tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post113813718701048451..comments2023-06-20T08:20:25.787-07:00Comments on Lady, That's My Skull: Mary Jane Watson's sordid pastSleestakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-1138891424918554972006-02-02T06:43:00.000-08:002006-02-02T06:43:00.000-08:00It took me the better part of forever to build up ...It took me the better part of forever to build up a collection of Marvel's Greatest Comics, which reprinted a metric ton of old Fantastic Four stories, with late-seventies early eighties ads. It was probably the first or second FF story I ever read, a two-parter with Magneto and Sub-Mariner (post Kirby, probably John Buscema). And now you can get most of those issues in the Essential volumes.<BR/> Damn kids...<BR/> Anyway, 193-200 build up a big Dr. Doom story, where apparently everyone involved shot their creative wad, because then the book meanders around lost and confused until Byrne shows up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-1138316939112688042006-01-26T15:08:00.000-08:002006-01-26T15:08:00.000-08:00A word of warning....these stories are high in plo...A word of warning....these stories are high in plot and characterization and not the art-driven wanking material like you may be used to.Sleestakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-1138311387352702482006-01-26T13:36:00.000-08:002006-01-26T13:36:00.000-08:00Thanks guys!Thanks guys!Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00679456592657711270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-1138295760115859332006-01-26T09:16:00.000-08:002006-01-26T09:16:00.000-08:00The four Essentials released so far will only get ...The four Essentials released so far will only get you up to #83, within a year-and-a-half of the end of Jack Kirby's run. I think there's a DVD set with the first 40 years of FF, more than any sane person would want or need. John Byrne's run, 232-297-or-so, is another high point (particularly the early issues).<BR/><BR/>Another option for the early issues is the Fantastic Four Omnibus, issues 1-30 (plus Annual #1) in color, in hardcover. Other than that there are the multiple Marvel Masterworks dedicated to the FF (approx. 10 issues a book), but I don't think those go much farther than the Essentials have. Finally, last year Marvel released a collection of George Perez's FF issues from the 1970s, somewhere in the 150-160s.Cole Moore Odellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041638617925724048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-1138289010359093242006-01-26T07:23:00.000-08:002006-01-26T07:23:00.000-08:00I'd go for the FF Essentials. Phone book size b/w...I'd go for the FF Essentials. Phone book size b/w reprint collections at a bargain price.Marionettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06985975073151200366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-1138274744949386952006-01-26T03:25:00.000-08:002006-01-26T03:25:00.000-08:00What's the best way to get a hold of those stories...What's the best way to get a hold of those stories (FF#1-200)? I assume there's a collection?Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00679456592657711270noreply@blogger.com