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Essential Fantastic Four, Vol. 1 (Essential Fantastic Four #1)

Stan Lee

Paperback | Pages: 544 pages

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Title	:	Essential Fantastic Four, Vol. 1 (Essential Fantastic Four #1)
Author	:	Stan Lee
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 544 pages
Published	:	May 25th 2005 by Marvel Comics Group (first published November 10th 1963)
Categories	:	Sequential Art. Comics. Graphic Novels. Superheroes. Marvel. Fiction. Comic Book

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Here is the beginning of not just the Fantastic Four, but the marvel universe itself. Reading this you realize how much that is considered the building blocks of marvel showed up in these pages.
The stories are goofy, simplistic, corny, done in a single issue and throughly wonderful. There's a heavy science fiction slant to most of the stories, lots of aliens, funky science and wild inventions created by both the good and bad guys.

The slightly dysfunctional vibe is very strong, Reed has a much stronger personality than in later years when every writer treated him as the bland science guy. Occasionally using his 'dad voice' when Ben and Johnny act like knuckleheads. The Invisible Girl/Mr. Fantastic/ Namor love triangle gets more play than I remember and adds a weird sexual tension to a couple stories.
Ben Grimm is grumpy about being the Thing, but not as whiney as he'd get in later years.

My only complaints is Invisible girl is very much the damsel and isn't allowed to do much more than look cute, go shopping, get captured and about every five issues is allowed to save the day.
That and Human Torch is almost always in 'flame on!' mode. The guy is constantly on fire.

I love Jack Kirby's art, but this is one of the few Essential volumes that I miss the color. THe FF are colorful and larger than life and seem a bit off in black and white.

Mention Books To Essential Fantastic Four, Vol. 1 (Essential Fantastic Four #1)

Original Title:	Essential Fantastic Four, Vol. 1
ISBN:	0785118284 (ISBN13: 9780785118282)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Essential Fantastic Four #1, Fantastic Four (1961) #1-20, Annual #1, Essential Marvel, Fantastic Four (Chronological Order) , more
Characters:	Doctor Victor von Doom, Fantastic Four, Harvey Elder

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I liked this. I'm reading all of the early Marvel comic books, and quite frankly, there's a lot of problems with them. In film, a general rule is to never say something if you can show it. I don't feel it's as cut-and-dry in comics, but it's fairly close. Stan Lee didn't start out like that. He narrates EVERYTHING. I don't need you to tell me Mr. Fantastic is stretching, I can see from the picture he's stretching. I hate, hate, hate the monologues that every character goes on if Lee feels the

Corny fun. It's so cool to realise how much modern day superhero fiction draws on these stories and ideas.The fact that it's written in the 60s shows when you notice:* References to "reds" and "commies"* Sometimes they fly faster than light, with no reference to warp speed or hyperspace or anything that modern sci-fi requires now* It demonstrates (apparently subconscious) sexism in society back then - one time Reed Richards goes to find the Invisible Girl because he needs some paperwork typed

THE ESSENTIAL FANTASTIC FOUR, Volume 1 brings together the beginning of a legend in comics. Whatever you may feel about the dialogue or situations in these early stories, they are truly groundbreaking from a stereotypical comic book point of view. They are often stark-raving mad in the stories that are presented, but they are all truly memorable. The legend that became Marvel Comics started here, and the magic is pretty obvious. Dramatically over-the-top and desperately haunted, the members of

While undeniably charming, neither creator is at the top of their game yet. The stories are as always as relateable and human as Stan Lee believes they should be, while Jack Kirby's art has an odd lumpiness to it which is fun to see before he becomes more abstract. If I was a kid in the 1960's, I would give this six stars.

These Essentials are always a great and relatively cheap way to catch up on the original comics and stories in order. These original tales of the Fantastic Four make for a great read though a little simplistic compared to comic arcs and plots today but also give an interesting snapshot into the socio-economic and political aspects of the 60's as well even if it does date some of the plots making them not quite as relevant today.

Some of Kirby's art is really cool. Some.This has more text than some novels, and most of it is typical of Stan Lee...not that good. There are a few cool villains and a couple interesting stories, but mostly, it's everything that I thought comics were when I didn't read comics.Not my thing, in spite of the good bits.

I have heard that Stan Lee and Jack Kirbys first one hundred issues of the Fantastic Four are the best. The twenty plus issues in this volume do not disappoint! I was excited to read every page. The FF are more than just a team they are truly a bickering family. I love that all four squabble as they are saving the world. Lee and Kirby certainly had a good formula going when plotting and drawing the team. I can say that I enjoy the Fantastic Four more now than I did before reading this book.