Ultimate Fantastic Four

// December 11th, 2005 // My Stuff

I’ve never been a fan of the Fantastic Four. At all. They sort of go against everything I love about Marvel. They have life easy, their beloved by the community, and have unlimited funds. This is very different than Spider-Man who is trying to hold his life together while being hated for his altruism.

Anyway, I decided to get my hands on Ultimate Fantastic Four purely to find out if Brian Michael Bendis had put the same touch on this series as he had on The Avengers. Though I was skeptical, he did it here as well. I just finished reading Ultimate Fantastic Four 1-6 and these characters are interesting to me for the first time.

Sadly Bendis left writing Ultimate Fantastic Four after issue 6. Apparently that’s when he concentrated on reinventing the Avengers, which was certainly a success as far as I’m concerned. Anyway, my hopes are a bit lowered for the rest of the series. I intend on reading it regardless, check back on my impressions.

I may even need to see the movie now…

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4 Responses to “Ultimate Fantastic Four”

jenny says:

December 13, 2005 at 12:41 am

Did you see the Fantastic Four movie?

It has Christian from Nip/Tuck as the evil lord doctor man.
NoSheep! » The Sentry says:

December 14, 2005 at 1:03 am

[...] The major difficulty here though is that Jenkins is no Bendis. The story was told in a way that is fragmented at best. This extremely hard to follow “origin” set Sentry up as a classic hero, older than the Fantastic Four, but forgotten by some trick. One major problem I have is that the trick doesn’t really match with the new continuity established in New Avengers. Without much surprise here, I like Bendis’ rendition better. Having heroes make heroes forget is a bad plan. Make a villain do it and I’m in. I also have some doubts about his lame sidekick and the secret serum that gives him his powers… [...]
No Sheep » Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer says:

August 23, 2006 at 11:02 pm

[...] I didn’t used to be much of Fantastic Four fan. In fact, I watched the movie for the first time long after it had been out of theaters. However, my expectations were low and I was pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed this movie as a popcorn action, fun filled romp, with super heroes. [...]
No Sheep » Army of Darkness and Marvel Zombies Crossover says:

January 8, 2007 at 9:56 am

[...] Spinning out of the pages of Ultimate Fantastic Four, Marvel launched a highly successful Marvel Zombies limited series written by Robert Kirkman. The popularity of that series has lead Marvel into many new horror genre comics. [...]

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