Saturday, December 21, 2013

Fantastic Four #319

FF #319 from October 1988.  "Secret Wars 3" by Steve Englehart and Keith Pollard.

We get to see the Beyonder naked.  Oh my god, he has no junk!


Fantastic Four #318

FF #318 from Sept. 1988.  "Beyond the Pale" by Steve Englehart and Keith Pollard.

Dr. Doom stops by to pay a visit to Lyja the Skrull. We get a look at who else lives in her building.
Ooops, Jim Shooter was evicted.

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Fantastic Four #317

FF #317 from August 1988.  "Last Kiss" by Steve Englehart and Keith Pollard.

 The FF get their heads bounced around the universe.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Fantastic Four #316

FF #316 from July 1988.  "Cold Storage" by Steve Englehart and Keith Pollard.

Ms. Marvel and Crystal have an odd moment.  
Looks like they're trying to fight their attraction for one another.

Friday, November 29, 2013

Fantastic Four #315

FF #315 from June 1988.  "No Way Out" by Steve Englehart and Keith Pollard.

This alien....how did the Comics Code Authority approve of this!?

Fantastic Four #314

FF #314 from May 1988.  "The Scenic Route" by Steve Englehart and Keith Pollard.

Dr. Strange in his eye-patch and blond-hair phase.


Monday, November 18, 2013

Fantastic Four #313

FF #313 from April 1988.  "The Tunnels of the Mole Man" by Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema.

Johnny and Crystal have a little....moment.

Fantastic Four #312

FF #312 from March 1988.  "The Turning Point" by Steve Englehart and Keith Pollard.

A parade for the original X-Men (X-Factor) while the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, and Dr. Doom look on.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Fantastic Four #311

FF #311 from Feb. 1988.  "I Want to Die" by Steve Englehart and Keith Pollard.

I kind of get the feeling that Ms. Marvel doesn't like being a She-Thing.

Fantastic Four #310

FF #310 from January 1988.  "Things to Come" by Steve Englehart and Keith Pollard.

Ms. Marvel's rape sub-plot continues.  Now, someone else wants to rape her.


Sunday, November 10, 2013

Fantastic Four #309

FF #309 from Dec. 1987.  "Danger on the Air" by Steve Englehart and John Buscema.

You can tell what Johnny's thinking...
He's hoping for a threesome with his two favorite redheads.


Fantastic Four #308

FF #308 from Nov. 1987.  "Fasaud" by Steve Englehart and John Buscema.

Ms. Marvel is going to save Johnny from falling...but then...
Oh fuck it.  Let him die. He's a man.  She can't touch a man!


Monday, October 28, 2013

Fantastic Four #307

FF #307 from Oct. 1987.  "Good-Bye" by Steve Englehart and John Buscema.

Sue tells Ben that their two replacements are "wonderful."  Really?
















But later, she tells Johnny what she really thinks.
The replacements are "dubious."

Friday, October 25, 2013

Fantastic Four #306

FF #306 from Sept. 1987.  "The Marvel Rage" by Steve Englehart and John Buscema.

Why does Ms. Marvel hate men?   

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Fantastic Four #305

FF #305 from August 1987.  "All in the Family" by Steve Englehart and John Buscema.

Right in the middle of saying Crystal's name....Crystal shows up! 


Fantastic Four #304

FF #304 from July 1987.  "Pressure Drop" by Steve Englehart and John Buscema.

Reed and Sue look in on their captive child (who should be getting some kind of 24 hour psychological care by trained specialists).

Fantastic Four #303

FF #303 from June 1987.  "Alternatives" by Roy Thomas and John Buscema.

Ben decides to break off his marriage to Alicia in the alternate time-line...by busting through the wall of the church and just about killing everyone inside a collapsing church.


Thursday, October 17, 2013

Fantastic Four #302

FF #302 from May 1987.  "And Who Shall Survive" by Roger Stern, Tom DeFalco, and John & Sal Buscema.

Franklin uses his powers to be a peeping tom...

















and so....

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Fantastic Four #301

FF #301 from April 1987.  "Dark Dreams" by Roger Stern, Tom DeFalco, and John Buscema.

Franklin's creepy floating head power:


Thursday, October 10, 2013

Fantastic Four #300

FF #300 from March 1987.  "Dearly Beloved..."

At Johnny and Lyja's wedding, they avoid showing the bride's family.

Fantastic Four #299

FF #299 from February 1987.  "The Best Man" by Roger Stern and John & Sal Buscema.

The demolition works cheer that She-Hulk and the Thing are taking their jobs.

Fantastic Four #298

FF #298 from January 1987.  "Closer Than Brothers" by Roger Stern and John & Sal Buscema.

Johnny and Lyja announce their engagement.

Fantastic Four #297

FF #297 from Dec. 1986.  "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" by Roger Stern and John & Sal Buscema.

The combined version of Lord Umbra and Jaagur...Umbra's crazy beard and Jaagur's mohawk.

Fantastic Four #296

FF #296 from Nov. 1986.  "Homecoming" by Jim Shooter, Stan Lee, Barry Windsor-Smith, Kerry Gammill, Ron Frenz, Al Milgrom, John Buscema, Marc Silvestri, and Jerry Ordway.

Johnny gets a little work done from the Mole Man's plastic surgeon.

Fantastic Four #295

FF #295 from Oct. 1986.  "Welcome to the Future" by Roger Stern and Jerry Ordway, with John Byrne.

It's Clobber Time, Clobber Time, Clobber Time...

Fantastic Four #294

FF #294 from Sept. 1986.  "Hero Worship" by John Byrne, Roger Stern, and Jerry Ordway.

The Fantastic Four get worshiped as gods.


Fantastic Four #293

FF #293 from August 1986.  "Central City Does Not Answer" by John Byrne.

Byrne's artistic farewell to the Fantastic Four.

Fantastic Four #292

FF #292 from July 1986.  "The Man Who Dreamed the World" by John Byrne.

The cop-out ending...it was all just a dream.

Fantastic Four #291

FF #291 from June 1986.  "The Times They are A'Changing" by John Byrne.

In infamous scene:  12 year old Sue with a crush on college freshman Reed,
which actually makes them closer in age than they were before.



















A UPS truck makes a good disguise for riding around in 1936 New York
(unless you don't have the right tags).

Fantastic Four #290

FF #290 from May 1986. "Risk" by John Byrne.

They arrive back in time, and Nick Fury is immediately able to pinpoint the exact year.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Fantastic Four #289

FF #289 from April 1986.  "Rip Wide the Sky" by John Byrne.

A mysterious green arm tries to grab back his cosmic control rod.
Gee, I wonder who that arm belongs to.

Fantastic Four #288

FF #288 from March 1986.  "Full Circle" by John Byrne.

Beyonder switches Dr. Doom back to his original body.
I guess Doom didn't like being a ginger.

Fantastic Four #287

FF #287 from Feb. 1986. "Prisoner of the Flesh" by John Byrne.

Peggy and Sarah just casually waltz into the Latverian Embassy.



Fantastic Four #286

FF #286 from January 1986.  "Like a Phoenix"

An original page by John Byrne with the mean, nasty Phoenix.
























A redrawn page by Chris Claremont and Jackson Guice with a nicer, prettier Phoenix.

Fantastic Four #285

FF #285 from Dec. 1985.  "Hero" by John Byrne.

Darwin Award winner of 1985...Tommy Hanson.


Monday, October 7, 2013

Fantastic Four #284

FF #284 from Nov. 1984.  "Revolution" by John Byrne.

Great two-page spread of the Mines of Nuvidia.

Fantastic Four #283

FF #283 from October 1985.  "Torment" by John Byrne.

Reed gets attacked by a killer waffle maker.

Fantastic Four #282

FF #282 from Sept. 1985.  "Inwards to Infinity" by John Byrne.

The Human Torch gets attacked by a pair of tweezers.


Sunday, October 6, 2013

Fantastic Four #281

FF #281 from August 1985.  "With Malice Towards All" by John Byrne.

A great two-page spread of New York burning....

Fantastic Four #280

FF #280 from July 1985.  "Tell Them All They Love Must Die..." by John Byrne.

After the destruction of the Baxter Building, a shop owner gives Reed a piece of his mind.

Fantastic Four #279

FF #279 from June 1985.  "Crack of Doom" by John Byrne.

Say goodbye to the Baxter Building.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Fantastic Four #278

FF #278 from May 1985.  "True Lies" by John Byrne.

Gutsy anti-racism story by John Byrne.  This isn't something you normally see in mainstream comics.

Fantastic Four #277

FF #277 from April 1985.  "Back from Beyond" by John Byrne.

I like this Lyja the Skrull.  She's not a pushover like Alicia.


Fantastic Four #276

FF #276 from March 1985.  "Suffer a Witch to Live" by John Byrne.

Reed and Sue sure do know how to throw a wild parties. 
They come up with their guest list by reading the newspaper comics page.


Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Fantastic Four #275

FF #275 from Feb. 1985.  "The Naked Truth" by John Byrne.

The morning after Johnny finally takes Lyja the Skrull to Pound Town.


Fantastic Four #274

FF #274 from Jan. 1985.  "Monster Mash: Part Two" by John Byrne.

Why is Frankenstein's monster on the Secret Wars planet?  Like really?!