The New Fantastic Four?
December 16th 2006 09:57
The image below has leaked, and been posted at Newsarama:
It seems likely that this is the new line-up of the Fantastic Four after the conclusion of Civil War. For those who haven't been paying attention to Marvel's current mega-event, here's the score as far as the FF are concerned. Marvel's heroes are split over whether they should register with the government or not. The FF's leader Reed Richards thinks they should. His wife Sue, the Invisible Woman, thinks they shouldn't, so she's left him to join the resistance (after an illogical dinner date and sympathy shag, naturally). Her brother Johnny, the Human Torch, has joined her. The Thing has decided he's had enough of the whole thing, and he's gone to France (Le Thing?). So the team is currently the Fantastic One, and he's reduced to supporting McCarthyism, cloning Thor, and building Guantanamo in the Negative Zone.
I have to say that the new line-up looks way cool. There's le Thing and the Human Torch, which keeps a bit of continuity with the classic team. You've got the Black Panther, who I assume will be taking up Reed's position in the team as their resident scientist. And there's his new wife Storm, formerly of the X-Men, who will take none of Johnny and le Thing's childish tomfoolery I can assure you. It'll be an interesting dynamic, seeing as how the Panther is ruler of an African nation (albeit an African nation with big fuck-off Jack Kirby contraptions powering it).
I don't mind these intervals where the classic four are split for a while, especially when it's been built up to in such exhaustive detail. It's overdue, really - when was the last time the roster got a shakeup? I can't remember anything like that since the early 90s, and that's certainly long enough without any significant changes.
Dwayne McDuffie is the incoming writer, which will be a relief after months of J. Michael Straczynski putting me to sleep. His recent miniseries Beyond! was good stuff, and I've enjoyed his Deathlok as well. My only misgiving is that Marvel may only have hired him as a 'black go-to guy'. It's the impression I got of their handling of Christopher Priest in the late 90s, but I hope McDuffie is there for more reasons than the Black Panther and Storm's involvement. Either way, I predict good comics, and that's the most important thing!
It seems likely that this is the new line-up of the Fantastic Four after the conclusion of Civil War. For those who haven't been paying attention to Marvel's current mega-event, here's the score as far as the FF are concerned. Marvel's heroes are split over whether they should register with the government or not. The FF's leader Reed Richards thinks they should. His wife Sue, the Invisible Woman, thinks they shouldn't, so she's left him to join the resistance (after an illogical dinner date and sympathy shag, naturally). Her brother Johnny, the Human Torch, has joined her. The Thing has decided he's had enough of the whole thing, and he's gone to France (Le Thing?). So the team is currently the Fantastic One, and he's reduced to supporting McCarthyism, cloning Thor, and building Guantanamo in the Negative Zone.
I have to say that the new line-up looks way cool. There's le Thing and the Human Torch, which keeps a bit of continuity with the classic team. You've got the Black Panther, who I assume will be taking up Reed's position in the team as their resident scientist. And there's his new wife Storm, formerly of the X-Men, who will take none of Johnny and le Thing's childish tomfoolery I can assure you. It'll be an interesting dynamic, seeing as how the Panther is ruler of an African nation (albeit an African nation with big fuck-off Jack Kirby contraptions powering it).
I don't mind these intervals where the classic four are split for a while, especially when it's been built up to in such exhaustive detail. It's overdue, really - when was the last time the roster got a shakeup? I can't remember anything like that since the early 90s, and that's certainly long enough without any significant changes.
Dwayne McDuffie is the incoming writer, which will be a relief after months of J. Michael Straczynski putting me to sleep. His recent miniseries Beyond! was good stuff, and I've enjoyed his Deathlok as well. My only misgiving is that Marvel may only have hired him as a 'black go-to guy'. It's the impression I got of their handling of Christopher Priest in the late 90s, but I hope McDuffie is there for more reasons than the Black Panther and Storm's involvement. Either way, I predict good comics, and that's the most important thing!
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