FANTASTIC
FOUR:
REUNITED THEY STAND
(Marvel,
First Printing, 2013;
Softcover)
Collects
Fantastic Four
#201-203 and Fantastic
Four Annual
#12-14 (cover dates Annual 1977- Annual 1979)
Writers:
Marv Wolfman and Bill Mantlo with George Perez
Artists:
Keith Pollard, Bob Hall, Sal Buscema, John Buscema, and George Perez
with Inking by Joe Sinnott, Bob Wiaceck, and Pablo Marcos
This
is kind of an odds and ends collection, basically tying up the
plotline of the team getting back together and making their
declaration of intent as well as three double-sized Annuals. Issues
201-203 are okay. Competently done though not Earth-shattering. Kirby
wasn't losing any sleep over his run being overtaken, that's for
sure.
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| I really enjoyed the rematch with Salem's Seven. |
My
favorite story in this book is the one in Annual #13, where The Mole
Man is kidnapping statues and people from the surface world to live
with him in an abandoned subway tunnel. It's one of those charming
Bill Mantlo/ Sal Buscema productions. Those two were prolific, and
while their work is never ranked as anyone's favorites, they have
done some fine work together.
The
material in this book will be reissued in “high def” this fall in
Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four Vol. 18. Will I double dip?
Time will tell...
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 3.75 out of 5.
The
OCD zone
Linework
and Color restoration: Things look tight and the color
palette is faithful to the original comics. It will be interesting to
see what errors, if any, are fixed when Marvel Masterworks
Fantastic Four Vol. 18 remasters this material this fall.
Paper
stock:
Matte coated stock of sufficient thickness and weight. This is the
same stock found in the softcover Marvel
Masterworks
and Epic
line books.
Binding:
Perfect bound trade paperback.
Cardstock
cover notes: Thick waxlike
lamination.
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