See, the whole idea was that villains "trade" the heroes they usually fight. That way, the good guys wouldn't be familiar with the bad guys' M.O. and weaknesses, and they'd be able to take down the super-heroes.
Of course, this ignored the other side of the equation: the new villains wouldn't be familiar with the heroes, either, and so any surprise would also work against them.
Case in point: a few dozen minor super-villains have been showing up and attacking the Fantastic Four out of nowhere. The FF track the source of the problem to a Doombot, and...
Spacebooger wants a Super-Adaptoid/Super-Skrull fight!!
You really should know your targets better in Fantastic Four #336 (1990), by Walter Simonson, Ron Lim and Mike DeCarlo
Now is the time for you to go and vote for my fight. Why? Because Ben taking down the Super-Adaptoid single handed is the coolest thing you'll see this weekend. So go and vote!!
1) First to vote!
ReplyDelete2) My favourite Ben Grimm moment ever!
3) Bonus points for the sheer absurdity of Ben asking the guy who's on fire to hold his cigar for him!
Serious question, I've never been a huge FF fan but is it worth putting in the time and going through the whole run?
ReplyDeleteDan--I'm hardly an unbiased source, as the FF was the first comic I bought on my own, the first I collected, and my gateway to all other comics. So, obviously, I think it's worth the time.
ReplyDeleteCertainly, the Lee/Kirby run is worth it. After that, the comic had some really good runs, which tended to alternate with, well, less good ones. If you don't want to commit to the whole thing, I'm fond of the Thomas/Wein/Perez/Pollard era (roughly 165-200), the Byrne Era, The Simonson era, the Waid/Wieringo run, the MacDuffie stretch, Hickman's run...