Saturday, July 2, 2011

11 Reasons Fantastic Four #250 Rocks Pretty Hard

Yesterday we took our Friday Night Fight from Fantastic Four #250 (1983), and I was reminded why this was one of my favorite comic books ever. To wit:

#1--Spidey finding mysterious "blue tubing" strewn across NY rooftops:

#2--John Byrne taking time for homages:

#3--Something for the ladies:

#4--Skrull-Storm kicking Gladiator's butt--painfully:


#5--Skrull-Nightcrawler kicking Spider-Man's butt...

#6--...until:



#7--Skrull-Storm and Skrull-Angel kicking Gladiator's butt some more:

#8--Skrull Angel kicking Johnny Storm's butt:

#9--Benjamin J. Grimm putting a stop to Skrull-Colossus:


#10--The Human Torch putting a stop to Skrull-Storm and Skrull-Angel:



#11--The punchline:
They don't make anniversary issues like this anymore...
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3 comments:

  1. The MuttJuly 2, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    FF#250 should be a textbook or something. This is Marvel Comics at the top of its game. A Big Battle issue that still has big ideas. Great guests used well. Uses continuity but isn't mired in it. Plenty of 'awesome' moments and splashy shots, but still tells big story concisely.

    And appropriately fantastic story-telling and art.

    I read this until it fell apart.

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  2. Matt RJuly 2, 2011 at 6:43 PM

    If only Byrne were a mute! Maybe we'd still be getting comics like this!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 2, 2011 at 11:41 PM

    That panel of Cap taking down Skrull Night Crawler roxes. Most imaginative shield toss I have seen.

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