Thursday, December 26, 2013

Every Time I Think I'm Out, The 90s Pull Me Back In

So I pick up Fantastic Four Unlimited #5 (1994) from The Quarter Bin, thrilled that I finally had tracked down one of the Frightful Four stories I didn't own.

And then I open to the back to find this...

Damn you, 1990s. Damn you to hell.

To answer the anticipated questions:

*The pin-up is by Brian C. Kong (pencils) and Mike DeCarlo (inks).

*Reed's not pictured there because he's dead. Dead, deceased, shuffled off the mortal coil, singing with the choir invisible, DEAD. (Spoiler alert: he got better).

*Ben's wearing that helmet because Wolverine had recently mauled Ben's face during a fight. A guy prone to berserker rages with deadly weapons on his hands--who would have thought?

*Yes, that is really the costume Sue was wearing at the time. And Power Girl thought she had boob windows. Sigh...
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3 comments:

  1. SallyPDecember 26, 2013 at 11:19 AM

    I know that Sue becomes invisible. I didn't know that she can apparently randomly readjust her appendages and limbs when she pops back into view again...because that's just...bizarre.

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  2. Britt ReidDecember 26, 2013 at 12:43 PM

    If you think this art was bad, you should see the Liefield-clone artwork poor Herb Trimpe produced for FF Unlimited in an attempt to keep getting work at Marvel.
    It hurt my eyes just to look at it...

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  3. AnonymousDecember 26, 2013 at 5:05 PM

    I know you aren't knocking the figure four boob hole.

    The thing that concerns me most is Invisible Woman's preposterous proportions. Look at those thighs!!! She's like a kickboxer!

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