crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
4.0
I often find the Fantastic Four to be one of the more boring aspects of The Marvel Universe. Even when it was being written by one of my favorite writers, Jonathan Hickman, it took me a while to warm up to the series. But Zdarsky's book about The Thing, The Human Torch, and Doctor Doom traveling through the multi-verse in search of the Reed family, when two out of three of them are pretty sure that the Reeds are actually dead, is a fantastic story.
Zdarsky is in top form, tweaking all the Fantastic Four tropes from different eras to make an engaging character study of Doom and The Thing. And while Rachna Koul isn't fully fleshed out in this volume, she makes an intriguing character who you want to know more about.
I recommend this story who anyone who loved the multiverse travelling FF/Fantastic Four stories, fans of the blue-eyed everloving Thing, Doom apologists, Rick & Morty enthusiasts curious about the inspiration for The Council Of Ricks, and people who enjoy fun comics that explore traumatic and damaged interpersonal relationships without getting overly melodramatic.
Zdarsky is in top form, tweaking all the Fantastic Four tropes from different eras to make an engaging character study of Doom and The Thing. And while Rachna Koul isn't fully fleshed out in this volume, she makes an intriguing character who you want to know more about.
I recommend this story who anyone who loved the multiverse travelling FF/Fantastic Four stories, fans of the blue-eyed everloving Thing, Doom apologists, Rick & Morty enthusiasts curious about the inspiration for The Council Of Ricks, and people who enjoy fun comics that explore traumatic and damaged interpersonal relationships without getting overly melodramatic.
gohawks's review against another edition
4.0
I can see how Zdarsky can often be a very "surface" and quippy writer, but I'm a sucker for F4 and this is just as much about the relationships as anything else - which has always been what fascinated me about Marvel's first family.
josetinocoperez's review against another edition
5.0
90/100.
Los 4 Fantásticos fueron mis primeros superhéroes del mundo audiovisual y quizás por eso les guardo tanto cariño. Es verdad que la adaptación es mala a ojos de un adulto, pero a la vista de un niño, fue una revelación. Mucho tiempo después, comencé a leer cómics y por aquel entonces, los 4 Fantásticos murieron.
Quizás por eso me alegra tanto que el guion de Chip Zdarsky les esté dando esta vida regalada a Johnny y a Ben conforme esperan a que vuelvan Susan y Reed. Yo también los espero con muchas ganas para leer cómo exploran el universo.
Los 4 Fantásticos fueron mis primeros superhéroes del mundo audiovisual y quizás por eso les guardo tanto cariño. Es verdad que la adaptación es mala a ojos de un adulto, pero a la vista de un niño, fue una revelación. Mucho tiempo después, comencé a leer cómics y por aquel entonces, los 4 Fantásticos murieron.
Quizás por eso me alegra tanto que el guion de Chip Zdarsky les esté dando esta vida regalada a Johnny y a Ben conforme esperan a que vuelvan Susan y Reed. Yo también los espero con muchas ganas para leer cómo exploran el universo.
squidbag's review against another edition
4.0
Someone's already described this as a "love letter to the Fantastic Four," and that description certainly does the job. This is a multi-villain, universe-hopping, pathos-having, fun and jokey melancholy romp through FF history. Reed & Sue are absent here, presumed dead, but their presence is on every page. This is honest and fair storytelling, and Zdarsky here has produced an epic FF tale (with a lot of promising groundwork done for the next chapter) that stands alongside Lee, Byrne, & Waid's takes on Marvel's First Family.
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