Fantastic Four Visionaries: George Perez Vol. 2

Fantastic Four (1961) #187-188, 191-192, Annual #14-15

by Len Wein, Roger Stern, George Pérez

Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #187-188 and #191-192, Fantastic Four Annual #14-15, Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #60 and material from Adventures of the Thing #3.

One of the FF's top talents gives Mister Fantastic a REALLY new look...as the Molecule Man! And once the team deals with this ultimate infiltration, they still must face sorcery, Skrulls and super-powered statues! Plus: the power of Franklin Richards! Guest-starring the Texas Twister and the Impossible Man!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Marvel, Science Fiction, Adventure

171 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 3, 2006

About the author

Len Wein was an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men (including the co-creation of Nightcrawler, Storm, and Colossus). Additionally, he was the editor for writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons' influential DC miniseries Watchmen.

Wein was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2008.

Reviews

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 2 out of 5]

An artist visionaries book at its worst. Storylines are randomly cut, allowing no completion. With character arcs thus out the window, you're left with a bunch of fights.

[Michael Emond · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whew - I am glad I decided to press on and read this one after the first volume (which was a dud in terms of writing and the art) because it was MUCH better.

First, the art is so much better. George was just starting out in the first volume and hadn't reached his peak yet (that is still after this in New Teen Titans), in this volume you see his true style coming through and why I fell in love with his art in the 80's. You also have inkers who are much better suited to his style (Pablo Marcos for one) than the ones in volume one.

Second, the writing is better. We get some more coherent stories and better writing, Marv Wolfman is doing the majority of the writing and while no one would call these classic stories they are a more fun than the first volume. It has one of my favourite FF stories of that time from FF Annual 15. A little complaint - since it focuses on George's art we see stories that talk about Reed Richards losing his power and the FF disbanding but then we skip ahead to them being back together with Reed having his powers back so that is a bit frustrating - but understandable.

Overall - a lot better than volume one and a nice collection of George's FF work.

[Christian · Rating 3 out of 5]

The jumps between the George Pérez-drawn issues of Fantastic Four are less annoying in this volume than in Fantastic Four Visionaries: George Pérez, Vol. 1. However, the gems of the collection are two Fantastic Four Annuals--standalone, epic-length stories. As a 70s/80s fanboy, I love Perez and remember this era of the FF fondly.

[Stephen Snyder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic read for any Fantastic Four fan!