• When a teacher shares a list of inventions a scientist from the 1600s hoped future generations would one day make, Valeria and Franklin Richards decide to go for bonus points...
• ...by ticking off some of those unfinished items and inventing the impossible.
• Enlisting the aid of Jo-Venn and N'Kalla Grimm, the four of them engage in a little amateur mad science that quickly spirals out of hand!
• Do they go to their parents and ask for help? Of course not! A couple of kids can easily fix this, right?
• According to the couple of kids involved in this series of bad decisions: yes! Absolutely! Nothing w more
I never thought I'd see the day a comic could make 17th-century scientists be the center of a superhero comic and work, but here we are. This series is so good at coming up with science-related problems for the family to solve I'm starting to wonder if I can create a wish list of my possible subjects for the following twenty issues. Either way, Fantastic Four #16 is great. Read Full Review
Fantastic Four #16 shows the team taking some downtime after the kids finally return and it focuses on said kids getting into their own scientific shenanigans. Ryan North really captures the better characterizations of each of the kids, makes them likable, distinct, and the story feels like a fun misadventure for them. Francesco Mortarino's art goes well with the story and characters and makes the comic more enjoyable as things get crazier in the comic. Overall, it's as I said earlier, a nice misadventure with the Fantastic Four's kids. Read Full Review
Its hard to call Fantastic Four #16 a departure for the series. While the featured characters are not who weve typically seen to this point, the tone is consistent with what the series has established. Nevertheless, its lower stakes and slightly ramped up humor bring a breath of fresh air after several more urgent seeming issues. Read Full Review
As frivolous asides go, it's hard to beat a fun one-and-done like this. Read Full Review
Fantastic Four #16 is a strange way to kick off the next volume in the series because you get a Fantastic Four-free issue focused on the kids' first day of school in a new state. Ryan North's strategy of creating a thin story wrapped around a science lesson doesn't quite work because the science is poorly presented, but at least the kids are amusing in a fish-out-of-water kind of way. Read Full Review
Good stuff. North undestands what FF really are.
Ryan North has shown he understands how to write the FF as a family, and now he shows he knows how to write the kids as real kids.
Another example of Reed being a good father. I'm sure ScreenRant and CBR will be devastated.
This is much better than the previous issues but I feel weird even giving it an 8.5. I do find it a cute story and I had fun reading it, which I guess at the end of the day is all that matters? Like the science is poorly done, and its barely a FF story at all, just some wacky shenanigans but its kind of fun. At the end of the day I feel weird reviewing it because I feel like I had 8.5/10 worth of fun reading the book even if the book feels more like its a 7.10. I dont usually feel confused reviewing books but here I am.
Tl dr, its a fun read even if its not a great FF with dodgy science.
While I thought the beginning was kind of annoying, I found myself having a lot of fun by the end. I actually did something I believed I'd never be able to do with the last panel, laugh when North was trying to be funny.
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