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Sixty years ago, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby made history and brought about the beginning of the Marvel Age of comics with the release of FANTASTIC FOUR #1. Now a bevy of Marvel’s finest creators pay tribute to that monumental moment by reinterpreting, page by page, the story from that inaugural release as well as FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #3, in which the entirety of the Marvel Universe attended the wedding of Reed Richards and Sue Storm! Whether these are stories you’ve never read before or tales that you’re intimately familiar with, this is the perfect way to experience them anew!
The Fantastic Four Anniversary Tribute may well be a shot-by-shot remake of two of Stan and Jack's all-time classic comics, but with a modern eye, and modern techniques applied, the whole affair is less redundant that you'd think. A worthy tribute for comic book fans but also a strange curio for the causal reader too. Read Full Review
Fantastic Four Anniversary Tribute #1 delivers a solid comic remake of some of the Fantastic Four's seminal stories. It provides a comic where readers can enjoy the original stories by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby with modern artists redrawing the stories in new and striking ways. It's a comic book that both new and longtime fans of the Fantastic Four can appreciate. Read Full Review
When all is said and done, Fantastic Four Anniversary Tribute #1 delivers a fresh, yet reverent, take on two classic tales that celebrate the Fantastic Four's remarkable place in comics history. Read Full Review
In a lot of ways, Fantastic Four Anniversary Tribute is a book for comics super-fans. This isn't the best way to read these stories -- you're better off going back and reading Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's originals -- but it is one of the coolest ways to honor the past. It's also a testament to the artists to see how they would approach some of the most important comics ever created. For that, pick this one up to enjoy the history and ongoing awesomeness of the Fantastic Four. Read Full Review
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby changed an entire industry with the debut of the Fantastic Four 60 years ago. To celebrate the anniversary, Marvel Comics assembled some of today's best and most notable artists to recreate Fantastic Four #1 and the beloved wedding of Reed and Sue from Fantastic Four Annual #3. It's a nice gesture, but the final product yields mixed results. Read Full Review
It's the 3rd swing at this interesting format: Letting a different guest artist redraw each page of some classic comics. Once again, the result is pretty but non-essential, serving mainly as a catalog of artists that will currently return Marvel's calls. But a really cool aspect emerges if you use Marvel Unlimited (or what have you) to read this side-by-side with the originals: The number of guest artists who choose to preserve Jack Kirby's layouts or blocking or both is really high. It's a testament to how much the King contributed to these stories. (Also, kudos to David Lapham, John Romita Jr, and Leonardo Ortolani for honoring the fact that the Thing looked more "mud man" than "rock man" in FF #1.)
This is probably not worth the money. The art is good, and that third annual is very well written for its time, but I mean, this is something you should only get if you just love the FF that much. Maybe if you haven't read these stories before, but it's unclear if they work together on their own.
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