Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 1 (New Printing)

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Byrne reroots the characters in the everyday, where that connection had been lost, and portrays them all well, and with affection. As one might deduce, his run is widely regarded (and was at the time) as a second glory period for the series, second only to the original Stan Lee and Jack Kirby comic. Under Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, FANTASTIC FOUR earned the tagline ‘The World’s Greatest Comic Magazine.

All that said, Byrne does some very strong work with some of the characters here, with the biggest beneficiary by far being Susan Richards (not yet ditching the "Invisible Girl" codename; that would have to wait for later in Byrne's run). I think the reason his run is so well received is that he modernized a lot of old Fantastic Four concepts, making them easier to read and better stories in general. Maybe it’s a measure of consciousness, but it seems strange that the Fantastic Four are so indifferent to the risks of killing some Skrulls. Not since the days of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby had a creator so perfectly captured the intense mood, cosmic style and classic sense of adventure of Marvel's First Family.Yes, I suppose, there is deeper and more complicated science fiction to be found out there, but this hit all the marks.

Lower corners a little bumped with slight edge-rub and small top rear corner tear to DJ only, bright and unmarked. Though things get off to an uneven start—Byrne jumps into the middle of an ongoing story arc written by someone else—and there’s a considerable breaking-in period where Byrne is clearly trying to figure out how to do something new and different with these cats, he eventually hits his stride, penning now-classic stories featuring Galactus, Dr. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Before that he also drew a couple of team-up tales, one with the Human Torch and Spider-Man, for Marvel Team-Up, and one of the Thing and the Thing, which he also wrote, for Marvel Two-in-One. Of course, it goes without saying that, as far back as the very first issue, Reed has been a slightly “ambiguous” figure (note the way Kirby introduced him), but here he seems quite worryingly disconnected from the implications of his actions. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. This omnibus doesn’t have all of Byrne’s FF that you might want – indeed it ends with a cliffhanger; but The Trial of Galactus should give you all that’s left of note beyond that.

Loved him since the 70's when his art first showed up at Marvel and years before he ever touched the X-men. Pencilled this time by Kirby, the dramatic duel benefitted from Ditko’s inking which created a truly novel look. With the passing of the decades, and with the wild swings in Byrne's work and attitude during that time, the critical standing of these comics has faded. Still, Byrne shrewdly tries to suggest that the Fantastic Four aren’t quite the idealised family unit that we tend to think of. BUT if sometimes you just want a rollercoaster fun-packed comic book to entertain you, GET THIS and enjoy seeing the birth of modern comics again!We will never knowingly harvest your data beyond the cookies needed for smooth running of the site, and wouldn't dream of passing it anywhere.