Fantastic Four #1
& FF #1, Marvel Comics - Written
by Matt Fraction with art by Mark Bagely and Mike Allred.
As First Issues go Fantastic Four #1 felt more like FF #0. There’s
a set-up and a premise but no real plot to speak of.
That said, the only thing you really need to glean from this
story, titled “Unstable”, can be found in two separate, but related, bits of dialogue
uttered by Mr. Fantastic himself, Reed Richards. The first bit, which comes
almost half-way through the book, is “Uh-oh.” The second comes in the very last
panel. Looking sincerely at his wife, Reed says, “Trust me.”
Now, coming from any normal person, those two phrases would
be completely innocuous at best and only marginally significant at worst. But
when spoken by some one who is, arguably, the smartest person on the planet,
and who has a tendency to put curiosity ahead of caution and discovery before
discretion, well those four little syllables are sure to spell BIG TROUBLE!
Great set up
Story – 6 ½ unstable molecules. Art – 8 ½ dimensional
portals.
This brings us quite literally to FF #1.
Here we are treated to the expected “gathering of the team”
story, but interspersed with delightful little vignettess of the Future
Foundation Kids taking turns to explain just what the Future Foundation means
to them. As humorous as these were, my favorite scene in this issue is the one where
Ben Grimm (the Thing) is trying to recruit Jennifer Walters (She-Hulk) in the
gym.
While I am not a huge fan of Mike Allred’s more cartoony style, I think he
did a passable job here though his “tech” could use some better detail. He manages
to get a more realistic feel to his drawings on this book, and in at least one
panel, She-Hulk looked quite beautiful.
Worth Checking Out!
Story – 8 floating heads; Art – 7 white jumpsuits.
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