FF #2 review

The Fantastic Four were only supposed to be gone for four minutes. As the deadline comes and goes, with no return of Ben, Johnny, Sue and Reed, the replacement FF get to know the Future Foundation kids. And a villain comes a-calling. This is more like it. After a slow introduction via Fantastic Four #1-2 […]

FF #4 review

There are few super-teams that can’t be improved by the addition of a traitor. The Avengers had one in Iron Man, thanks to Kang’s time manipulations. The JSA suffered All-American Kid, aka evil Karnevil (should have been a stunt cyclist). Heck, at times it’s seemed like the Legion of Super-Heroes’ entire raison d’être is to be infiltrated. […]

Amazing Spider-Man #659 review

Now a member of the Future Foundation, Spider-Man is helping to investigate space/time anomolies. And Lord, is he annoying. Honestly, he won’t shut up. After reading several thousand of his appearances, I realise that quips are Spidey’s thing, and that’s fine. He’s our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man, emphasis on friendly. But in this issue he just […]

Amazing Spider-Man #657 review

The Human Torch is dead (I know, it’s been weeks) and the Amazing Spider-Man commemorates Peter Parker’s longstanding friendship with Johnny Storm by giving us three light-hearted untold tales centred on the pair. The memories are relayed by Ben Grimm, Sue Richards and Reed Richards as Peter drops by the Baxter Building to offer his condolences. There’s the FF […]

FF #1 review

‘All death leads to rebirth. We must begin anew.’ So says a rogue AIM boffin at the beginning of this book, and so says writer Jonathan Hickman to Fantastic Four fans. Having been refreshing the book that began the Marvel Universe, Hickman starts again with a new title. No one expects it to be more […]

Fantastic Four #588 review

It’s the final issue of the Fantastic Four and there’s not a great deal to say. You’d think there would be, as this issue covers the month following the loss of the Human Torch in the Negative Zone. But writer Jonathan Hickman goes the gimmick route, presenting a silent story. Want to hear how Susan […]

Fantastic Four #583 review

This issue of Fantastic Four starts with the team fighting in the Neutral Zone, land ‘between United States territory and that claimed by the Forever City of the High Evolutionary’. It’s the first time in ages we’ve seen the whole team battling baddies, so what happens? A single page of that and we’re with future […]