Fantastic Four #231

FF #231 from June 1981.  "In All the Gathered Gloom" by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz (and Gurland and Moore, whoever they are). 

The FF's neighbor's are restless.  It took them this long to finally wake up and realize that living near the FF is dangerous.

Lorrie the Slut breaks up with Johnny....but they agree to still be friends.  Yeah right.  The kind of friends that never see or talk to each other ever again.

Fantastic Four #230

FF #230 from May 1981.  "Firefrost and the Ebon Seeker"  by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz.

The Avengers have an argument with the Human Torch's feet.

Fantastic Four #229

FF #229 from April 1981.  "The Thing from the Black Hole" by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz.

Alicia unveils her newest statue...Moon Knight!  Yes...Moon Knight!

Good luck selling a statue of Moon Knight Alicia.

Fantastic Four #228

FF #228 from March 1981.  "Ego-Spawn" by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz.

Johnny's date, Lorrie the Slut, shows up, and wastes no time in flirting with Ben.

Fantastic Four #227

FF #227 from Feb. 1981.  "The Brain Parasites" by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz.

Sue tries to hide her extra luggage from Reed.

 

Fantastic Four #226

FF #226 from Jan. 1981.  "The Samurai Destroyer" by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz.

Why spend extra money on a tv with a remote control with you can do this?

Fantastic Four #225

FF #225 from Dec. 1980.  "The Blind God's Tears" by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz.

The Fantastic Four face their greatest enemy...

...a skinny blind dude on a couch.

Fantastic Four #224

FF #224 from Nov. 1980.  "The Darkfield Illumination" by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz.

 Sue is reading a Moon Knight comic to Franklin.  Another example of what a terrible parent she is.

The Thing partially gets knocked back to his human form.

Fantastic Four #223

FF #223 from Oct. 1980.  "That a Child May Live" by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz.

The FF save Franklin with the power....of LOVE!   Yech!

Fantastic Four #222

FF #222 from Sept. 1980.  "The Possession of Franklin Richards" by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz.

Franklin is way too excited to see his parents kiss.  It's kinda creepy.

Fantastic Four 221

FF #221 from August 1980.  "Tower of Crystal....Dreams of Glass" by John Byrne.

Big over-sized medallion....huge kick-ass afros...

These aliens are ready to swing

Fantastic Four 220

FF#220 from July 1980.  "...And the Lights Went Out All Over the World" by John Byrne.

The cab driver is worried that a villain might attack and mess up his cab.

But the person he should be worried about, is the Thing himself.

Fantastic Four 219

FF #219 from June 1980.  "Leviathans" by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz

Why can't Reed Richards afford a bunsen burner?

Fantastic Four 218

FF #218 from May 1980.  "When a Spider-Man Comes Calling" by Bill Mantlo and John Byrne.

The opening splash page, which I think is quite cool.

Fantastic Four 217

FF #217 from April 1980.  "Masquerade" by Bill Mantlo and John Byrne.

Johnny's got the gold chains and he's hanging out with Dazzler.  It's a Bill Mantlo/John Byrne disco masterpiece.

Fantastic Four 216

FF #216 from March 1980.  "Where There Be Gods" by Marv Wolfman and John Byrne.

More trauma for little Franklin. He's gonna have major issues when he grows up (IF he grows up).

Fantastic Four #215

FF #215 from Feb. 1980.  "Blastaar" by Marv Wolfman and John Byrne.

Odd moment from the issue: in the middle of a tense Blastaar situation, Reed gets a call from a friend who was mugged by a street gang, so Reed...goes off to help his friend! Like suddenly, Reed cares more about his friend getting mugged then he does about Blastaar running loose in the city.

Fantastic Four Annual #16

FF Annual #16 from 1981.   "The Coming of...Dragon Lord" by Ed Hannigan and Steve Ditko.

The First (and last, thankfully), appearance of Ral Dorn. 

Fantastic Four Annual #15

FF Annual #15 from 1980.  "Time for the Prime Ten" by Doug Moench and Goerge Perez.

Willie Lumpkin seems very, very eager for Ben to open his package.

Fantastic Four Annual #14

FF Annual #14 from 1979.  "Cat's Paw" by Marv Wolfman and George Perez.

When the FF fly commercial...all the other passengers get a new flight.

Fantastic Four Annual 13

FF Annual #13 from 1978.  "Night Life" by Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema.

Finally, the fire department gets on the Human Torch for always shooting flames around the city.

Fantastic Four Annual #12

FF Annual #12 from 1977.  "The End of the Inhumans and the Fantastic Four" by Marv Wolfman, Bob Hall and Keith Pollard.

On the set of the Fantastic Four movie.  If Sue thinks that costume is bad, wait til she sees what she has to wear in the 1990s.

Fantastic Four #214

FF #214 from Jan. 1980.   "and then there was One" by Marv Wolfman and John Byrne.

We learn that Jarvis the butler is allergic to nuts.  Did anything ever come of this nut-allergy sub-plot?

Fantastic Four #213

FF #213 by Marv Wolfman and John Byrne.

Galactus slaps the clothes off the Spinx.

Fantastic Four #212

FF #212 by Marv Wolfman and John Byrne

Galactus, peeping in the windows of the Baxter Building.

Fantastic Four #211

FF #211 by Marv Wolfman and John Byrne.

First appearance of Terrax (Tyros), a bad guy who really knows how to live:  good food, fine clothing, and servant wenches.

Fantastic Four #210

FF #210 by Marv Wolfman and John Byrne.

Ben gives mouth-to-mouth to Johnny.  How does this work?  Ben doesn't have lips and his mouth is like four times the size of Johnny's mouth.

Fantastic Four #209

FF #209 by Marv Wolfman and John Byrne.

Herbie demonstrates his asshole programming.

Fantastic Four #208

FF #208 by Marv Wolfman and Sal Buscema.

He's too powerful for Powerhouse!  No, really?  Too powerful for Powerhouse?
Not a big surprise.

Fantastic Four #207

FF #207 by Marv Wolfman and Sal Buscema.

For a school called "Security College"....they got lousy security.

Fantastic Four #206

FF #206 by Marv Wolfman and Keith Pollard.
My favorite characters in the issue:  The Skrull Emperor and his nagging wife. 
Reminds me of my parents.

Fantastic Four #205

FF #205 by Marv Wolfman and Keith Pollard.

Computers were big as hell back in the 1970s.  This is the Living Computer of Xandar.
It's kind of like Xandar's version of Wikipedia.

Fantastic Four 204

FF #204 by Marv Wolfman and Keith Pollard.

Johnny Storm's step-by-step guide to getting liad:

Step One:  be Johnny Storm
Step Two: lead girl off to private location, making sexually suggestive comment about how hard he's gonna give it to her.

Fantastic Four 203

FF #203 by Marv Wolfman and Keith Pollard.

Ben has a bowling alley reserved for seven!  I assume that means he's bringing Alicia.  Too bad we don't get to see that.

Fantastic Four 202

From FF 202 by Marv Wolfman and John Buscema:
Who knew the top five floors of the Baxter Building could fly?
Either that's the stupidest thing ever.....or the coolest.  I can't decide.

Fantastic Four 201

From FF 201 by Marv Wolfman and Kieth Pollard.
I always love these diagrams of the Baxter Building. I saved this for future reference.
Now...where exactly is that cryonics room that shows up ten issues later?

Weird Comic Book Moment

The biggest problem with Superman's new costume is that darn collar. It makes his neck look way too long. And in this edition of the Weird Comic Book Moment....from Superman 10, Dan Jurgens has a little bit of a Rob Liefeld moment....LOOK AT SUPERMAN'S NECK!  It's twice as long as it should be.  It's freaky!
Has he been hanging out with the South African Ndebele tribe?  

Of course, I shouldn't complain. I have the same problem with my neck.

Fantastic Four 200

FF #200 from Nov. 1978.  "When Titans Clash" by Marv Wolfman and Keith Pollard.

Dr. Doom's airplane....and his logo. Daredevil should sue for trademark infringement.

Zorba wonders what the hell kind of superteam is this...

Fantastic Four 199

FF #199 from October 1978.  "The Son of Doctor Doom" by Marv Wolfman and Keith Pollard.

If you can imagine Dr. Doom with a crown on his head, you would think it would look strange.  Keith Pollard gets the task of drawing Doom with a crown on, and from far away, it doesn't look so crazy. 

 In the next panel, its covered by a word balloon, and after that, he takes it off.

Fantastic Four 198

FF #198 from Sept. 1978.  "Invasion" by Marv Wolfman and Keith Pollard

The statue of Dr. Doom that looks nothing like Dr. Doom.
What do you expect from Alicia Masters....she's blind!

Fantastic Four 197

FF #197 from Aug. 1978.  "The Riotous Return of the Red Ghost" by Marv Wolfman and Keith Pollard.

The Red Ghost is back!  Did he steal his new uniform from DC's The Atom?