FANTASTIC FOUR #1

Review by: jacksondanger33

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Story by Matt Fraction
Art by Mark Bagley & Mark Farmer
Colors by Paul Mounts
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Cover by Mark Bagley, Mark Farmer, Paul Mounts, Dave Johnson, Joe Quesada, Danny Miki, Richard Isanove, & Skottie Young

Size: 0 pages
Price: 2.99

Matt Fraction: Give us more of The Thing.

Overall, Fantastic Four #1 is a fairly satisfactory comic. Simply put: it’s good.

And while that might sound like the most back-handed compliment possible, Fantastic Four #1 hits all the notes that a Fantastic Four comic should.

Is there campiness, sarcasm, and humor? Without a doubt. Fraction does a great job of varying his voice between characters while maintaining his text-book wit.

All the characters share their respective screen-time, with Mr.Fantastic and Sue Storm seeming the most run of the mill and un-interesting of the bunch. Unfortunately, these two characters take up the most space in the book.

If there’s any positives it’s Fractions spot on humor with Johnny Storm and The Thing. Both characters are the best part of the story, giving the comic a much needed freshness and humor absent with Reed and his ‘I’m a great mom’ better half. If I could compare it to anything, I’d say that Reed and Sue are the Avenger’s film equivalent to Hawkeye and Black Widow. Cool characters, but not much that makes them shine.

Ultimately, it’s the moments with The Thing and Johnny that really make this comic standout.

Overall, though I’m going to stick with this because I, for one, trust Fraction’s voice–mostly because of his great work on Hawkeye–and will hope that he paints Reed and Sue in a new light over the next few issues.

Story: 3 - Good
Art: 3 - Good

Comments

  1. I would rate it exactly the same. Solid start, nothing amazing. As a father of two young kids I found t
    Reed and Susan the most interesting characters. The whole family dynamic. This is my first ever issue of Fantastic Four and it is to the credit of Matt Fraction. Bagley’s art gets the job done, but I’m really looking forward to the Four in SpaceTime. Fraction has a great imagination and I’m really excited to see what he throws at us. I’m just wondering how important the FF will be to this story, I can’t afford to have to read 2 books a month to get one story (the Marvel curse).

  2. Thanks. My feelings too, just needed some reaffirming. I think I’ll pick up FF #1, and decide from there.

  3. I seriously thought about picking this up, but it just looked so bland.

    • Bagley’s art fits the story quite well. It’s more a set up issue than anything else, but I think there’s a lot Fraction can develop with the family dynamic. However, there just wan’t enough, in my opinion, to feel out of the box.

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