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Fantastic Four (1998) (Collected Editions) #17
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest
Mark Millar! Bryan Hitch! Need we say more? All right, we will! Who is Mrs. Fantastic? And how will her return into Reed's life rock comicdom's First Family? Also, get ready to meet the Invisible Woman's brand-NEW super-team! These stories will make Fantastic Four "The World's ULTIMATEST Comic Magazine!" Promise! Collects Fantastic Four #554-561.
96 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 2008
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Mark Millar
1,514 books2,560 followersMark Millar is the New York Times best-selling writer of Wanted, the Kick-Ass series, The Secret Service, Jupiter’s Legacy, Jupiter’s Circle, Nemesis, Superior, Super Crooks, American Jesus, MPH, Starlight, and Chrononauts. Wanted, Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, and The Secret Service (as Kingsman: The Secret Service) have been adapted into feature films, and Nemesis, Superior, Starlight, War Heroes, Jupiter’s Legacy and Chrononauts are in development at major studios.
His DC Comics work includes the seminal Superman: Red Son, and at Marvel Comics he created The Ultimates – selected by Time magazine as the comic book of the decade, Wolverine: Old Man Logan, and Civil War – the industry’s biggest-selling superhero series in almost two decades.
Mark has been an Executive Producer on all his movie adaptations and is currently creative consultant to Fox Studios on their Marvel slate of movies.
His DC Comics work includes the seminal Superman: Red Son, and at Marvel Comics he created The Ultimates – selected by Time magazine as the comic book of the decade, Wolverine: Old Man Logan, and Civil War – the industry’s biggest-selling superhero series in almost two decades.
Mark has been an Executive Producer on all his movie adaptations and is currently creative consultant to Fox Studios on their Marvel slate of movies.
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January 22, 2018
This was better than I thought it would be - let's say that. This is all that big Marvel Bang - there is like a 100 story robot that costs a billion dollars a second to run - whatever. Also, the Human Torch is in a band - really? really. When did that happen and why? Also, they still have the Fantasticar - why has that horrible name not be upgrade to something 'cool'.
There is more relationships in this than I expected. it was better than I was expecting so I think that earned another star.
The Defenders are also in this story. I did think the art was good. There it is.
There is more relationships in this than I expected. it was better than I was expecting so I think that earned another star.
The Defenders are also in this story. I did think the art was good. There it is.
March 9, 2012
When Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch announced that they would follow up their acclaimed Ultimates opus with a stint in Fantastic Four, Millar declared he wanted to bring the book back to its sci-fi roots and make the book, “The World’s Greatest Comic Magazine” again. They definitely brought the fantastic back to the Four in a big way. Millar peppered his scripts with high science concepts and Hitch proved that his photo realistic art is no hindrance to illustrating a comic book filled with esoteric machinery.
The key to the science fiction heart of the Fantastic Four is the super-genius and technological wizardry of Reed Richards. Millar reminds the reader that this is Mr. Fantastic, a man whose brain can process a number of scenarios that real life supercomputers would overheat in doing. He has more brilliant ideas per second than even the most creative comic book writer. Millar makes him indispensable and made him save the day in the opening arc with his Galactus suit.
Millar wrote time travel, alternate dimension, artificial earths and super robots as devices in to Fantastic Four. Those are just for starters, I have a feeling things are going to get a whole lot weirder when Millar and Hitch wrap up their run.
The key to the science fiction heart of the Fantastic Four is the super-genius and technological wizardry of Reed Richards. Millar reminds the reader that this is Mr. Fantastic, a man whose brain can process a number of scenarios that real life supercomputers would overheat in doing. He has more brilliant ideas per second than even the most creative comic book writer. Millar makes him indispensable and made him save the day in the opening arc with his Galactus suit.
Millar wrote time travel, alternate dimension, artificial earths and super robots as devices in to Fantastic Four. Those are just for starters, I have a feeling things are going to get a whole lot weirder when Millar and Hitch wrap up their run.
February 21, 2014
The FANTASTIC FOUR are the WORLD’S GREATEST. The WORLD’S about to END! They have to save BILLIONS of PEOPLE from imminent DEATH! Johnny’s in a BAND and sleeping with a VILLAINESS! Reed’s old flame shows up OUT OF NOWHERE! Did I mention the WORLD’S about to END!?! The FANTASTIC FOUR are the WORLD’S GREATEST!!!!!!!!
Why am I writing like this? This is Mark Millar at his most Michael Bay-iest.
BIG.
DUMB.
COMICS.
At one point Reed gets into a giant robot suit and fights another giant robot so the comic ends up looking like the finale of every Power Rangers episode. Galactus gets used as a battery. I… I just don’t care!
But at least Reed gets something to do. Sue gets nothing and is side-lined for the entire book. Ben gets a new girlfriend who couldn’t be more boring – just your everyday teacher who falls for a rock monster! That’s half the team and those are their entire storylines! Johnny’s storyline is just embarrassing. He gets it on with a low level villain lady who’s into flameboys (whose father turns out to have the same powers so… that’s weird) and then starts a band. Reed is really the only character with an actual storyline, but wow, it’s such a dreary one!
The world of the future is a wasteland and the billions stranded there need a new world to inhabit. Coincidentally, Reed’s old girlfriend and her husband are building a copy of our world where only the super-rich will be allowed in to. Guess what the solution to this story is? The other arc is about a giant robot that goes on a rampage. Whatever.
If Millar’s writing in this book is utterly dismal (horrible plotting, even worse characterisation), Bryan Hitch’s art is at least great. It’s really gorgeous as usual and suitably epic to fit Millar’s vision. The problem is the splash pages and BIG imagery looks cool but doesn’t mean a damn thing because nothing’s happening in the scene meaning the reader simply doesn’t care. BIG EPIC SCENE – what am I supposed to feel exactly? Something, right? I don’t.
Apparently Millar’s “masterminding” the newest Fantastic Four movie (is anyone interested?) and if it turns out like this, it’s gonna be another turkey. Hitch’s art may be accomplished as hell but it’s not reason enough to pick up this badly written, brainless crapfest.
Why am I writing like this? This is Mark Millar at his most Michael Bay-iest.
BIG.
DUMB.
COMICS.
At one point Reed gets into a giant robot suit and fights another giant robot so the comic ends up looking like the finale of every Power Rangers episode. Galactus gets used as a battery. I… I just don’t care!
But at least Reed gets something to do. Sue gets nothing and is side-lined for the entire book. Ben gets a new girlfriend who couldn’t be more boring – just your everyday teacher who falls for a rock monster! That’s half the team and those are their entire storylines! Johnny’s storyline is just embarrassing. He gets it on with a low level villain lady who’s into flameboys (whose father turns out to have the same powers so… that’s weird) and then starts a band. Reed is really the only character with an actual storyline, but wow, it’s such a dreary one!
The world of the future is a wasteland and the billions stranded there need a new world to inhabit. Coincidentally, Reed’s old girlfriend and her husband are building a copy of our world where only the super-rich will be allowed in to. Guess what the solution to this story is? The other arc is about a giant robot that goes on a rampage. Whatever.
If Millar’s writing in this book is utterly dismal (horrible plotting, even worse characterisation), Bryan Hitch’s art is at least great. It’s really gorgeous as usual and suitably epic to fit Millar’s vision. The problem is the splash pages and BIG imagery looks cool but doesn’t mean a damn thing because nothing’s happening in the scene meaning the reader simply doesn’t care. BIG EPIC SCENE – what am I supposed to feel exactly? Something, right? I don’t.
Apparently Millar’s “masterminding” the newest Fantastic Four movie (is anyone interested?) and if it turns out like this, it’s gonna be another turkey. Hitch’s art may be accomplished as hell but it’s not reason enough to pick up this badly written, brainless crapfest.
December 3, 2010
Fun plot and decent art. Time travel stories are kinda tricky to pull off, but I think Millar did an ok job of it.
June 7, 2021
3.5 stars. This was pretty solid. It dealt with some time travel. I know time travel stories usually make everyone mad but they don’t bother me as long as they are done well and Millar did pretty good with this story here. Some cool plot points happen that I didn’t see coming plus Bryan Hitch did some solid work on art detail. On to the next volume.
November 13, 2009
Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch spin a story that's both reverential to the glory days of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and unafraid of bringing in new pseudo-science and new characters to muck up the FF's family life. The big "nu-Earth" story has a bit of a global warming "ripped from the headlines" feel without being weighty or morose. At the same time, the story doesn't ever carry much emotional heft. It's a neat ride that explores some cool ideas, but won't stick with you for long.
Hitch's art may be the biggest drawback. He has some nice throwaway splash pages that call back to Jack Kirby, but in several spots his art is blurry and confused.
Hitch's art may be the biggest drawback. He has some nice throwaway splash pages that call back to Jack Kirby, but in several spots his art is blurry and confused.
December 23, 2025
Pure Millar, in a way. Excellent high concepts and crazy twists, partly ruined by major weaknesses in the plot development.
The first part is the most disappointing; between Johnny being portrayed as a total idiot and , Millar pushes the envelope too far but lays the groundwork for a much better second part – albeit not without flaws and inconsistencies, but more gripping —with some very good twists and a memorable ending, to say the least.
So it's not good. Not 4* good, anyway. There's too much of a gap between the first and second parts. But overall, it's still enjoyable enough to be worth reading—depending on your level of suspension of disbelief.
I really like Bryan Hitch, who illustrates all eight episodes, and in that respect there are no unpleasant surprises.
The first part is the most disappointing; between Johnny being portrayed as a total idiot and , Millar pushes the envelope too far but lays the groundwork for a much better second part – albeit not without flaws and inconsistencies, but more gripping —with some very good twists and a memorable ending, to say the least.
So it's not good. Not 4* good, anyway. There's too much of a gap between the first and second parts. But overall, it's still enjoyable enough to be worth reading—depending on your level of suspension of disbelief.
I really like Bryan Hitch, who illustrates all eight episodes, and in that respect there are no unpleasant surprises.
May 21, 2012
This is not exactly new, but I found it on sale at my local comics shop during the recent FCBD event so I picked it up on a whim.
Anyway, I thought it was a lot of fun and reading it was a perfectly enjoyable way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon at home.
Anyway, I thought it was a lot of fun and reading it was a perfectly enjoyable way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon at home.
June 30, 2010
Terrific outing by the Ultimates writer/artist team of Mark Millar & Bryan Hitch.
August 10, 2018
An extremely confident and competent run. Millar doesn't dig as deep as other runs like Hickman's, JMS, Byrne's, Sarcasa's and Waid's but he certainly goes BIG. People said these ideas were dumb...I think they're just a pathetic sort. The first story arc is about the 1% building a second Earth to leave everyone else behind for Climate Change. It's a literal heaven on earth....for the wealthy. They aren't fixing the problem. Pretty funny social commentary (the big threat isn't Galactus or Thanos...it's the human race to itself). He was the first writer to AMP up Valerie's power set, and also through a fun little time travel story (which while wasn't revolutionary was fun).
It's got a mission statement that made the comic look like a magazine with glamorous stars (i.e. George Clooney as Reed Richards). This is the kind of comic that I feel is accessible and would get the casual fan interested. Not Hickman's convoluted run, nor Weiringo's art with Waid.
Millar devotes 4-issues to each of the characters, which is a clever format that I think should be utilized more. This run literally had everything regarding superhero poetry and gimmicks--saving the world, a death, a marriage, time-travel/potential futures, the Death of Galactus, the Death of the Watcher, Doctor Doom's Master, etc.
It's weird..this book seems to get a lot of low marks. It's a restrained, reverent and bombastic run. I feel it's because those reading it have an irrational chip on their shoulders or an inferiority complex.
It's got a mission statement that made the comic look like a magazine with glamorous stars (i.e. George Clooney as Reed Richards). This is the kind of comic that I feel is accessible and would get the casual fan interested. Not Hickman's convoluted run, nor Weiringo's art with Waid.
Millar devotes 4-issues to each of the characters, which is a clever format that I think should be utilized more. This run literally had everything regarding superhero poetry and gimmicks--saving the world, a death, a marriage, time-travel/potential futures, the Death of Galactus, the Death of the Watcher, Doctor Doom's Master, etc.
It's weird..this book seems to get a lot of low marks. It's a restrained, reverent and bombastic run. I feel it's because those reading it have an irrational chip on their shoulders or an inferiority complex.
April 15, 2018
I have so missed this particular title. As of this writing, Fantastic Four is no longer in active status. So I picked this up to get back into characters I love and care about. This was a brialliant story that I loved. What has always made this title one of the most fascinating is it’s focus on the family dynamic, which is much in play with this story and provides the story with its strength. This had everything you was as a FF fan.
February 10, 2025
Absolutely brilliant re-invention work by Millar and Hitch, two artists who radically changed the superhero genre with the Authority at different times, and then Ultimates, and now team up here to breathe new life into the series (when it originally run). When it first came out in 2009 it was a massive aesthetic and punchy jump from the normal vibe of Fantastic Four. This run holds up on its own terms as a refreshing, propulsive and wide-screen event comic. Millar has some “edgy” bits that are annoying at times, though far fewer than in Ultimates - and the ideas and pacing here are, um, fantastic. Hitch’s art, while still grand and unique, is a bit muddy at times. Still, can’t wait for volume 2.
May 14, 2025
(Read in 2013, review from 2025)
This was an interesting read in college, somewhere between normal Fantastic Four stories and Millar’s Ultimate FF work. There are some interesting ideas in this one (i.e., future Marvel Earth is overpopulated so future heroes send a futuristic FF member back to stop the world from getting screwed). Mostly this was just okay but the realistic art was neat.
This was an interesting read in college, somewhere between normal Fantastic Four stories and Millar’s Ultimate FF work. There are some interesting ideas in this one (i.e., future Marvel Earth is overpopulated so future heroes send a futuristic FF member back to stop the world from getting screwed). Mostly this was just okay but the realistic art was neat.
October 5, 2015
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest, Fantastic Four: Masters of Doom.
Благодаря автору, этот ран точно можно назвать самым пафосным и самым эпатажным, а также одним из самых масштабных. Экшен, жестокость, убийства, взрывы, девушки с модельной внешностью, всё как всегда у Миллера, и рисунок Хитча только подчёркивает любовь Марка к голливудскому лоску. Зато без чего обошлось в этот раз, так это без пошлых и глупых шуточек, мата, а также откровенной жести типа жёстокого изнасилования несовершеннолетней девушки.
Так же этот ран является одним из самых яро пытающихся шокировать своего читателя и вызывать у него бурю эмоций от всеразличных, неожиданных сюжетных поворотов. Не скрою, Миллар шокировать умеет, умудрился он это сделать и сейчас, особенно в арке про Дума и его хозяев, что возвращаются на Землю, чтобы проверить своего ученика. В последний раз такого грозного Дума я видел разве что у того же Миллара в "Ultimate Fantastic Four", но даже тот Виктор меркнет в сравнении с этим. Марк наглядно показывает, почему Виктор Фон Дум является одним из лучших злодеев в комиксах Marvel.
Не забыл он за 16 выпусков и про семейные отношения и общую душевность серии, но этого было гораздо меньше, нежели эффектного действия и спасения мира. Так же любопытной показалась идея почти в каждом выпуске давать читателям почитать личный блог Валерии, дочери Рида и Сью, что позволяет ещё лучше взглянуть на всё происходящее глазами ребёнка.
Благодаря автору, этот ран точно можно назвать самым пафосным и самым эпатажным, а также одним из самых масштабных. Экшен, жестокость, убийства, взрывы, девушки с модельной внешностью, всё как всегда у Миллера, и рисунок Хитча только подчёркивает любовь Марка к голливудскому лоску. Зато без чего обошлось в этот раз, так это без пошлых и глупых шуточек, мата, а также откровенной жести типа жёстокого изнасилования несовершеннолетней девушки.
Так же этот ран является одним из самых яро пытающихся шокировать своего читателя и вызывать у него бурю эмоций от всеразличных, неожиданных сюжетных поворотов. Не скрою, Миллар шокировать умеет, умудрился он это сделать и сейчас, особенно в арке про Дума и его хозяев, что возвращаются на Землю, чтобы проверить своего ученика. В последний раз такого грозного Дума я видел разве что у того же Миллара в "Ultimate Fantastic Four", но даже тот Виктор меркнет в сравнении с этим. Марк наглядно показывает, почему Виктор Фон Дум является одним из лучших злодеев в комиксах Marvel.
Не забыл он за 16 выпусков и про семейные отношения и общую душевность серии, но этого было гораздо меньше, нежели эффектного действия и спасения мира. Так же любопытной показалась идея почти в каждом выпуске давать читателям почитать личный блог Валерии, дочери Рида и Сью, что позволяет ещё лучше взглянуть на всё происходящее глазами ребёнка.
January 20, 2016
I remember when the Fantastic Four used to be billed as 'The World's Greatest Comic Magazine'.
I'm not really sure what happened to them over the years and it's a really sad sad tale and maybe 3 failed movies had something to do with their downfall. I was a reader back in the day and although I never embraced them like I did the Avengers or X-Men, I still enjoyed them quite a bit. I've run across some of the FF trade paperbacks recently and read them and they've just left much to be desired.
In this trade the FF have to save the world once again but as always there's some dysfunctional happenings going on in the FF family. In this one Johnny's in a rock band but he can't seem to get there on-time and he also has a villainess girlfriend. Reed and Sue have some friction as one of Reed's old flames returns. I always thought Sue was Reed's first girlfriend so this makes him a little cool in my eyes. I like some of the personal things that go on among the FF as it adds some humanity to the whole comic but unfortunately the timing is a bit bad as....well...the whole world is about to end and we have to worry about Torch's choice of what kind of car to drive and when can Reed see his ex-girlfriend again. It all seems a bit trite...but then again comics are for kids aren't they....hahaha....yeah, right!
The writing in this book just isn't very good I'm afraid, and there's just really not enough meat in this FF sandwich.
I'm not really sure what happened to them over the years and it's a really sad sad tale and maybe 3 failed movies had something to do with their downfall. I was a reader back in the day and although I never embraced them like I did the Avengers or X-Men, I still enjoyed them quite a bit. I've run across some of the FF trade paperbacks recently and read them and they've just left much to be desired.
In this trade the FF have to save the world once again but as always there's some dysfunctional happenings going on in the FF family. In this one Johnny's in a rock band but he can't seem to get there on-time and he also has a villainess girlfriend. Reed and Sue have some friction as one of Reed's old flames returns. I always thought Sue was Reed's first girlfriend so this makes him a little cool in my eyes. I like some of the personal things that go on among the FF as it adds some humanity to the whole comic but unfortunately the timing is a bit bad as....well...the whole world is about to end and we have to worry about Torch's choice of what kind of car to drive and when can Reed see his ex-girlfriend again. It all seems a bit trite...but then again comics are for kids aren't they....hahaha....yeah, right!
The writing in this book just isn't very good I'm afraid, and there's just really not enough meat in this FF sandwich.
June 13, 2016
Last comic for a while. Been on something of a binge recently. (Damn you Marvel Unlimited!) Gorgeous artwork in this. It's also got a lot of suspense which I appreciated. A lot of the comics I've read do a poor job of making you wait to find out how things end, unless they hold the explanation until the first page of the next issue things never take time to resolve. Here at least there were some moving parts that kept you waiting. Ben's new girlfriend for example. Who's this man she keeps meeting with? Is she all she seems? Tiny element of the story but at least it kept me wondering.
My main issue with this story is a glaring lack of consequences. The characters returned from the future do a number of horribly fucked up things, including murdering Galactus in cold blood (no angel, I know, but still) and only avoiding doing the same to Johnny and Doom by chance. Yet once the refugees are on Nu-Earth (seriously, that name sucks) everything's hunky dory and all is forgiven? It really shouldn't be like that. It just doesn't stack up. I basically removed a whole star from my review on that basis.
My main issue with this story is a glaring lack of consequences. The characters returned from the future do a number of horribly fucked up things, including murdering Galactus in cold blood (no angel, I know, but still) and only avoiding doing the same to Johnny and Doom by chance. Yet once the refugees are on Nu-Earth (seriously, that name sucks) everything's hunky dory and all is forgiven? It really shouldn't be like that. It just doesn't stack up. I basically removed a whole star from my review on that basis.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 26, 2008
Mark Millar just doesn't get it. This was pretty painful and felt more like Millar thought he was still writing the Ultimate titles.
Johnny's sleeping with a super villain, Ben is using modern slang and Reed has an ex-girl friend that shows up out of nowhere.
Hitch is a great artist, but seems to be trying to draw the FF so they look like the movie versions and all his big screen panels would be more impressive if something was actually happening in the story. To much talking about things and not enough stuff being shown happening.
This stuff seems even weaker, because the stuff that came before it ( written by Mark Waid and Dwayne McDuffie) was so much better, had a strong grasp of who the FF are, when they weren't working really hard to fix all the crap Civil War ( written by Millar) dumped on the FF.
Despite my hate for him, I do try and give Millar a chance to redeem himself and he always manages to convince me he is an untalented knucklehead who shouldn't be trusted with any marvel series.
Johnny's sleeping with a super villain, Ben is using modern slang and Reed has an ex-girl friend that shows up out of nowhere.
Hitch is a great artist, but seems to be trying to draw the FF so they look like the movie versions and all his big screen panels would be more impressive if something was actually happening in the story. To much talking about things and not enough stuff being shown happening.
This stuff seems even weaker, because the stuff that came before it ( written by Mark Waid and Dwayne McDuffie) was so much better, had a strong grasp of who the FF are, when they weren't working really hard to fix all the crap Civil War ( written by Millar) dumped on the FF.
Despite my hate for him, I do try and give Millar a chance to redeem himself and he always manages to convince me he is an untalented knucklehead who shouldn't be trusted with any marvel series.
July 8, 2015
Millarova FF příliš nezaujala, hlavně postavy jsou takové dost tuctové a téměř bez charakteru (Johny = machýrek, Reed = vědec) a Hitchova kresba mi v prvních sešitech vůbec neseděla. První book má v sobě dva čtyřdílné story arcy (které ale na sebe navazují).
První je trapárna. Objevuje se Reedova spolužačka z vejšky, která se ho snaží sbalit a zároveň ho zrekrutovat pro projekt Nu-Earth. Planeta Země totiž přestane být za pár let pro lidi neobyvatelná a tak pár vědců buduje umělou utopickou zemi, kde nebudou války, násilí atp. Na vše má dohlížet obří nezničitelný robot, který se (jak jinak) vymkne kontrole a začne ničit vojenské základny na naší zemi.
2*
V druhém příběhu "Death of Invisible Woman" (debilní spoilerující název) se to už krapet rozjede. Objevuje se neznámý super tým, který unáší Dooma s Human Torchem a cosi plánuje. Finále působí děsně uspěchaně, ale jinak je námět docela zajímavej.
3*
K tomu přidejme hnusné magazínové obálky a už zmíněné ploché postavy a ve finále to na víc jak 2* není.
První je trapárna. Objevuje se Reedova spolužačka z vejšky, která se ho snaží sbalit a zároveň ho zrekrutovat pro projekt Nu-Earth. Planeta Země totiž přestane být za pár let pro lidi neobyvatelná a tak pár vědců buduje umělou utopickou zemi, kde nebudou války, násilí atp. Na vše má dohlížet obří nezničitelný robot, který se (jak jinak) vymkne kontrole a začne ničit vojenské základny na naší zemi.
2*
V druhém příběhu "Death of Invisible Woman" (debilní spoilerující název) se to už krapet rozjede. Objevuje se neznámý super tým, který unáší Dooma s Human Torchem a cosi plánuje. Finále působí děsně uspěchaně, ale jinak je námět docela zajímavej.
3*
K tomu přidejme hnusné magazínové obálky a už zmíněné ploché postavy a ve finále to na víc jak 2* není.
September 21, 2013
World's Greatest (554-557). does an amazing job of balancing the personal with FF adventure. On the personal side you have great new characters and everyone doing fun stuff (though Sue gets the short end of the stick with her barely covered charity). On the adventure side, you get the amazing large scope that increasingly expect from Millar, as he introduces the brilliantly conceived nuEarth. The result is a quirky, exciting and fun look at the team [8/10].
Death of the Invisible Woman. This second story manages to up the scope more. We get a truly epic story, some surprises, and an ending that really hits home. I think it's one of Mark Millar's best pieces [9/10].
And this is all a great setup for the Hickman run that follows, as the nuEarth and newValerie continue to be big plot points. I suggest that any Hickman read begin here.
Death of the Invisible Woman. This second story manages to up the scope more. We get a truly epic story, some surprises, and an ending that really hits home. I think it's one of Mark Millar's best pieces [9/10].
And this is all a great setup for the Hickman run that follows, as the nuEarth and newValerie continue to be big plot points. I suggest that any Hickman read begin here.
April 16, 2017
Es todo un desafío escribir una historia de los Cuatro Fantásticos. Debes mezclar problemas familiares del diario vivir, con la complejidad de ser un héroe y una celebridad en tu ciudad. Además, debes integrarle un fuerte elemento de ciencia ficción que se mezcle con toda la acción posible para lograr que el lector sienta atraído y se convierta en uno más de los pasajeros en esta aventura. A Millar le cuesta despegar pese a que tiene una habilidad única para lograr una correcta interacción de los personajes. Un bonus es el espectacular trabajo visual de Bryan Hitch, partner de Millar en Ultimates, que se luce en desmembrar en viñetas y splash-pages cada concepto que Millar tiene en su cabeza.
March 28, 2015
Not Mark Millar's finest work but a solid attempt none the less. I did feel i was reading an ultimates version of the charachters. The story has a strong sense of both future and past and seems to build up well. I think what lets it diwn the most is the weekness of the ending of the first story arch. Sadly the payoff felt some what predicatable and the percieved solutions felt out of charchter for the future versions. Still not sure how i felt by the final twist in book one. My initial impressions were unimpressed. The bottom line here is entertaining writing for a some what pointless and predictable plot line.
September 28, 2017
Il revamp dei fantastici quattro ad opera Millar / Hitch. Con le caratteristiche narrative di Millar: sensazionalismo in salsa americana, aria da colossal in ogni sequenza, esagerazioni distribuite come se piovesse. Per dirne una: come diavolo è possibile che bastino due scienziati molto intelligenti per costruire un cyborg in grado di neutralizzare, fra gli altri, l'altrimenti onnipotente Sentry: per neutralizzare la domanda non sarebbe stato meglio semplicemente non spedire senty contro "Cap"? Ma il volume ha un modo di farsi personare: i fantastici, strabilianti disegni di Hitch. Nulla da dire, tranne qualche espressione un po' troppo esagerata.
September 29, 2014
No se porque le dierón tan duro al comic en su día....que Hitch no era tan glorioso, que las ideas eran muy arrastradas,que fueque,que fueque...lo único que se es que a mi me parecio grandioso; una historia de salva el mundo a ultimo momento, viajes en el tiempo, crisis de familia,un Jhonny Storm como el Paris Hilton del universo Marvel, momentos muy CLOBBERIN TIME and FLAME ON, y un arte muy bueno, que puede que no este al nivel de Ultimates pero esta muy por encima de cualquier dibujante de new 52.La unica pega, es la resolución del conflicto con Cap, de resto, muy, muy recomendado.
April 19, 2013
Oh boy ... it sure has been a while since read Fantastic Four last time, even that it is one of my favourite superhero-families ever. Millar and Hitch did an awesome job with this one. Story and characters felt fresh but still they stayed true to classic FF elements like all things cosmic being everyday and mundane and most important keeping FF about family ... like it's supposed to be.
Have to check more new FF soon.
Have to check more new FF soon.
November 9, 2009
Mark Millar can eat a dick. Ooohh, huge landmarks get destroyed! Big Ideas abound! Widescreen action on every page!
Sigh.
This asshole just keeps writing the Ultimates over and over again. And even that book was just Millar ripping himself off on the Authority, which was just Millar ripping Warren Ellis off.
Pretty art, though. In a CGI kinda way.
Sigh.
This asshole just keeps writing the Ultimates over and over again. And even that book was just Millar ripping himself off on the Authority, which was just Millar ripping Warren Ellis off.
Pretty art, though. In a CGI kinda way.
April 24, 2012
Reed's old fling builds a robot to protect her new planet and it gets out of control.
Later Dr. Doom comes begging for help.
Excellent art and a gripping storyline with genuine surprises.
Fans will enjoy this book!
Notes
Who's the one person that can outsmart Reed Richards?
Learning Curve
Moderate: Readers new to Fantastic Four might be confused
Later Dr. Doom comes begging for help.
Excellent art and a gripping storyline with genuine surprises.
Fans will enjoy this book!
Notes
Who's the one person that can outsmart Reed Richards?
Learning Curve
Moderate: Readers new to Fantastic Four might be confused
May 12, 2012
Hitch's beautiful art? Everybody's acting OOC? The air of douchey-ness that makes hate all characters? Everything feels like a mix between a CW teen drama and a Michael Bay movie? Oh god, this is a lost Ultimates volume, isn't it? Even the plots are recycled.
1 star for the writing as a whole, 2 stars for the art.
1 star for the writing as a whole, 2 stars for the art.
February 13, 2009
Millar begins a fun run on FF, playing with the fun Kirby/Lee toys lying around the Baxter Building.
It manages to be a family super-hero story without angst. The art is lovely and the writing is just damned fun.
It manages to be a family super-hero story without angst. The art is lovely and the writing is just damned fun.
February 12, 2010
Although I typically find time-travel to be the laziest plot device in science fiction, this story arc was the best FF writing since The '60s. Incredibly fun, layered storylines that converged into an awe inspiring work of huge imagination. I couldnot believe my eyes toward the end
of the arc.
of the arc.
January 2, 2013
I'm not a huge Fantastic Four fan but this book was entertaining. It was definitely in line with other "wide screen" Millar books like The Ultimates. Lots of action, fast pace, big ideas. And even some characterization for Reed and Sue Richards!
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