THE FANTASTIC PART 5 (OF 6). As the first story arc nears its conclusion, the fledgling "Fantastic Four" battle the Mole Man. Plus: Learn the fate of Victor Van Damme!
This issue is pretty much one big action sequence capped off with a cliffhanger that promises more of the same in the next chapter, and while I'm a sucker for the comic book slugfest I have to say I found this one to be strangely unmoving. I mean yes there's a solid display of Ben's power, (though it neglects to include the traditional "it's clobberin' time" battle cry), and I enjoyed the scene where Johnny discovers he's able to fly, as well as the amusing little sequence where he attempts to toss a fire ball at the creature. However, the simple fact of the matter is that this issue seems to be so focused on the dialogue exchanges that it forget to play up the idea that this was supposed to be the team's first time using their powers to battle a threat, and as such there really should've been a greater sense of uncertainty. It also doesn't help that the threat the team faces is unable to do little more that stand around smashing things around. I mean in the end the dialogue is far mor Read Full Review
(Plus, disappointingly, it's looking like the entertaining letters page of issue #3 may have been a one-off. Oh well.) Read Full Review
The art is just gorgeous, but the story is ok and nothing more... For the first time they used their powers to fight something that was made kinda bad. Like it's not their first time. However, they still aren't a team, so maybe it's just a warm-up.
For me it's getting a little dull.