Fantastic Four #14
/13.webp)
/15.webp)
/14.webp "Fantastic Four #14")
| Writer | Ryan North |
| Artist | Iban Coello |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
A year ago, Reed Richards sent a whole city block the Baxter Building stands on - along with his own children and the children of his best friends Ben and Alicia - a year ahead in time. It was a desperate measure, but it saved them. And now, it's time for them all to come back. But when the Fantastic Four arrive in NYC, they find something is being built in the pit where the block once stood - and worse, nobody seems to know exactly what it is or why they're building it. With the clock ticking, they investigate this mystery - and discover a mysterious new threat that may have been pulling the strings this entire time...
Rated T+
CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
-
9.3
Comic Watch - Theron Couch
Dec 08, 2023Its hard to argue that Fantastic Four is one of the smartest (the smartest?) comics on the shelves. Certainly Norths scripts delve into the straight up fantastic at times. But most of the issues are rooted in real concepts that can be explained and extrapolated from. Combine that with top notch art, and almost every month is a winnerwhich is exactly the case with Fantastic Four #14. Read Full Review
-
6.0
ComicBook.com - Chase Magnett
Dec 06, 2023It's a fascinating and ultimately strange distraction leading to the expected return of the Baxter Building and a very enticing cliffhanger. Read Full Review
-
6.0
Henchman-4-Hire - Sean Ian Mills
Dec 09, 2023The super science in this one is a little too much to take in, especially when it's nearly an entire issue of just explaining how it works. Read Full Review
-
5.5
Weird Science Marvel Comics - mrgabehernandez
Dec 06, 2023Fantastic Four #14 is an unfortunate step backward in a story about a villain who can influence the future. North unwisely puts the science lesson before the adventure (again) with a heavy-handed message about the dangers of tech billionaires. The art, however, looks great. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
-
10
Well this comic gives you an idea on how the Fantastic Four would react to the likes of Sam Altman, Zuckerberg and that whole AI overlord crowd. Makes me wish the FF was here to save us!
+ Like • Comment -
9.0
I understand why people might not care for this issue, as it is basically page after page of people standing around and talking about a science fiction concept. Personally, though, I much prefer this over Dan Slott's melodramatics in the previous run, and I think it fits the characters really well.
-
8.5
The Fantastic Four wait seconds for the arrival of their children...but nothing happens...the next installment will be revealing.
Art
It is organic with many textures that enhance the details and gives it an interesting and practical tone.
Summary
The Fantastic Four face off against social networks to be able to welcome their children.
Interesting episode
-
8.5
I really like this mystery of the day that's woven in past and future stories. It feels like one offs but I believe Ryan North is building something here.
-
8.0
Weakest issue of the run so far. North still holds up as the perfect choice for this book.
-
8.0
Another super solid issue. The Fantastic Four confronting a pro-AI billionaire is certainly an interesting scenario, and it goes about how I'd hope it would. Nice art from Coello as well, and I began to expect how this ended as the issue went on. I'm intrigued to see where it goes, though. Surely it'll have something to do with who was tampering with Metamind, considering that North made a point to mention that the team never figured that out.
-
7.5
A perfectly serviceable story, but a little too much standing around imo.
-
6.5
To mimic some other reviews, I really liked the fight at the start (no complaints I think it was fun and well drawn), and the twist at the end was also good. Lots to work with there. However, the middle was mostly just philosophical waxing and waning all to ram in a plot device.
To me this issue felt like eating a burger, with amazing artisan buns and cardboard as the meat. No fillings were bad. This run is no doubt better than the Slotts as other have said, but that is a low bar. Slott should not be anyone's comparison bar, we should expect everyone to do better than that. -
6.5
Art: 3/5
Story: 3.5/5
Total: 6.5/10 -
6.0
There are some interesting ideas here, as well as some cool uses of Reed, Sue, and Johnny's powers, but North really needs to work on his dialogue. The technobable between Reed and Passi made me not even want to finish the issue. Still, some pretty good art from Fiorelli to help salvage the comic.
-
3.0
Meta is bad. Socal media are brainwashing you... social issues meet Saturday morning caartoon..bad art and bad dialogue.
-
10
-
10
-
10
-
10
-
10
-
10
-
9.0
-
9.0
-
9.0
-
9.0
-
8.5
-
8.5
-
8.5
-
8.5
-
8.5
-
8.5
-
8.0
-
8.0
-
8.0
-
8.0
-
8.0
-
8.0
-
7.5
-
7.5
-
7.5
-
7.0
-
6.0
2025 In Review:
