Posted in Comics, SFW on 02/19/2011 01:35 pm by fanboi
3 members of the Fantastic Four still may be alive and kicking, but the book is dead as of issue #588 – on shelves this week. But don’t panic! You can still follow the adventures of the Future Foundation in the pages of FF – due in March.
Following the death of Johnny Storm, we spend a month seeing how the remaining members of the Fantastic Four, the extended family, other heroes, and prominent villains react to the loss of this legendary hero. It’s the epilogue to THREE: A Month of Mourning. PLUS: The Amazing Spider-Man consoles Franklin Richards in a second all-new tale!
The fight for tomorrow begins today! In the wake of the Human Torch’s heroic sacrifice, Marvels’ first family has re-emerged as the Future Foundation. Spider-Man may their newest teammate, but who else has signed up to protect the future from itself? And what does their presence portend for the world at large? Readers new and old alike – you’ve never seen the FF like this before! Prepare to witness the mind-blowing birth of the super-team that will change everything this March, only in FF #1!
The 1st 6 images below are a silent preview from Fantastic Four #588 and the last 6 are a first look at the upcoming first issue of FF in which Peter Parker joins the Future Foundation at the suggestion of the late Johnny Storm.
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Posted in Comics, SFW on 02/09/2011 02:31 pm by fanboi
If there is no more Fantantastic Four, who or what is the star of FF #1 – due in March from “the superstar creative team of Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting?” With the help of one of Johnny Storm’s closest friends… Peter Parker a.k.a. the Spectacular Spider-Man, Reed, Sue, Ben and a few mystery members form The Future Foundation.
The end of the Fantastic Four is here! Huge choices that dramatically impact the Marvel Universe are made this February in Fantastic Four #588, the FINAL issue of the long-standing series, guest starring all your favorite Marvel heroes! But the story isn’t over yet because where one door closes, another opens. It’s now up to Reed, Sue, and Ben to make life-changing decisions of their own volition that set them on a course destined to change the Marvel Universe in Johnny’s honor!
It makes sense they would bring in Spider-Man after the death of the Human Torch. Franklin and Valeria grew up with a buddy in Uncle Johnny and while Spidey cannot take his place, it may be helpful for them to have Peter Parker around – considering he’s also no slouch in the science department… but do they know he’s Peter Parker? After that whole Mephisto thing I wonder. Did the FF know his identity BEFORE he announced it to the world? Did the Avengers? According to Rich @ Whatver Comics in SF’s Castro – the FF knew Spidey’s identity before he unmasked – so the still know it.
UPDATE: Here are Marko Djurdjevic’s costume designs for the uniforms that will debut in FF #1… I don’t like the cut of the lines of Sue’s suit, the Thing in a wife-beater cracks me up and Spidey looks like Fantomex. Reed looks great though.
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Posted in Comics, Reviews, SFW on 02/04/2011 02:55 pm by fanboi
After the long tense countdown to the “death” of a member of the Fantastic Four, the doomed hero has been revealed to be Johnny Storm a.k.a. The Human Torch. I know this is old news by now but my comic book store got gypped last week and didn’t get any copies, so I had to wait until this week to read it. I’d already heard which one it was by then so was not surprised to see Johnny buy the farm.
That is, if he DID in fact die. We haven’t seen a body – just the Human Torch being overrun by Negative Zone bugs. Even they cough up a corpse next issue I still only give him a year, tops before we see a return story about his adventure in the Negative zone and finding his way home.
What I don’t get is why Johnny didn’t just go supernova and fry them all??
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Posted in Comics, SFW on 01/03/2011 01:36 pm by fanboi
2 more Historical Log images chronicling the timeline of the alternate X-Universe known as the Age of X have been revealed via QR codes hidden in Marvel comics…
Age of X Historical Log 4E – Fantastic Four Arrested: As Anti-Mutant Hysteria spreads, legislation is passed that requires all Mutants to be imprisoned and, in most cases, executed. When a fugitive Mutant Reed Richards is harboring in the Baxter Building — despite wife Sue Storm’s protests — accidentally injures their son, Franklin, Sue reports Richards to the authorities. To demonstrate no one is above the new law, The Fantastic Four is publicly arrested and marched out of the Baxter Building in handcuffs.
Age of X Historical Log 5E – Avengers Tasked with Hunting Mutants: In the aftermath of The Decimation, only a fraction of the worldwide Mutant population remains at large. These fugitive Mutants are believed to be the most powerful… and the most dangerous. To track down and eliminate these threats, the United States Government assembles a team of human Super Heroes. They are call The Avengers.
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Posted in Comics, Preview, SFW on 11/19/2010 07:53 pm by fanboi
It was announced this summer that the arc that beginning in Fantastic Four #583 would culminate in the death of a member of the team. The first 2 issues saw them begin to separate for a variety of errands…
World’s apart from each other, the Fantastic Four embark on their individual journeys with one destined to end in tragedy and change the face of Marvel’s first family. It’s THREE, part 3:’The Last Kings of Atlantis’!
Susan Storm Richards is off being an ambassador to an undersea city. Ben Grimm has been temporarily transformed to his old human self and is gettin’ it on with Alica Masters. Reed Richards is caught up with explaining to Galactus exactly where the giant dead Galactus corpse he hid inside the earth came from. Which will leave Johnny Storm will be left holding down the fort and watching Franklin and Valeria. So which of them is in jeopardy?
Your guess is as good as mine… Though I keep hearing people say the Thing is gonna be the one buying the farm. Most likely because he’s more vulnerable than he’s been in a looong time.
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Posted in Comics, Preview, SFW on 01/09/2010 01:54 pm by fanboi
Marvel Comics has just released this new teaser image featuring the Fantastic Four and hints of the various threats and events they’ll face in 2010. I see a few familiar faces but I’m MOST excite to see Franklin Richards on the road to being the interesting and powerful character he once was. Why is it that when a writer doesn’t know what to do with an omnipotent character, they just neuter them? I’m tired of seeing him overshadowed by his new brilliant little sister. I like Valeria too, but I grew up with Franklin – hmmm shouldn’t he be older than? oh well.
This image and the previously released image of Galactus’ corpse suggest big things for Marvel’s first family in 2010!
via CBR
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Posted in Comics, SFW on 06/14/2009 05:00 pm by fanboi
I almost wish I really hated what was happening in at least ONE Avenger title so I didn’t feel compelled to followthem all, but goddammit they are all solid exciting storylines. I love the whole Lady Loki as Scarlet Witch subplot. But I DO want to know what the REAL Wanda is up to. So I hope Thor is able to kick Loki out of that body and restore Lady Sif relatively soon – poor Sif has been hanging by a thread in that old lady’s cancer ridden form for too long. This issue of Mighty Avengers (#26) we have more of Reed Richards and Hank Pym knocking heads. Next issue (#27) is the introduction of a brand new retconned master villain (cuz we all like it so much on the hero side with Sentry), and the issue after (#28) that it’s the Young Avengers vs THE SCARLET WITCH (Lady Loki)!!!
The Avengers/Fantastic Four slobberknocker continues! This one’s got it all true believers: from MR. FANTASTIC and HANK PYM’S battle of the brains to HERCULES and THE THING’S battle o’ the brawn! When it’s over, expect BIG changes for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes– including the team’s all-new headquarters and a very disturbing DARK REIGN alliance.
via CBR
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Posted in Comics, Preview, SFW on 05/29/2009 09:30 am by fanboi
The Mighty Avengers think they were assembled by the Scarlet Witch, while it is in fact Lady Loki who gathered them, but to what end? What does she want? Is she just hedging her bets with Norman Osborn or does she have something else up her sleeve?
What would be the greatest heist of all time? Breaking into the First National Bank? The Tower of London? Fort Knox? No. It’d be knocking over the BAXTER BUILDING! But why would HANK PYM want to rip off MR. FANTASTIC? And are the other AVENGERS ready to become Earth’s Mightiest Cat Burglars?
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Posted in Comics, Preview on 02/17/2009 09:04 pm by fanboi
One of the most interesting things to come out of the Mark Millar / Bryan Hitch run on the Fantastic Four was a brand new group of legacy heroes from generations in the future. Well besides Doc Doom murdering An elderly Sue Storm from the future in revenge for a humiliating power draining procedure (that was interesting too). If you liked Future Sue’s troops too, you are in luck!
The Hooded Man, Banner Jr, Lightwave, Psionics, Natalie X and Alex Ultron can be seen in the pages of Fantastic Force by writer Joe Ahearne and artist Steve Kurth starting in April.
The script for the first page has been “leaked” all over the net, but doesn’t reveal much other than it picks up where the funeral issue left off. The second issue’s cover says alot more. What do Polaris, Phoenix and the Scarlet Witch have to do with this group of heroes born generations later? Any guesses?
via Newsarama and SuperPouvoir
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Posted in Comics, Preview on 01/26/2009 01:23 pm by fanboi
Congrats to Benjamin Jacob Grimm the blue eyed ever-loving Thing and some girl named Debbie whom he proposed to in the last issue of Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch‘s big screen FF. What do we know about her? She’s not on his wiki page – someone want to update that for me? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Frye? Frye?
via ComicsContinuum
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