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Fantastic Four (2022)
Fantastic Four, Vol. 3: The Impossible is Probable
Collects Fantastic Four (2022) #12-18.
The Fantastic Four meet the Jurassic Four! When our FF swap places with a set of bizarre alternate-reality counterparts, they find themselves battling for survival…in a world where everyone is a dinosaur! Meanwhile, one year ago, Reed Richards sent the entire city block on which the Baxter Building stands - along with his own children and the children of his best friends Ben and Alicia - one year ahead in time. It was a desperate measure, but it saved them. And now we're finally catching up with them! A revenge plot like nothing you've ever seen! The First Family's kids make up for lost time! Susan Storm, archaeologist, makes a shocking find! The new S.H.I.E.L.D. takes shape! And, at last, Franklin Richards' secret is revealed!
The Fantastic Four meet the Jurassic Four! When our FF swap places with a set of bizarre alternate-reality counterparts, they find themselves battling for survival…in a world where everyone is a dinosaur! Meanwhile, one year ago, Reed Richards sent the entire city block on which the Baxter Building stands - along with his own children and the children of his best friends Ben and Alicia - one year ahead in time. It was a desperate measure, but it saved them. And now we're finally catching up with them! A revenge plot like nothing you've ever seen! The First Family's kids make up for lost time! Susan Storm, archaeologist, makes a shocking find! The new S.H.I.E.L.D. takes shape! And, at last, Franklin Richards' secret is revealed!
144 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 5, 2024
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About the author
Ryan North
533 books1,600 followersHi, I'm Ryan! I was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1980 and since then have written several books. You can read my Wikipedia page for more, or check out my author site at RyanNorth.ca!
I'm the author of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics (that's the comic where the pictures don't change but the words do, it's better than it sounds and I've also done crazy things like turn Shakespeare into a choose-your-own-path adventure, write a comic for Marvel about a girl with all the powers of a squirrel, or mess up walking my dog so badly it made the news.
I'm working on more stuff as we speak, hopefully it's good
I'm the author of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics (that's the comic where the pictures don't change but the words do, it's better than it sounds and I've also done crazy things like turn Shakespeare into a choose-your-own-path adventure, write a comic for Marvel about a girl with all the powers of a squirrel, or mess up walking my dog so badly it made the news.
I'm working on more stuff as we speak, hopefully it's good
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September 24, 2025
More fantastic shenanigans.
3.5 stars
The FF find a dimensional rift that crosses over into an Earth exactly like ours...but everyone is a dinosaur. After the prerequisite tussle with the Dino-Avengers, they realize they're all on the same side and work out that Doom & Dino-Doom might have matching BFF necklaces.
Sue and Reed discover their bones at an ancient dig site.
Does this mean they know when and where they'll die? Or maybe most importantly, why?
The kids are all back, and Valeria & Franklin go too far to try to impress on a homework assignment. This quickly turns into a Don't tell Mom we've created an acid that is going to eat through the Earth's core! situation, while they scramble to contain their science project.
Very cute.
Really, the best story in here is the one about the AI created by a megalomaniacal tech entrepreneur that becomes the sentient being, Metamind. That one got me in the feels.
This Fantastic Four run isn't necessarily "impressive" so much as it's just a good time in general. Family stuff, but with a cosmic flare.
Adorable, but not a must-read.
Recommended for fans of the FF.
3.5 stars
The FF find a dimensional rift that crosses over into an Earth exactly like ours...but everyone is a dinosaur. After the prerequisite tussle with the Dino-Avengers, they realize they're all on the same side and work out that Doom & Dino-Doom might have matching BFF necklaces.
Sue and Reed discover their bones at an ancient dig site.
Does this mean they know when and where they'll die? Or maybe most importantly, why?
The kids are all back, and Valeria & Franklin go too far to try to impress on a homework assignment. This quickly turns into a Don't tell Mom we've created an acid that is going to eat through the Earth's core! situation, while they scramble to contain their science project.
Very cute.
Really, the best story in here is the one about the AI created by a megalomaniacal tech entrepreneur that becomes the sentient being, Metamind. That one got me in the feels.
This Fantastic Four run isn't necessarily "impressive" so much as it's just a good time in general. Family stuff, but with a cosmic flare.
Adorable, but not a must-read.
Recommended for fans of the FF.
August 15, 2025
You know, the idea of a parallel universe existing, practically identical to ours, except everyone there is a dinosaur, is making me wonder what Dino Me would look like.
June 28, 2024
This volume did not start well for me. I really didn’t think much of the two-part ‘dinosaur-Avengers’ story at all, and it wasn’t helped by the terrible artwork, the low point of which was the Thing’s floating head (that was deeply disturbing). I was as surprised as you are; I love dinosaurs and I love the Avengers, so this story falling so flat for me was a shock.
Fortunately, once this two-parter was out of the way, the quality of the stories improved vastly. There was high concept SF stuff (the Asimov inspired story was particularly appreciated, if slightly marred by the fact that Ryan North clearly doesn’t know his FF history enough to realise a previous writer had already done an FF ‘psychohistory’ story some years back), there were teenage hi-jinks, there was comedy, there was action aplenty and there were emotional moments that brought a tear to my eye and reminded me of why I love this team.
The artwork was still mostly just above average, for my tastes, but at least the Thing’s head returned to his shoulders, so thank Galactus for small mercies.
Overall, I’d say this volume averages out as 3.5 stars and I’m rounding up, probably due to the better stories being fresher in my mind. If the dinosaur-Avengers had been the final story in the book, I’d’ve probably rounded down. >shudder<
Fortunately, once this two-parter was out of the way, the quality of the stories improved vastly. There was high concept SF stuff (the Asimov inspired story was particularly appreciated, if slightly marred by the fact that Ryan North clearly doesn’t know his FF history enough to realise a previous writer had already done an FF ‘psychohistory’ story some years back), there were teenage hi-jinks, there was comedy, there was action aplenty and there were emotional moments that brought a tear to my eye and reminded me of why I love this team.
The artwork was still mostly just above average, for my tastes, but at least the Thing’s head returned to his shoulders, so thank Galactus for small mercies.
Overall, I’d say this volume averages out as 3.5 stars and I’m rounding up, probably due to the better stories being fresher in my mind. If the dinosaur-Avengers had been the final story in the book, I’d’ve probably rounded down. >shudder<
October 7, 2024
Ryan North's kick ass Fantastic Four run continues. In this volume, the gang deal with a world full of sentient dinosaurs, a sentient phone app, teenage hijinx, and time travel. I've long thought that the Fantastic Four should be the Doctor Who/Star Trek of the Marvel Universe and North delivers the goods. The rest of the creative team, Coello, Fiorelli, Mortarino, Gomez and the others, pulls their weight and completes the package.
November 1, 2024
More high-concept hijinks that don't lose sight of who the characters are and the essential fun and wonder of the FF. A very solid run from my compatriot.
April 16, 2024
One of the best runs at Marvel right now.
July 19, 2025
This volume is peak sci-fi fun with a big heart. The Impossible Is Probable continues Ryan North’s clever, character-focused take on Marvel’s First Family—balancing wild concepts with emotional grounding. We get Doom Dinosaurs (yes, really), an AI-gone-wrong arc, a beautifully done spotlight on the kids, and one of the best time travel issues I’ve read in ages.
North knows how to play with classic Fantastic Four tropes while keeping things fresh and accessible, and Iban Coello’s art keeps pace with all the big ideas. This run continues to impress—smart, funny, and unexpectedly moving.
North knows how to play with classic Fantastic Four tropes while keeping things fresh and accessible, and Iban Coello’s art keeps pace with all the big ideas. This run continues to impress—smart, funny, and unexpectedly moving.
November 26, 2024
3,5*
While I didn't particularly like the first 2 issues with their dinosaur version of our Earth - too childish with a lazy resolution - I really did like the next 4.
The return of the Baxter Building provides a well-put-together reflection on AIs in two parts, followed by a funny loner about the FF kids who join their new school in Arizona and for whom a science homework assignment turns into a disaster. It's typically the kind of filler I hate and yet North made me love this one. Kudos, man. The last loner is excellent: Sue finds a prehistoric skeleton: hers. 'nuff said.
I'm not a great FF specialist but it seems to me that North got them just right: family, action, humour and not-boring science. The perfect recipe.
While I didn't particularly like the first 2 issues with their dinosaur version of our Earth - too childish with a lazy resolution - I really did like the next 4.
The return of the Baxter Building provides a well-put-together reflection on AIs in two parts, followed by a funny loner about the FF kids who join their new school in Arizona and for whom a science homework assignment turns into a disaster. It's typically the kind of filler I hate and yet North made me love this one. Kudos, man. The last loner is excellent: Sue finds a prehistoric skeleton: hers. 'nuff said.
I'm not a great FF specialist but it seems to me that North got them just right: family, action, humour and not-boring science. The perfect recipe.
September 6, 2024
Сьогодні поговоримо про Фантастичну Четвірку Раяна Норта, а саме номери з 12 по 17.
Сюжет 12 і 13 номерів розповідає як Ф4 знаходить портал в інший світ у якому всі герої є динозаврами, після невеликої сутички Ф4 та динозавр Старк дізнаються, що їхні Землі знаходяться в одному й тому самому місці, що може призвести до знищення обох планет. Однак коли наші герої намагаються розв'язати цю проблему їм на заваді стають Доктори Думи. Сюжет вийшов веселим, мені сподобалися дизайни героїв динозаврів та те, що кожен з них є якимось іншим видом. Повеселило також те як Створіння зупинили Думів, просто налаштувавши їх один проти одного.
14 і 15 є першими номерами у серії які мені не дуже сподобалися. 14 номер розповідає про те як Четвірка повертається в Нью-Йорк оскільки будівля Бакстера в якій знаходяться діти незабаром повинна повернутися, однак прибувши на місце бачать, що люди почали будівництво якоїсь антени на місці будівлі. Після невеликої, але досить веселої, конфронтації з Синдикатом наші герої дізнаються про застосунок "Мега Розум" і навідуються до творця цієї програми. Як виявилося він використовує застосунок для того, щоб маніпулювати людьми й щоб їх дії призвели до найкращого варіанту майбутнього для нього. Одна він не був тим хто наказав розпочати будівництво антени, а тому боячись, що в його систему проник хтось чужий Рід і ко знищують сервери. Сам номер завершується кліфгенґером з тим, що будівля Бакстера не повертається в назначений час.
У 15 номері виявляється, що Мега Розум є живим і що це він не дав будівлі Бакстера повернутися оскільки через дії Четвірки в минулому номері були для нього загрозливими. Щодо самого сюжету я розумію, що Норт тут хотів показати як Штучний Інтелект намагається знайти когось подібного собі й проймається любов'ю до людства, однак, не знаю, мене не ні це, ні його смерть не зачепили. З того, що мені сподобалося це перша половина 14 номеру і кінцівка 15 з поверненням дітей, Рід ще фотографію Валерії та інших дітей надіслав Думу (нагадаю, що він є її хрещеним батьком), плюс сама історія завершується невеликим тизером.
У 16 номері головними героями є Франклін, Валерія, Джо та Нікі. Оскільки Ф4 все ще живе в Аризоні, на фермі тітки Петунії, діти змушені почати навчатися у місцевій школі. Коли ж малим Річардса дають на домашнє завдання написати есе то вони вирішують похизуватися й створити рідину здатну проїсти будь-що. Не усвідомивши очевидної проблеми четверо малих створюють її й далі ми спостерігаємо за тим як вони намагаються її позбутися. Загалом вийшло дуже весело, приємно було побачити, що Норт вирішив не тягнути та одразу присвятив малим цілий номер після їх повернення.
17 номер розповідає про те як на археологічних розкопках С'ю знаходить скелет сучасної людини там де його бути не повинно. Як виявляється цей скелет належить С'ю й сюжет розповідає про те як це сталося. Як виявилося у всьому винен фараон Рама "я ще не Канґ" Тут, який намагався вбити перших жителів Амери, однак нарвався на Ріда та С'ю які як раз відвідували цей період. Загалом вийшла досить непогана історія, єдиною моєю проблемою є те, що з Рама-Тутом пересікаються Рід та С'ю з минулого, а тому С'ю з теперішнього повинна була б пам'ятати, що її скелет робить в минулому.
Якщо підводити підсумки, то мені ця збірка номерів сподобалася менше за минулі, однак жодну з цих історій я не можу назвати поганою. Норт все де чудово прописує родину та динаміку в ній, з фантазією з нього теж все гаразд, плюс, як я вже зазначав у відгуку на Галка, мені подобається підхід із сюжетами на 1-2 номери, оскільки так серія відчувається більш насиченою. За серією раджу слідкувати.
Сюжет 12 і 13 номерів розповідає як Ф4 знаходить портал в інший світ у якому всі герої є динозаврами, після невеликої сутички Ф4 та динозавр Старк дізнаються, що їхні Землі знаходяться в одному й тому самому місці, що може призвести до знищення обох планет. Однак коли наші герої намагаються розв'язати цю проблему їм на заваді стають Доктори Думи. Сюжет вийшов веселим, мені сподобалися дизайни героїв динозаврів та те, що кожен з них є якимось іншим видом. Повеселило також те як Створіння зупинили Думів, просто налаштувавши їх один проти одного.
14 і 15 є першими номерами у серії які мені не дуже сподобалися. 14 номер розповідає про те як Четвірка повертається в Нью-Йорк оскільки будівля Бакстера в якій знаходяться діти незабаром повинна повернутися, однак прибувши на місце бачать, що люди почали будівництво якоїсь антени на місці будівлі. Після невеликої, але досить веселої, конфронтації з Синдикатом наші герої дізнаються про застосунок "Мега Розум" і навідуються до творця цієї програми. Як виявилося він використовує застосунок для того, щоб маніпулювати людьми й щоб їх дії призвели до найкращого варіанту майбутнього для нього. Одна він не був тим хто наказав розпочати будівництво антени, а тому боячись, що в його систему проник хтось чужий Рід і ко знищують сервери. Сам номер завершується кліфгенґером з тим, що будівля Бакстера не повертається в назначений час.
У 15 номері виявляється, що Мега Розум є живим і що це він не дав будівлі Бакстера повернутися оскільки через дії Четвірки в минулому номері були для нього загрозливими. Щодо самого сюжету я розумію, що Норт тут хотів показати як Штучний Інтелект намагається знайти когось подібного собі й проймається любов'ю до людства, однак, не знаю, мене не ні це, ні його смерть не зачепили. З того, що мені сподобалося це перша половина 14 номеру і кінцівка 15 з поверненням дітей, Рід ще фотографію Валерії та інших дітей надіслав Думу (нагадаю, що він є її хрещеним батьком), плюс сама історія завершується невеликим тизером.
У 16 номері головними героями є Франклін, Валерія, Джо та Нікі. Оскільки Ф4 все ще живе в Аризоні, на фермі тітки Петунії, діти змушені почати навчатися у місцевій школі. Коли ж малим Річардса дають на домашнє завдання написати есе то вони вирішують похизуватися й створити рідину здатну проїсти будь-що. Не усвідомивши очевидної проблеми четверо малих створюють її й далі ми спостерігаємо за тим як вони намагаються її позбутися. Загалом вийшло дуже весело, приємно було побачити, що Норт вирішив не тягнути та одразу присвятив малим цілий номер після їх повернення.
17 номер розповідає про те як на археологічних розкопках С'ю знаходить скелет сучасної людини там де його бути не повинно. Як виявляється цей скелет належить С'ю й сюжет розповідає про те як це сталося. Як виявилося у всьому винен фараон Рама "я ще не Канґ" Тут, який намагався вбити перших жителів Амери, однак нарвався на Ріда та С'ю які як раз відвідували цей період. Загалом вийшла досить непогана історія, єдиною моєю проблемою є те, що з Рама-Тутом пересікаються Рід та С'ю з минулого, а тому С'ю з теперішнього повинна була б пам'ятати, що її скелет робить в минулому.
Якщо підводити підсумки, то мені ця збірка номерів сподобалася менше за минулі, однак жодну з цих історій я не можу назвати поганою. Норт все де чудово прописує родину та динаміку в ній, з фантазією з нього теж все гаразд, плюс, як я вже зазначав у відгуку на Галка, мені подобається підхід із сюжетами на 1-2 номери, оскільки так серія відчувається більш насиченою. За серією раджу слідкувати.
August 8, 2025
This was the third collected volume of Ryan North's run on the Fantastic Four and was a more divisive one for me than the previous volumes. The writing remains quite good and exceptionally creative, but the art really limited my enjoyment of the stories.
Though it doesn't have the same feel as the early Fantastic Four material, it does have a similar approach, if that makes any sense. Whereas Lee and Kirby's characters often dived into subatomic realms or distant galaxies, North's dive into parallel universes or throughout time. Lee and Kirby loved to have some strange gadget that Reed invented or the team retrieved that could fix the problem (the Ultimate Nullifier remains an iconic gizmo name), whereas North loves to have some science paradox or theory that is explored to a superpower-driven resolution. There is a clear shared DNA between the two eras, even though their feel and style are very different.
Though I know some don't like it, I though the dinosaur universe double was really fun and fresh. It made for a story that I wouldn't love in most other comics, but fit the Fantastic Four quite well. I also loved how the resolution with Doom (avoiding spoilers here) reflected the Dark Forest paradox, which I was only introduced through via the Remembrance of Earth Past books. The time travel story was also one I enjoyed.
The art, however, was quite hit or miss for me. Though I don't necessarily like the floating head version of the Thing, it doesn't bother me a ton. But the mustache on Johnny really does not work, and the art in the later issues of this volume is tough to swallow. The issue regarding the children especially has some painful panels to look at, and the Thing's odd shapes and disturbing colorings make the floating head issues seem Edenic in comparison. I hope this artist adjusts quickly, or is swapped out for another.
Overall, a really fun Fantastic Four volume, even if the art was a struggle at times. I quite like North's work, and I'm excited to see him take on longer, more serious narratives in the future. I would recommend this to Tom.
Though it doesn't have the same feel as the early Fantastic Four material, it does have a similar approach, if that makes any sense. Whereas Lee and Kirby's characters often dived into subatomic realms or distant galaxies, North's dive into parallel universes or throughout time. Lee and Kirby loved to have some strange gadget that Reed invented or the team retrieved that could fix the problem (the Ultimate Nullifier remains an iconic gizmo name), whereas North loves to have some science paradox or theory that is explored to a superpower-driven resolution. There is a clear shared DNA between the two eras, even though their feel and style are very different.
Though I know some don't like it, I though the dinosaur universe double was really fun and fresh. It made for a story that I wouldn't love in most other comics, but fit the Fantastic Four quite well. I also loved how the resolution with Doom (avoiding spoilers here) reflected the Dark Forest paradox, which I was only introduced through via the Remembrance of Earth Past books. The time travel story was also one I enjoyed.
The art, however, was quite hit or miss for me. Though I don't necessarily like the floating head version of the Thing, it doesn't bother me a ton. But the mustache on Johnny really does not work, and the art in the later issues of this volume is tough to swallow. The issue regarding the children especially has some painful panels to look at, and the Thing's odd shapes and disturbing colorings make the floating head issues seem Edenic in comparison. I hope this artist adjusts quickly, or is swapped out for another.
Overall, a really fun Fantastic Four volume, even if the art was a struggle at times. I quite like North's work, and I'm excited to see him take on longer, more serious narratives in the future. I would recommend this to Tom.
August 30, 2025
The premise of 'alternate universe where everyone is dinosaurs' was a bit too silly, even for me. And I generally love silly plots (and dinosaurs.)
Thankfully, after that excursion things get back on track with another interesting science fiction premise, this time using Asimov's Foundation series as influence with the concept of future history.
Then, the Baxter Building is set to return, along with the FF's children, only it seemingly fails to materialize . . . The Metamind story was my favourite in the collection.
The shenanigans with the kids and the time travel story didn't quite land for me. Overall, an uneven collection.
Thankfully, after that excursion things get back on track with another interesting science fiction premise, this time using Asimov's Foundation series as influence with the concept of future history.
Then, the Baxter Building is set to return, along with the FF's children, only it seemingly fails to materialize . . . The Metamind story was my favourite in the collection.
The shenanigans with the kids and the time travel story didn't quite land for me. Overall, an uneven collection.
January 4, 2025
З минулого року я мав один маленький читацький «борг», на який хотів написати відгук. Це не будуть емоційні враження, які можливі відразу після прочитання. Але було бажання розповісти про сюжетну арку «Фантастична Четвірка: Неможливе є можливим» #12-18 від Раяна Норта. Адже це одна з кращих серій, які я читав за минулий рік, і вона заслуговує на увагу завдяки незвичним сюжетним ідеям, чудовому гумору та цікавій динаміці персонажів.
Сюжет цього третього тому починається з обміну тілами між Фантастичною Четвіркою та їхніми альтернативними версіями з паралельного світу, де всі є справжніми динозаврами. Зіткнення двох всесвітів загрожує знищенням обох реальностей, і, як завжди, Доктор Дум стає ключовим антагоністом, навіть у "динозавровій" формі. Подальші випуски досліджують теми штучного інтелекту, сімейних справ , шкільних експерементів та навіть подорожей у часі.
Враження від коміксу переважно позитивні. Попри дещо слабший старт із «динозавровою» аркою особисто для мене, серія швидко набирає обертів. Особливо вразила наукова основа історій — від дослідження можливостей штучного інтелекту до створення універсального розчинника речей дітьми Річардсів. Гумор тут також присутній, як і емоційні моменти, що нагадують, чому ця команда залишається такою важливою частиною Marvel.
Герої розкриваються далі добре. Рід Річардс у цій серії постає не просто геніальним вченим, а й турботливим батьком. Особливо сподобалася сюжетна лінія, де діти намагаються справити враження на однокласників, створивши надзвичайно небезпечний розчинник. Також варто відзначити сюжет з археологічними розкопками, де знахідка на розкопках кісток завдяки С'ю призводить до несподіваного повороту.
Загалом, ця серія чудово балансує між веселощами, емоціями та науково-фантастичними концептами. Раян Норт вкотре довів, що може поєднати складні ідеї з доступним для читача стилем.
May 21, 2024
The first story was a little too goofy for me, but everything else was more fun and creative ways of using the FF's powers in new ways to solve world ending puzzles
August 7, 2024
Really enjoying these epic scale stories that are contained to one or two issues! The art has been really good as well. Fantastic Four needs to be a cornerstone title of Marvel Comics.
Highlights:
- Starts off with a two part story where the Fantastic Four of our world switches places a Fantastic Four made completely of dinosaurs, including a T-Rex Doom! Things go back in the end, but I would love to see more of the dinosaur world.
- The team has been waiting a year for the return of the Baxter Building, which holds their kids and others. When investigating the site where it will return, they find people working on construction who are taking odd jobs from an app called Metamind. Investigation of this app leads to the discovery of an AI and Reed goes through many opinions about its usefulness before it is permanently shut down.
- In an effort to win over their peers at their new school in Benson, Arizona, the Richards kids and the Grimm kids work to create a Universal Solvent. Much happens once they succeed, but they have to get the parents involved when solar destruction is a possibility. Reed too had solved that issue previously and relied on unstable molecules to hold it.
- An archiologist's dig unearths Sue's future bones. Where their is time-travel, there is Kang, this time in his Rama-Tut iteration. Takes some trickery involving a very sophisticated 3d printer for them to win this time.
Another very good Volume. Ryan North is killing it.
Recommend.
Highlights:
- Starts off with a two part story where the Fantastic Four of our world switches places a Fantastic Four made completely of dinosaurs, including a T-Rex Doom! Things go back in the end, but I would love to see more of the dinosaur world.
- The team has been waiting a year for the return of the Baxter Building, which holds their kids and others. When investigating the site where it will return, they find people working on construction who are taking odd jobs from an app called Metamind. Investigation of this app leads to the discovery of an AI and Reed goes through many opinions about its usefulness before it is permanently shut down.
- In an effort to win over their peers at their new school in Benson, Arizona, the Richards kids and the Grimm kids work to create a Universal Solvent. Much happens once they succeed, but they have to get the parents involved when solar destruction is a possibility. Reed too had solved that issue previously and relied on unstable molecules to hold it.
- An archiologist's dig unearths Sue's future bones. Where their is time-travel, there is Kang, this time in his Rama-Tut iteration. Takes some trickery involving a very sophisticated 3d printer for them to win this time.
Another very good Volume. Ryan North is killing it.
Recommend.
May 17, 2024
Issue #16 is my favorite of this run, and I am hoping the series is going its footing soon and stop these one-issue stories, but I’m still enjoying everything I’m reading.
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April 7, 2024There's all sorts of good stuff here, not least a story about a terrifyingly powerful app which stands out in a crowded field through both its ingenuity and its emotional range. Plus, probably the first time a superhero comic has ever spent an issue paying open tribute to Robert Boyle. But none of that is going to stop it from being remembered for the moment where Doctor Doom enters, riding a Tyrannosaurus, and the Tyrannosaurus is also Doctor Doom. And that is only right and proper. Frankly, if it's all people remember of the whole decade, that would probably be for the best.
December 30, 2024
Dinosaur alternate universes (Doom is always going to be Doom)
An evil tech-bro creates an AI that develops consciousness. Eventually it too dies.
The kids create a universal solvent - just kid things 😜
Sue uses the power of braille to defeat Kang
A lot of fun, reminds me of the classic comics that I never really got. By the time I started reading comics, everything was getting REAL and DARK. This is the type of stuff a youngster would read under the covers before his parents caught him, just plain fun!
An evil tech-bro creates an AI that develops consciousness. Eventually it too dies.
The kids create a universal solvent - just kid things 😜
Sue uses the power of braille to defeat Kang
A lot of fun, reminds me of the classic comics that I never really got. By the time I started reading comics, everything was getting REAL and DARK. This is the type of stuff a youngster would read under the covers before his parents caught him, just plain fun!
May 22, 2024
The dinosaur shit was a bit average, but aside from that this is the best, most intelligent ongoing book at either of the Big Two. By a mile. You either know or you don’t.
Coello does a great job on art and Alex Ross is producing career best covers.
Get Ryan North on AMS asap please.
Coello does a great job on art and Alex Ross is producing career best covers.
Get Ryan North on AMS asap please.
July 5, 2024
The third collection of issues from Ryan North’s delightful run on the Fantastic Four’s most recent series continues with their whimsically fun adventures. The first of these — in which Marvel’s “first family” switches places with their counterparts from an Earth populated by dinosaurs — wasn’t my favorite, to be honest, as I couldn’t quite get past the assumption that the dinosaurs wouldn’t have changed physically since the Cretaceous era. But the story itself was fun (seeing how the FF pitted Doctor Doom against his dinosaur doppelgänger was hilarious) and still worth reading.
And then North took things to a new level with his follow-up story. In this one the team’s preparation for the impending arrival of the time-shifted Baxter Building is disrupted by the activities of a new artificial intelligence, who control thousands of people though . . . mobile games. It’s a great concept, and one that the FF meet not with big block-destroying battles, but through reason and negotiation. It really highlights what makes North’s stories so worth reading, and who every fan of the Fantastic Four should follow his run.
And then North took things to a new level with his follow-up story. In this one the team’s preparation for the impending arrival of the time-shifted Baxter Building is disrupted by the activities of a new artificial intelligence, who control thousands of people though . . . mobile games. It’s a great concept, and one that the FF meet not with big block-destroying battles, but through reason and negotiation. It really highlights what makes North’s stories so worth reading, and who every fan of the Fantastic Four should follow his run.
August 3, 2024
Issues 12-15 in this collection are amazing: dinosaurs, Doom, and the Metamind arc. I enjoyed issue 15 so much that I submitted my first fan letter to give kudos. Read as individual comics, ratings below:
#12= 5 stars
#13= 4 stars
#14= 4 stars
#15= 5 stars
#16= 3.5 stars
#17= 3.5 stars
Overall rating of 4 stars
#12= 5 stars
#13= 4 stars
#14= 4 stars
#15= 5 stars
#16= 3.5 stars
#17= 3.5 stars
Overall rating of 4 stars
December 26, 2024
This run continues to be everything most want from the Fantastic Four. I see why everyone is enjoying it. There are a lot of fun ideas. But I’ve learned that I’m just not really into these characters and this kind of book beyond the Hickman run.
July 1, 2024
Ryan North continues delivering a very fun sciencey run on the Fantastic Four. First up there’s an incursion between the main universe and a dinosaur one! It’s a lot of fun seeing how they have to overcome barriers and work together. Pair that with Iban Coello drawing the sickest dinosaurs ever and it was a really fun arc. Then when the Baxter Building is about the reappear after being gone for a year the FF run into a problem with some sentient AI preventing them from getting their kids back. Ivan Fiorelli draws a good FF and had the energy required to make this arc a lot of fun. Now the kids are back so we can get stories about them! The four of them feature in a story that’s literally just about them doing homework and it’s so much fun. It’s four super powered kids, of course they’ll find some way to make homework Fantastic. Lastly we got a time travel story that had a really unique twist at the end that made it super fun. Plus Carlos Gomez on art was amazing. I hope Ryan North keeps this run going for several more years.
July 20, 2025
Ryan North's FF run continues to meh. Not the best sentence in the world but its accurate. Here, there are a couple of really good issues and then a bunch of pointless ones as well. North's run can be summed up as good dialogue and extremely subpar plots and as an ongoing series, there is little to keep readers coming back. Almost every story seems like a filler story. The art here is solid but there were some off depictions of Ben. Overall, another mostly irrelevant book but enough going with the family dynamic to be "okay".
July 24, 2025
Not me crying over a fictional computer program. 😢
That aside, I had a lot of fun reading this volume! The kids are back, and that's wonderful! (Nikki Grimm is baby. I said what I said. 💚) I'm really enjoying this run, and I like how Ryan North approaches the FF, both as individual characters and as a team/family unit.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to back to crying over a fictional computer program.
That aside, I had a lot of fun reading this volume! The kids are back, and that's wonderful! (Nikki Grimm is baby. I said what I said. 💚) I'm really enjoying this run, and I like how Ryan North approaches the FF, both as individual characters and as a team/family unit.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to back to crying over a fictional computer program.
September 1, 2024
Dinosaur Doom. No further questions
September 15, 2024
Ryan is having fun writing this. It isn't building to anything but Silver Age silliness and tons of heart.
May 11, 2025
While I wasn’t a huge fan of the dinosaur avengers in the beginning of the book, it quickly won me over. The remainder of the book deals with some pretty cool and interesting sci-fi concepts!
May 17, 2025
Perhaps my favorite volume of North’s run so far! This volume feels like a culmination of all of the character’s personalities, and solidifies all of their interpersonal relationships. I never thought an author could write a story about a Dr. Doom dinosaur, and so perfectly capture his character. Another fantastic (yes, another pun) read!
May 29, 2025
Not bad but a volume that felt like a bunch of fluff.
September 30, 2024
i feel kind of bad giving this three stars, but i didn’t like these as much as the first two collections which i rated four stars so… three and a half maybe?
i really appreciate north’s science background in these comics. not only does it make so much sense for reed, but it also helps him create interesting storylines and new ways for the four to use their powers. however, these issues lack emotional depth to me. comic runs always have weaker spots, so i’m hoping the next collections fix that.
i really appreciate north’s science background in these comics. not only does it make so much sense for reed, but it also helps him create interesting storylines and new ways for the four to use their powers. however, these issues lack emotional depth to me. comic runs always have weaker spots, so i’m hoping the next collections fix that.
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