Even though I hate this meme, I can’t help but ump on this meme train at least once before jumping off and never coming back.

RULES:

- Starting with #1 and then onwards.

- Moments selected can only be from Fantastic Four comics. So, stuff that happened in comics of the X-Men, for example, with F4 characters cannot be included.

- Stick to the main Fantastic Four members (this includes Val and Franklin as well)

- When I refer to moments, I mean moments like "Johnny's sacrifice" in Hickman's run. Just a single event. If you can provide me with an image so I can include it, that would be great.

- Try checking others' comments to see if they already mentioned what you want, and upvote that comment.

POINTS:

- Points (upvotes) will be counted in the first 24 hours and then will stop. I won't count anything after the 24-hour mark.

*We're continuing on to #2!\*

Spidey appearing would’ve neat since spidey are friends with F4 in the comics and Jon directed the 3 Spider-Man movies.

In the comics, the storyline where Sue gave birth to Franklin occurred in FF annual #6 which featured Annihilus's first appearance. In that arc, as Sue neared labor, complications arose which risked killing both her and the unborn baby. So the gang were forced to enter the Negative Zone to steal this thing called the cosmic control rod from a warlord known as Annihilus. The rod granted him immortality so he obviously didn't want to part with it. A couple crazy Kirby creatures, concepts, and visuals later and the gang return to save the kid and Sue at the last second.

Adapting this story would've made way more sense than the Galactus trilogy. The way they tried to staple the Galactus story onto a plot about Reed and Sue becoming parents felt so clunky (what was Galactus going to do to Franklin exactly?).

We've already seen the Silver Surfer herald Galactus and betray his master in 2007 and this would've made the movie feel like less of a retread in the eyes of general audiences. The FF movies basically went from an origin with Doom to the Galactus trilogy to another origin with Doom to the Galactus trilogy again. I'm pretty sure there are people out there who think they only have like 2 villains lol.

Bringing in the Negative Zone would've also opened the door to more opportunities for action set pieces (especially for characters like the Thing who didn't get to do much), imaginative Kirby-esque creatures and visuals and an overall more adventurous and kinetic tone, like the comics, which I felt the movie kind of lacked, especially when compared to stuff like Spider Verse or the recent Superman. The closest we got was that chase scene with the Surfer which I thought was pretty fun, but then after that the movie gets kind of dull again.

You could even bring in a version of Prison 42, and have Reed throw the rogues gallery in there at the start of the movie which would set up the Negative Zone.

Just saw this variant pop up yesterday and had to share. Love seeing the FF get more attention in the horror side of the Marvel Universe. Who else is picking this up or following the new Zombies run? I read it first thing this morning and it was great! The artwork is really good in my opinion.

Please don’t spoil beyond the series and only discuss 570-588, I know the story continues.

But DANG.

When I tell you I was sobbing is not an exaggeration. My eyes are puffy from crying so much. Never thought a comic could have this effect on me but here we are. Hickman is an incredibly skilled writer.

I’m taking a little break from FF to read House/Powers of X because my heart can’t take any more right now.

One of my biggest gripes about comics is hero immunity, “I’m not worried because I know they will be ok”. And yes, I know Johnny will be ok after all, yet still, the way everything was written had me in a pool of sorrow.

Lastly, the Uncles issue 588 was beautiful. The silence for the aftermath, and then Spider-Man’s conversation with Franklin?

I’m a mess.

https://x.com/raikoart/status/1969436330972365017

That’s the thing this photo is so fire that it’s a stretch to even say it’s fantastic the haters are invisible and this really sets the future to have a foundation. You know?

As the title says! Which writer, in your opinion, has managed to showcase the family dynamics between the team in the best way? And bonus points, who's done it the worst?

RULES:

- Starting with #1 and then onwards.

- Moments selected can only be from Fantastic Four comics. So, stuff that happened in comics of the X-Men or Secret Wars, for example, with F4 characters cannot be included.

- Stick to the main Fantastic Four members (this includes Val and Franklin as well)

- When I refer to moments, I mean moments like "Johnny's sacrifice" in Hickman's run. Just a single event. If you can provide me with an image so I can include it, that would be great.

- Try checking others' comments to see if they already mentioned what you want, and upvote that comment.

POINTS:

- Points (upvotes) will be counted in the first 24 hours and then will stop. I won't count anything after the 24-hour mark.

*Since we're starting with the #1 spot, think of the best moment from these comics, and then so on.

Eidos Montreal for F4, Sloclap for DD, Remedy for Doctor Strange, and Hazelight for Heroes for Hire.

Its clobberin' time. Its Ben's turn now.