• A day of reckoning is coming for both the Marvel Universe and the Fantastic Four.
• But first Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman must survive a very personal family crisis.
• Guest-starring She-Hulk, the TVA, the Watcher and Nick Fury.
RATED T+
Fantastic Four #39 is a great courtroom drama from start to finish. Slott knows the tropes of this genre very well from his time on ‘She-Hulk' but he can still find new ways of surprising the readers. A high-stakes issue with Slott's wry wit making an appearance from time to time to deflate the melodrama and remind us of the joy comics can be. Even when fighting over the custody of a kid! Read Full Review
We take our leave, for now, of Dragon Man and Bentley 23, though it appears that the next time Bentley shows up, he will have taken on a new guise. The Wizard weve known up to now was an evil genius and a would-be murderer. Theres no basis for that kind of evil in young Bentley, so what role he will play in the future of the Fantastic Four remains to be seen. However, it will be good to have our stories focusing on only the immediate Richards family during these next months with The Reckoning War. Read Full Review
Fantastic Four #39 resolves the court battle between the Fantastic Four and The Wizard with unsatisfying results. This issue was more uneventful compared to the last issue, but the art team does a solid job trying to portray the more emotional scenes. There is another “big reveal” made in the comic about The Wizard, but once you know the truth about it you might end up questioning where Dan Slott is going with it. Ultimately, this two-part story just feels like filler. Read Full Review
The lawsuit saga has been a great exploration of the First Family, even if it ends rather abruptly. Read Full Review
Nice reference to Hickman's run.
This issue delivers solid character beats in its testimony. Johnny's soul-searching isn't deep, but it works. The art is great.
The twist ending to the court case made me roll my eyes and seemed typical for this "not quite great" run. But the double twist on top of that struck me as genuinely clever and made me uprate this issue.
This is a fun issue. I don't think it really has a point to it, beyond that. But I feel like when Dan Slott tries to do something bigger and more epic, he flounders way harder than with these smaller stories... So my excitement for Reckoning War could not be higher, as you can imagine.
OK! Reckoning War needs to shake things up or I might be done with this run. Slott is fine as an FF writer and he knows his stuff but I need more than fine. We are settings things up for years now but the payoff is just not there. Classic Slott storytelling. Not bad but not great either!
Uhh, Johnny characterization were little off but art was good. Dialogue were ok. Trauma Franklin makes sense.
What a slightly ok book. Once again another book that's not horrible but, just so bland that it didn't really excited me in any way.
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