The Fantastic Four Thread

I couldn't find a topic for this (which blew my mind, tbh.)

Anyway here you can talk about what's going on currently in the world of F4, talk about your favorite older arcs, talk about which member you think is 'teh coolest'... As long as it pertains to the Fantastic Four you can post whatever you want!

Imo, FF has been one of the consistently best comics Marvel is currently publishing.

I am quite curious to see how Franklin's older self handles the Celestials...

Originally posted by Galan007
Imo, FF has been one of the consistently best comics Marvel is publishing, atm.

I am quite curious to see how Franklin's older self handles the Celestials...

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Yep, it's one of the good titles, and not only because Galan is biased towards Hickman 😛

Originally posted by Galan007
I am quite curious to see how Franklin's older self handles the Celestials...

1000x adult Franklin vs. battles incoming

We do have an FF thread somewhere, but meh.

Originally posted by Cogito
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1000x adult Franklin vs. battles incoming

He is powerful, though. We've already seen the fella gesturely create pocket realities for the lulz.

It was good for a time but hickman bores me now.

^ Think Hickman's F4 has been pretty solid the entire time. I liked Millar's run a bit more, but Hickman is right up there, imo.

Hickman's run is awesome. I think my favorite though, is Waid's.

No love for McDuffie, eh? uhuh

Ha ha, I enjoyed it, cosmic armbars aside. But to be honest, I liked virtually almost every issue of F4 since Heroes Return.

You know, that's a good point.

F4 has been pumping out issues for so long that it's easy to forget how consistently good it has been as a whole... Especially over the last 10 (or so) years.

Agreed. Which is a shame, because most people pass it up in favor of either the X-Men or Avengers, but really, the F4 have been one of Marvel's best, if not the best, team book for years.

^ Yup. And that really goes to show you how good the storytelling has been in that title. Aside from Reed, the powers the F4 possess are pretty weak in comparison to pretty much any other 'well known' team. However, the stories/events they've consistently been involved in over the years have been so enjoyable that they supersede the weaksauce powersets of the F4... Which equates to superb writing.

It's probably because their powers are both largely consistent and relatively mid-powered/weak that the F4 team book is capable of such consistently high quality. Storylines don't get too lost in a lot of the flashy bullshit that derails so many potentially good stories.

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Which is cool considering Franklin is a reality warper and all 😛

Low power levels? Lol.

Reed is a techno-gadget-god, Sue fights Celestials, and the kids are walking plot devices.

IMO, it's the second best book from Marvel only behind UXF