Fantastic Four #6!!

Fantastic Four #6 was a good story and a vast improvement from what has happened in the past few issues.  In this issue for whatever stupid reason the family has decided to visit the birth of the universe just seconds after the Big Bang.  There they find a living thing possibly an alien stranded, now if you had read the first two pages of this issue you would know this person was condemned to die at the end of the Universe.  The Thing, who is having some issues that include glowing eyes, goes out and rescues the stranded person.  It turns out the person they rescue is Blastaar of Baluur a rather powerful villain that has fought the Fantastic Four before.  A fight ensues that causes a lot of damage to the ship and has the Thing hanging from the outside.  In order to save everyone Franklin uses his power to move the ship and everyone further along the time stream possibly to the end of the universe.  We are treated to viewing the death of Blastaar.  It was almost an anti-climactic death for such a powerful character of the Marvel Universe.

Fantastic Four #5

Fantastic Four #5 was kind of weird.  I say the issue was weird because this time the Fantastic Four Family head to ancient Rome to ask Jullius Caesar a question.  The kids and Johnny Storm (Human Torch) want to know if Caesar really did live with pirates and over pay his own ransom.  It turns out that Caesar was actually a time traveling alien and hilarity ensues.  Reid and Sue have some alone time to discuss Reid’s illness.  All ends well and the timeline is only a little changed.  We flash to what we are told is “Last November” and get to see Caesar has survived.  While I did call this issue weird I have to say it was a vast improvement in story telling reaching all the way to entertaining.

Fantastic Four!

Fantastic Four #4 continues the travels of the team in time and space.  I do not even know where to start in saying how disappointing this issue was.  Once again Reed Richards the so called Mister Fantastic has done something so very selfish and idiotic.  I really do not like the new and evil Illuminati version of Mr. Fantastic.  I was also not happy that the only way the writers felt they could include the Thing and the Human Torch was by having them fight.  As the writers like to point out by having Reed be evil the Thing and Torch have not changed at all.  I’m just so disappointed in this comic the writers had a chance to fix all that was wrong with the Fantastic Four with this reboot and instead they just made things worse.

Fantastic Four!

Fantastic Four number three was rather disappointing.  After a buildup of two issues the first real adventure is a fight with a giant planet / star thing that tries to eat the Fantastic Four and kids.  But no real surprise since this new Reid Richards is now the most selfish person in the Marvel Universe.  This series had real potential and now I’m not sure if I will continue to buy it or not.

More Comics!

The All New X-Men #1 sucked.  I just finished reading the issue and well the art was good.  Really I feel ripped off for spending money on this comic.  Note to Marvel Comics, the DC comics reboot worked because they wrote good stories.  It was also a true reboot and not just the aftermath of this year’s big cross over event.  What happens next year?  Another bunch of #1 comic reboots?

Next I read Fantastic Four #1, now that was an interesting comic. The Fantastic Four was one of the first comics I bought regularly.  So I was amused to see Johnny Storm the Human Torch is alive again.  I am not sure how that did not make the news at all.  Then the Thing was defeated by the Yancy Street Gang, again.  Seriously I am amazed that after all these years the Yancy Street Gang is a threat to the Thing.  The Thing can and has gone head to head against the Hulk for goodness sake.  Anyway we shall see where this story line heads.