Fantastic Four
Graphic Novel Summary: Written by MARK WAID & KARL KESEL Penciled by MIKE WIERINGO & PACO MEDINA Cover by MIKE WIERINGO This deluxe hardcover completes the collection of Waid and Ringo's run, re-presenting the stories from FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 5: DISASSEMBLED and FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 6: RISING STORM! In DISASSEMBLED, Manhattan is cut off from the rest of the world by a fleet of miles-high alien spacecraft -- and that's just the beginning! With the Avengers in disarray, New York reluctantly turns to the disenfranchised Fantastic Four, the only heroes in town, to save them -- but where to even start? And which member of the team will make a decision that will radically change the Fantastic Four for some time to come? Also: Witness the genesis of an all-new, all-twisted Frightful Four! And in RISING STORM, Galactus's worst Herald ever is running out of time! So far, Johnny Storm has been able to stall Galactus from sating his cosmic hunger -- but that luck won't hold forever. What planet will be chosen as Galactus's next victim? The reintroduction of a fan-favorite Marvel Universe hero into the battle may have caused more problems than it solved, because not even he can save the Fantastic Three from Johnny's newfound might! Who will live, who will die and how will Johnny ever be the same now that he's
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- Price:
$29.99$23.99- Author:
- Karl Kesel
- Artist:
- Paco Medina
- Artist:
- Mike Wieringo
- Cover Artist:
- Mike Wieringo
- Author:
- Mark Waid
- Estimated Ship Date:
- December 15, 2008
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- Genre:
- Superhero
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Customer Reviews
However, it's not SO GOOD in a way that redefines the comics form; it's just incredibly well-structured and well-executed superhero comics. What does that mean, you ask? Well, even if you don't ask, I will tell you, silly face.
The characters act like the characters. Everyone is who they are, and moreso, they are who they were forty years ago and who they should be forty years from now.
Stories are set up, paid off, and have consequences. A bit of business in one issue will launch its own storyline; later, what has happened in that arc will affect characters in another issue down the line. There is not just a continuity of universe, but a continuity of character and story within the title itself, within each story, even within each issue.
New characters arrive; old characters return; all the stories feel "new." Waid and 'Ringo dive into the FF toybox to play with Dr. Doom, Galactus, and the Frightful Four, but none of their stories with these tropes feel like anything that's come before; they make these characters feel interesting, vital, and new. At the same time, they introduce new elements and ideas to the franchise via tweaks (Doom's obsession with the occult), reinventions (the Frightful Four as bizarro mirror "family" to the FF), and flat-out new characters (Reed's computer doppelganger in the series' first arc).
Everything changes; everything remains the same. The "illusion of change," that ephemeral concept that drives superhero comics at their core, can be impossibly hard to manage. Waid and 'Ringo pull it off without even trying. There is momentum and transformation for these characters throughout the run; by the end of it all, the toys are back on the shelf largely as they were when the creators found them. Not in a bad way, either; they're shiny again, and they feel fresh. You remember why you loved them in the first place, and you enjoy them more than ever.
2 pts.