Books : Fantastic Four: The Life Fantastic TPB (Fantastic Four (Graphic Novels))

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9780785118961
ISBN: 0785118969
Label: Marvel Comics
Manufacturer: Marvel Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 152
Publication Date: October 04, 2006
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Sales Rank: 450692
Studio: Marvel Comics

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Product Description:
FOUR FANTASTIC TALES OF THE FF! - When a doomsday weapon manufactured by Hydra turns up in the Nevada desert, there's only one man the authorities can ask to go in and defuse it: Bruce Banner! What does all of this have to do with the FF, you ask? Well, who do you think has to deal with the fallout when it all goes terribly wrong? - It's hard to believe Reed and Sue tied the knot 40 years ago... and it certainly doesn't seem that much time has passed to Reed and Sue themselves when a special evening out gives them a chance to look over their entire life together- past, present and future! - The Invisible Woman is dead! As Reed cradles his murdered wife, lost in grief, and Ben rampages after Sue's killer, Johnny defiantly decides to do whatever it takes- no matter the cost or consequence- to see his sister alive again. What he does will change the way the Fantastic Four look at him forever. - It's a day of celebration and reflection in Latveria, but deep within the confines of the Latverain Embassy to America, Victor Von Doom and Reed Richards engage in a subtle battle of wits, with all of Manhattan as the playing field. What are the stakes? And can Mister Fantastic triumph when all the moves have been made in advance? Collects Fantastic Four #533-535; Wedding Special; My Dinner with Dr. Doom; and Death in the Family.

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Rating: - Great installment featuring the Hulk and other stories
Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski, whose early run on Amazing Spider-Man and his MAX title Supreme Power were nothing short of excellent, made a solid attempt at putting the "fantastic" back in Fantastic Four during his brief run on the title, and The Life Fantastic is proof of that. Beginning with another Thing versus Hulk story in the first half of this TPB, seeds are planted that will come to fruition in the exile and return of the Hulk, which leads to the current World War Hulk mega-event. ... Read More

Rating: - Life is Fantastic...and So is This Collection!
With this collection, you get four tales of the FF: Three are fantastic, and the fourth one features the Hulk vs. the Thing (yet again...), that works only in the sense that it's a prelude to "Planet Hulk."

But I digress. Let's talk about the three fantastic tales instead: The "Wedding Special" is pretty fun and touching to boot, while "Death in the Family" is a shocking sci-fi thriller. "My Dinner with Dr. Doom" is the highlight of this collection, written by new FF series writer Dwayne ... Read More

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Rating: - Four Weddings and a Funeral?
This collection, THE LIFE FANTASTIC, contains four stories of the Fantastic Four. It opens with issues #533-535 of the regular F4 series, written by J. Michael Straczynski with pencils by Mike McKone. Taking place after JMS's first F4 story and before the family got mixed up in Civil War, this story is yet another iteration of the old Thing vs Hulk fight. It's a decent enough story, fun and amusing and pretty good, with nice art, but -- it's Hulk vs Thing. Again. It also follows up on a couple threads ... Read More