Ultimate Fantastic Four, Vol. 1: The Fantastic
The World's Greatest Comic Magazine - and subject of the upcoming blockbuster motion picture - at long last makes its long-awaited debut in the Ultimate Marvel Universe! Witness the beginnings of the Four - Reed Richards, Johnny Storm, Susan Storm and Ben Grimm - super-hero icons for the new...
show more
The World's Greatest Comic Magazine - and subject of the upcoming blockbuster motion picture - at long last makes its long-awaited debut in the Ultimate Marvel Universe! Witness the beginnings of the Four - Reed Richards, Johnny Storm, Susan Storm and Ben Grimm - super-hero icons for the new century! When high-school genius Reed Richards enrolls at a secret government-sponsored school for the most gifted minds in the world, he unwittingly starts himself and his friends on the journey of a lifetime! A story about science, adventure, and above all else family, set in the most dynamic and unpredictable universe in the comic-book world! Collects Ultimate Fantastic Four #1-6.
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780785113935 (0785113932)
Publish date: July 18th 2007
Publisher: Marvel
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Science Fiction,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Comic Book,
Superheroes,
Comics Manga,
Marvel
Series: Ultimate Fantastic Four trade paperbacks (#1)
The thing is that I didn't get that much new or original out of this, but it was a fun retelling. It did include the Baxter Building as a think tank, teenage versions of the Fantastic Four, and Victor Van Damme - I know, I know - before he became Doom. Fun, a quick read, but I'd hoped for so much...
I've always liked the idea of the Fantastic 4 and their human interactions, but until Ultimate Fantastic 4 I never really read any of their comics. This was a great place to start, going over the familiar backstory in a new way and really playing up the interpersonal relationships between them. If y...
A Mark Millar book whose characters aren't utterly hateful! I blame it on the influence of co-writer Brian Bendis.
See my short note on it here:[http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/08/short-booknotes-on-graphic-novels-5.html]