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Post by urrutiap on Dec 23, 2016 0:09:49 GMT -5
This month I bought issue 292 from the comic shop to get into some of the lesser known issues during the 1980s.
Anyone know if there's any earlier issues from the late 1970s to jump into and not into a major story arc going on?
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 23, 2016 1:31:54 GMT -5
Roy Thomas' run, from about #157 up has plenty of good moments, with shorter story arcs. Len Wein and Marv Wolfman followed him, with similar runs. Thomas handled the comedic elements well, too. George Perez does a lot of art, off and on, during Thomas and Wein's runs, and some of Wolfman's The Fantastic Four Visionaries: George Perez volumes cover that well and Essential FF vol 7 and 8 cover a portion of it.
Thomas is on around the mid-70s and Wolfman is handling it in the late 70s.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2016 10:59:18 GMT -5
What codystarbuck said.  Standout issues for me would be #176-179,181-188 (Lots of Perez art, Impossible Man, Frightful Four, Brute, Negative Zone, Salem's Seven, Agatha Harkness, Molecule Man), 198-200 (Son of Dr. Doom/Clone with FF powers) 209-214 (John Byrne art, Skrulls, Galactus, Sphinx, Terrax) |
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 17, 2017 7:20:21 GMT -5
I started reading it regularly after Kirby left in 1972. So my "jumping on point" was around # 102 or so.
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Post by kirby101 on Mar 17, 2017 8:04:46 GMT -5
I started reading it regularly after Kirby left in 1972. So my "jumping on point" was around # 102 or so. For me it was #115. The John Buscema era. Of course I went back and read all the Lee/Kirby issues. Which still define the book. Jumping on point? Fantastic Four #1. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 8:17:05 GMT -5
For me, it's Fantastic Four #1 and onward ... my favorite team in Marvel Comics!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 9:11:40 GMT -5
For me, it's Fantastic Four #1 and onward ... my favorite team in Marvel Comics! Pretty much. For the Fantastic Four I'd recommend buying the first FF Masterworks volume and jumping on at the very beginning... it's always a very good place to start! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 9:14:10 GMT -5
For me, it's Fantastic Four #1 and onward ... my favorite team in Marvel Comics! Pretty much. For the Fantastic Four I'd recommend buying the first FF Masterworks volume and jumping on at the very beginning... it's always a very good place to start! I have the 1st Fantastic Four Masterworks and it's was the 1st one ... and I enjoyed reading the early days of this iconic group. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 9:18:00 GMT -5
I think the early days of the Fantastic Four were very enjoyable, those early issues were a strong start to a good team.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 17, 2017 9:56:22 GMT -5
I think the early days of the Fantastic Four were very enjoyable, those early issues were a strong start to a good team. I totally agree but todays youth might not "get" the early goofy Sci-Fi- elements. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 17, 2017 11:10:57 GMT -5
My jumping on point was #172, so that's Roy Thomas and George Perez. It's tough not to get hooked with Perez art. Roy Thomas is also one of my favorite writers, though this was the Ben Grimm exoskeleton period, which I could have done without.
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Post by urrutiap on Mar 17, 2017 11:41:01 GMT -5
Last weekend last week I went to the comic book shop and bought one old issue of Fantastic Four and its issue 174. The only oldest issue I could get since it was pretty cheap at $2.50
Next couple of issues after that, theres Impossible Man that pops up in 175 or 176 I think
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Post by james on Mar 17, 2017 19:06:18 GMT -5
This month I bought issue 292 from the comic shop to get into some of the lesser known issues during the 1980s. Anyone know if there's any earlier issues from the late 1970s to jump into and not into a major story arc going on? Best storyline in during that time was 208-215. Not too much of a time investment but great story and art by Wolfman and Byrne and it has Galactus, Sphinx , and introduces Terrax. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2017 7:33:55 GMT -5
I think the early days of the Fantastic Four were very enjoyable, those early issues were a strong start to a good team. I totally agree but todays youth might not "get" the early goofy Sci-Fi- elements. They are the bits I liked! If any of the younger generation watched the 2015 Fantastic Four movie, reading those early FF issues will seem like Shakespeare! |
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Post by kirby101 on Mar 18, 2017 7:46:20 GMT -5
I totally agree but todays youth might not "get" the early goofy Sci-Fi- elements. They are the bits I liked! If any of the younger generation watched the 2015 Fantastic Four movie, reading those early FF issues will seem like Shakespeare! Compared to the2015 movie, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes seems like Shakespeare. |
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