By: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (story), David Marquez (art), Guru E-FX (colors)
The Story: Marvel sees the success of Superman: Earth One and says “how can we do this bigger, faster, and better? Release 4 times as many! That will make them special!
The (Real) Story: After getting cosmic powers from some space phenomenon…thing, the “Fantastic Four” try to redefine their lives. This all takes place in the early 1960s–wait, what’s that? Oops. It all takes place in the second decade of the 21st century…
The Writing: Here’s something annoying–for a story that is supposed to update the origins of characters, DON’T WRITE HALF OF IT AS A THROWBACK TO THE STYLE THEY FIRST APPEARED! AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!! This isn’t a poorly-written story at all, it just doesn’t feel like Aguirre-Sacasa had much interest in giving us a real update. There might be some changes here and there, but overall, it’s pretty much the same. Every so often we get a “hey look, this is present day!” in the form of iPhones and whatnot, but then there’s a Stan Lee throwback that brings in back to 1960. There’s a difference between a timeless story and a story without a time. It’s like Sacasa was attempting nuance…but the nuance failed.
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: David Marquez, Fantastic Four, Guru eFX, Human Torch, Invisible Woman, Julian Totino Tedesco, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Marvel Season One, Mole Man, Mr. Fantastic, Namor, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Season One, The Graphic Novel Reader, The Thing | 3 Comments »
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