the impetus for them getting involved in crazy stuff. I have yet to check out Future Foundation but it looks pretty cool.
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Permalink Reply by Giant Boy Detective on -
Don't listen to any of this...... Actually I haven't read the other comments but I recommend starting at the beginning of jonathan hickman's run. I did and now I wait eagerly for each new installment each month. Just brilliantly written comics. And I've never read anything prior to this
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Permalink Reply by RodimusBen on
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Hickman is a good FF writer in that he does what I stated in my first post-- treats the FF like a sci-fi book. But I think it would be silly to ignore everything that has come before him when there have been so many great stories written.
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