fantastic four by jonathan hickman the complete collection vol 1

Anyone?) However, it's the latter portion, where the tales just seem disjointed or ponderous, that killed the early buzz. (Note - this year marks the 60th anniversary of their debut - and, by extension, the beginning of Marvel Comics itself - and they're still pretty spry for superheroes nearing AARP eligibility. However, I'm reluctant to going all clobberin' time on this book - for approximately the first-half it was pretty good, with a couple of involving and fairly expeditious storylines starring the classic original line-up of the team.

Sadly, that sort of witty repartee is in short supply in this jumbo volume featuring the durable 'first family of Marvel.' Unless you count one of the Richards' children calling their sibling the 'r' word in jest - twice! - which was an odd and tasteless misstep by scribe Hickman. (sigh) 'We leave in 45 minutes.' - Sue 'Invisible Woman' Richards 'Date hot women?' - Johnny 'The Human Torch' Storm 'Beat people up?' - Ben 'The Thing' Grimm

'Is there anything better we do than exploration?' - Reed 'Mr. Hickman shows some, uh, conventional and entertaining story telling chops as well as a big ol’ heart and a sense of humor. So, if you’re going to send Franklin Richards from the future to fix a timeline in the past, he should have at least knocked Hickman senseless while he was at it.īottom line: This volume starts off strong but gets murky towards the end with the weird fish people story line. Hickman gets to jump start Franklin Richards’ universe-growing powers, just in case he needs a cheap out for Secret Wars.

…and deal with a mess the High Evolutionary left behind… …and the kids have to cover the Baxter Building all by themselves against Norman Osborn and those asshats from HAMMER. You have the multiple reality straddling Council of Egg Head Strechy Guys…Īlso included here, and reviewed by yours truly elsewhere as a single volume, is the Dark Reign tie-in, where Sue, Ben and Torchy get bounced around realities… Remember Hickman’s whole grand Secret Wars head-scratching storyline? Well, he was sowing the seeds right here in this very volume – trying stuff out, getting the Lil’ Deux ex Machina up and running.

Fantastic four by jonathan hickman the complete collection vol 1