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Chronicle’s Michael B. Jordan Could Be The New Johnny Storm For Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

This would be the first African-American incarnation of Storm that I’m aware of, and one in a very short list on non-white big screen super heroes.

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Allison Williams Set For Shakespeare Redux, In The Running For Fantastic Four

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

One of the girls from Girls is lining up a turn as one of the girls from Romeo and Juliet. She was also being listed as a possibility for the one girl in The Fantastic Four.

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Two Revelations In Fantastic Four #5AU

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Rich Johnston

So you may consider skipping Fantastic Four #5AU. After all, it ties into a crossover you may not be reading, and it’s likely that any reality reset button from Age Of Ultron will wipe out the events in this issue …

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Fantastic Four Reboot To Tap “Deep Into The Comics Mythology” With Dark Shadows’ Seth Grahame-Smith

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Can we expect Galactus, the Kree and the Skrull or even the Negative Zone?

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How Susan Storm Just Aged Five Years

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Rich Johnston

As The Official History of The Marvel Universe states, Susan Storm, The Invisible Woman, met Reed Richards when she was seventeen and living with her aunt. Richards, a university student, was rooming at the house. In today’s Fantastic Four, we …

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Fantastic Four Has All Gone Pear Shaped

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Matt Fraction recently visited Leeds for Thought Bubble. (No, apparently not, my mistake) And it appears took a little of the lingo back with him in today’s Fantastic Four #3. “Pear-shaped” is British slang for something going wrong, no longer …

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Last Week’s Comics In Thirty Four Panels

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Rick Verbanas

The internet’s most opinionated (and Greek) comics column.  By Dr Manolis V. GREEK, LIKE MORBIUS Morbius? Michael Morbius, pasty-rat-faced vampire in a unitard, THAT Michael Morbius? According to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #699.1 (really MORBIUS #0.1 a backdoor pilot to the upcoming Joe …

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IDW To Publish John Byrne Fantastic Four Artist’s Edition

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The IDW Artists Edition are works of joy, the product of Scott Dunbier at the publisher, reprinting the artwork for classic stories as close to the original boards as possible, then reproducing them on Bristol board as well, for added …

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Age Of Ultron Creates New AU Spinoff Titles

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Marvel readers have been used to odd issue numbers. From Deadpool jumping around all over the place, to the rise of the Point One issues, they even found space for the Minus One issues a while ago. But now we …

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Ten Thoughts About Ten Comics – Batman And Robin, Sherlock Holmes, Crossed, Before Watchmen, Caligula, Change, Dan The Unharmable, Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four And Avengers Arena

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Batman #13 did this more subtly, but Batman And Robin #15 goes straight for the Killing Joke. Sherlock Holmes: Liverpool Demon #1 lays out its stall. Supernatural crime, met by a man without an ounce of belief in that regard, …

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Fox Schedule Fantastic Four, Give The 3D Treatment To Apes, X-Men And Percy Jackson

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Fox have left their notebook open on the Upcoming Release page. On purpose.

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The Triumph And Disaster Of Marvel NOW! – Fantastic Four, Thor, All New X-Men, X-Men Legacy And Avengers Assemble

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Rich Johnston

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; – If, Rudyard Kipling. One of the things I really love about science fiction and fantasy is the way they can take subtexts of …

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My Favourite Twelve Covers From The Hero Initiative 100 Fantastic Four Project

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The latest Hero Initiative book, where comic artists create sketches on a hundred blank cover copies of a comic, whch are then sold off as well as a book reprinting all the covers, is Fantastic Four #600. And here are …

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Saturday Trending Topics: The Other Paul Ryan

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Whether you’re a Republican, a Democrat, or other, if you’re reading BC I think you’ll agree that we should give some equal time to the other Paul Ryan, who has drawn titles ranging from Avengers and Fantastic Four to Superman …

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Preview: Fantastic Four #1 And A Tortured Analogy

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Here is is folks, Marvel NOW! Not Marvel THEN!, not Marvel NOWISH!, not Marvel THEREABOUTS! Bit Marvel NOW! Or, as an old drinking friend once described this kind of thing to me, “the same old piss in a different shaped …

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Mark Millar Given The “Joss Whedon Role” Over Fox’s Marvel Movies

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

X-Men, Fantastic Four and Dared… oh, not Daredevil. My bad.

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Mr Fantastic Gets A New Job (SPOILERS)

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Everyone has been getting new jobs in the Marvel Universe. Peter Parker is a science researcher for Horizon. Wolverine is headmaster of the Jean Grey school. And now, it seems, Mister Fantastic has received a higher calling. In the new …

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Fraction, Bagley And Allred Confirmed On Fantastic Four And FF – And Introducing Miss Thing!

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Rich Johnston

USA Today couldn’t wait until 9am tomorrow! After being allowed to tease it eight days ago, today they can confirm it. Matt Fraction and Mark Bagley are confirmed on Fantastic Four, and Matt Fraction and Mike Allred confirmed on FF. …

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