Heroes Reborn: Fantastic Four

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In the mid-90's, Marvel decided to conclude their much maligned Onslaught storyline with the deaths of many of their top tier heroes. The Fantastic Four, Captain America, Iron Man, and the rest of the Avengers, all bought the big one as their respective titles were canned and re-launched with a new direction (allegedly) as Marvel teamed up with Wildstorm (before they became part of DC) to produce some new takes on old stories. Many fans weren't exactly thrilled with this chain of events, and the Fantastic Four books ended up being the best of the Heroes Reborn lineup. Spotlighted by Jim Lee's artwork, Heroes Reborn: Fantastic Four finds Marvel's first family tackling with Dr. Doom, Namor, the Mole Man, and the list of usual suspects in a more modern setting. The storyline isn't anything we haven't seen plenty of times before, but it's not bad considering, and Lee's fantastic (no pun intended) artwork makes this TPB worth checking out alone. If you're a FF fanatic, you'll want to...Read more

This wonderful graphic novel is a collection of comic book stories, seamlessly knitted together to form a fascinating story. Herein, the story of the Fantastic Four is updated, without substantially changing the characters or their powers. Once again, with superb illustrations, the team finds themselves given fantastic powers, battle the Moleman, Prince Namor the Submariner, and their greatest foe-Dr. Doom.

These comics are superbly drawn, while the story is gripping. I must admit to cringing when I first saw this book, so many people now want to transmogrify the old character out of all recognition. But, this book succeeds in retelling the old tale, faithfully and interestingly. I really enjoyed this book, and think that you will too!

This Marvel comics Book shelf reprints the first six issues the Fantastic Four in the Heros Reborn project done several years ago. I was there at the time when I bought those issues and I had some signed by Master illustrator Jim Lee! He does the most powerful illustrations! This project was to take the Marvel Superheros like Fantastic Four, Captin America, Iron Man, and the Avengers into a Pocket Universe outside the regular Marvel Universe we know. Jim Lee was given Fantastic Four and Iron Man. This Marvel project was to re-start and re-build some of the Marvel titles that loosing readership. Heros Reborn was suppose to re-boot these characters and bring them into the 1990s era. It was also suppose to be attribute to the Stan Lee and Jack Kirby era when these Marvel comics were first published. He wrote and drew Six issues of FF and did some plot work for Iron Man. Jim Lee was given a-lot of money do this project. He even took over Captain America and the Avengers when his Marvel...Read more