Fantastic Four to die!
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Posted on: 2010-12-23 05:08 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
In other words, they want to make some quick cash so they'll hype the event and hope that the non-comic book buying crowd that doesn't know any better will go into a frenzy and buy the book hoping to make a big score by buying something that will instantly be worth a ton of money when, in fact, it probably won't even be worth the cover price.
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That, and the writing of Jonathan "I'm as good as Grant Morrision, coz' it only makes sense in my head" Hickman prompted me to drop that series several months ago.|
Originally Posted by Knight_Marshal
At least one of them will in death's ever revolving door policy most likely.
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I've been meaning to drop Secret Warriors as well, but I have this morbid curiosity to see how he will off the rest of the cast he himself created (2 down, 5 to go...).
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So the Human Torch will die to make room for H.E.R.B.I.E.? So kids won't light themselves on fire trying to copy him.
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I already dropped all Marvel titles except for the main Thor book, which for some reason is still fun for me to read. And I've never been a Thor fan! What's up with that?
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587 issues ..... and it's about time for a line change.
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As far as the FF goes, is it really that odd that a member is about to die (cough cough Johnny cough cough) while the book is ramping up to issue #600???
Look for THE RETURN next year....probably at the end of their megaawesomeearthshakingthischangeseverything event FEAR ITSELF.
Go Team Venture!
It only really surprises me to see them do this because they have been so adamant in the past about never changing anything.
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*Peter Parker gets married, then unmarried. | The beauty of the Marvel Universe is that it is in constant change. Things are always happening, very much like life itself," he told AP. "For us, being stagnant just means that we're not doing our job. |
*He switches to a black costume (giving a nice speech to explain the change, his process of maturing and why it's time to retire the red'n'blues) then drops it to go back to the original.
*He becomes friends with Flash, then Flash explains "hey, we were never really friends" (despite several years showing them as friends-- I have no idea where things stand with this now).
*Harry is good, then bad, then good, then dead, then alive then bad (again, I have no idea regarding his current status).
*Norman is dead then alive, then dead, then alive.
*Aunt May is dead, then alive.
*Peter and Mary Jane have a daughter, who then is kidnapped. Now I think she is dead, or she simply had a Mike Douglas kiss-off (points if you get the reference)
*Ben Reilly shows up and is revealed to be the real Peter, but then he isn't. (My views on this were that Marvel had watched Spidey get darker and darker over the years and wanted to have him go back to his lighther, fun self from the past, so Ben was going to be the real Peter without any of the past years' traumas, but fans rejected that. So instead we got OMD.)
I use Spidey as an example because I know him better than the FF, but there are literally hundreds of examples of how Marvel doesn't want anything to change, so these announcements are some of the biggest heaps of bs...
Every time I find myself missing comics and debating whether or not to start collecting again, we get crap like this, which just serves to push me further away.
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Rob, Chip, and Ernie!
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Originally Posted by Arnabas
a Mike Douglas kiss-off (points if you get the reference)
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Likely it's "Old Blue Eyes". They just reverted him to human for "a short period". So he'll probably be normal when the Annihilus bugs eat him.
Then, about a year down the road, one of them will crap out a pebble and we'll have The Thing back.
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It is as it always is. Noone ever dies in comics. And an issue wrapped in plastic? That's so Death of Superman from what...1994? If that's the best that Marvel can pull out these days, then I'm glad I'm not really reading their books that much anymore.
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Didn't they already kill off Reed (and probably a couple of the other original team members) at least once?
Yeah, I think I'll wait for the Internet to spoil who dies for me when it comes out, and whether it's worth picking up, thank you very much.
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I pretty much have as well. Still reading Invincible Iron Man and X-Factor, but that's a huge drop from what I was reading not so long ago.
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Originally Posted by Flarstux
I already dropped all Marvel titles except for the main Thor book, which for some reason is still fun for me to read. And I've never been a Thor fan! What's up with that?
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Originally Posted by SuperOz
It is as it always is. Noone ever dies in comics. And an issue wrapped in plastic? That's so Death of Superman from what...1994? If that's the best that Marvel can pull out these days, then I'm glad I'm not really reading their books that much anymore.
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Marvel is also only selling this to the direct market (no news stand print run). I suppose this will get the speculators to buy multiple issues and create a shortage.
Go Team Venture!
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Well, that was fast, lol.
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Originally Posted by Flarstux
Rob, Chip, and Ernie!
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I hope we get to see Jack Kirby God again.
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But of course, making it a 'Collector's Edition'...which will be rendered valueless when that member of the FF gets better...|
Originally Posted by BlackSun17
Yeah - I am with you on this.
Marvel is also only selling this to the direct market (no news stand print run). I suppose this will get the speculators to buy multiple issues and create a shortage. |
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I read a few reviews which were beyond positive about Hickman's run on FF, so I picked up a few. Wow, was that a mistake. Not only am I curious as to what kind of drugs Hickman is taking, I also wonder what the hell the reviewers are ingesting to heap such praise on his writing.
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Originally Posted by Archiviste
That, and the writing of Jonathan "I'm as good as Grant Morrision, coz' it only makes sense in my head" Hickman prompted me to drop that series several months ago.
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It was Ben last time I read the Fantastic Four with any regularity who died. About 7(?) years ago. That's when we got to see Kirby God |
Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Likely it's "Old Blue Eyes". They just reverted him to human for "a short period". So he'll probably be normal when the Annihilus bugs eat him.
Then, about a year down the road, one of them will crap out a pebble and we'll have The Thing back. |
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I think it's a fake-out and only one will survive. Which will be Johnny. Then Bendis will take over and next year Marvel will re-launch Fantastic Four, then add Secret Fantastic Four (Franklin Richards, Spidey, She-Hulk & Wolverine), Fantastic Four West (Hercules, Black Widow, Black Knight & Wolverine) and New Fantastic Four (Ms. Marvel, Ben Reilly, Hulk Hogan & Wolverine).
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Likely it's "Old Blue Eyes". They just reverted him to human for "a short period". So he'll probably be normal when the Annihilus bugs eat him.
Then, about a year down the road, one of them will crap out a pebble and we'll have The Thing back. |
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At least one of them will in death's ever revolving door policy most likely.
Marvel Comics said Wednesday that a member of the foursome Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch and the Thing will die in issue No. 587 next month, a change that the company said will ripple across the Marvel Universe like never before.
But who will die? That's a secret protected with more might than the Incredible Hulk and Sentry possess, but executive editor Tom Brevoort, who oversees the comic book, says plenty of clues have been offered during the course of writer Jonathan Hickman's run, including the current "Three" story line.
"I think we've given plenty of hints as to who may die perhaps too many, in that every one of our lead characters is left in a dire, life-threatening situation the month before," Brevoort told The Associated Press. "So, hopefully, that will help to heighten the suspense, while preserving the surprise as to which member doesn't make it out alive."
Marvel is taking no chances in trying to contain that secret like it were the wish-granting Cosmic Cube itself.
Readers will find out for themselves when "Fantastic Four" No. 587 is released in January, though it'll be wrapped in a black polybag designed to keep snoops from finding out and spilling the news.
It won't appear on newsstands, either.
"The surprises in this issues and what comes next constitute one of the biggest events in Marvel history," said David Gabriel, senior vice president for sales and circulation at Marvel.
But is death really the end and, more so, will it be permanent? After all, death has visited the Fantastic Four, which was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in 1961, before.
Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman, supposedly died, but that was just a ruse. Similarly, her husband, Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic, was thought dead after being caught in a blast with his archenemy, Dr. Doom. Instead of death, however, Richards and his nemesis were snatched away to another dimension.
This time, however, Marvel is adamant, noting that once the current story ends in No. 588, the Fantastic Four will cease to exist.
"We've been building to this story and this moment since Jonathan began writing the series around a year and a half ago," Brevoort said. "It's a story that will have a transformative effect on these characters virtually nothing will be the same after the events of this story. And that was the reason to go this route to bring about these seismic changes to the characters and to the series."
Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada said the story is part of a wider effort to not only keep readers entertained, but engaged.
"The beauty of the Marvel Universe is that it is in constant change. Things are always happening, very much like life itself," he told AP. "For us, being stagnant just means that we're not doing our job. At the end of the day, its about characters, soap opera, dramatic events and things that keep our readers coming back for that next installment."