Mr. Freaked-Frantic: FANTASTIC FOUR #408-412
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As of Fantastic Four #407, after a two-year presumed-dead absence, Reed Richards was finally back. But the question running through the next half-year of comics was, “How ‘back’ IS he, really?”
( After all, he’s a stretchy hero! What you think is his back could just be more of his FRONT! )
( After all, he’s a stretchy hero! What you think is his back could just be more of his FRONT! )
Binary #1 (and bonus Imperial War)
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Let's see how Carol Danvers is doing in the world of Revelation! Is she making wise, well-considered choices, or she is being an ineffectual authoritarian again?
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Suicide Squad: "Chill, the Justice League!" (JLI #13, SUICIDE SQUAD #13, JLI 15/?)
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Reputation would suggest the 1980s' Suicide Squad offered a grim brand of super-action: among regular comic-book series, it was notorious for its high number of protagonist fatalities. And we're talking permadeath here, not just "everybody dies right before the reboot."
( Though it might come in fifth now, after RISING STARS, STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI, Marvel’s TRANSFORMERS, and maybe 100 BULLETS. I’m probably forgetting at least one. )
Re-Reed-ing: FANTASTIC FOUR #406-407
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In the FF "Atlantis Rising" storyline, Atlantis rose.

Sorry, couldn't resist. As I've said elsewhere, I'm not really interested in the main plots of DeFalco FF; my focus is on the relationship subplots. So we're cutting ahead to Fantastic Four #406, in which--at long last--the team latches onto some convincing evidence that Reed Richards is still alive.
( He was under the couch cushions the whole time! )

Sorry, couldn't resist. As I've said elsewhere, I'm not really interested in the main plots of DeFalco FF; my focus is on the relationship subplots. So we're cutting ahead to Fantastic Four #406, in which--at long last--the team latches onto some convincing evidence that Reed Richards is still alive.
( He was under the couch cushions the whole time! )
J'Onn J'Onzz, The Mournful Metaphor: MARTIAN MANHUNTER (mini) #3-4 (JLI 14/?)
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Here are the first two pages to show J'Onn J'Onzz ever, from DETECTIVE COMICS #225. They showcase Dr. Saul Erdel's original hair and--almost as unfortunate--his death:
( It sure is lucky he stranded an alien who was not only NOT interested in conquering the Earth, but who seemed to be the CHILLEST DUDE IN ALL THE COSMOS. )
Cemetery Kids Don't Die is game horror.
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It's four teens, the already unsettling game they're playing, and further unsettling.
One of them opens issue #1 describing herself already shook: " Nothing scares me anymore.
" My worst nightmare has already happened. "
( She's talking real-world. )
One of them opens issue #1 describing herself already shook: " Nothing scares me anymore.
" My worst nightmare has already happened. "
( She's talking real-world. )
Negging in the Negative Zone (FANTASTIC FOUR #399-#400)
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At
iamrman’s request, I’m doing a few posts this week picking up where he left off in the DeFalco era of the Fantastic Four.
I will not be doing this issue by issue because I value my sanity. But #399 included an exceptional scene that brought a long-running sub-theme to a close, so I will throw a spotlight on that, and its follow-up the issue afterward.

( What the double-dash INDEED! I didn’t even know 'death-struggle' was a VERB! )
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I will not be doing this issue by issue because I value my sanity. But #399 included an exceptional scene that brought a long-running sub-theme to a close, so I will throw a spotlight on that, and its follow-up the issue afterward.

( What the double-dash INDEED! I didn’t even know 'death-struggle' was a VERB! )