Reviewed Comics:
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Incredible Hulk #1:The Hulk
Cover Date: May 1962 | Review: 4.25 StarsThe First issue of The Incredible Hulk was quite a compelling read, it was a fine example of storytelling, art, and creativity. At its root, The Incredible Hulk story is a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story. only this time its Dr. Banner and The Hulk, One half, a brilliant man, the other half a…
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Fantastic Four #5:Prisoners of Doctor Doom!
Cover Date: Jul 1962 | Review: 2.5 StarsAfter the last issue of Fantastic Four knocked my socks off, I went into reading this one filled with high hopes. Would the tale that introduced Dr.Doom be as compelling and as good as the tale that reintroduced Namor? The cover and the opening pages offered such promise, starting off with the view of our new antagonist.…
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Fantastic Four #4:The Coming of the Sub-Mariner
Cover Date: May 1962 | Review: 4 StarsWith Fantastic Four #4, we have truly the signs that the series is in its early stages of greatness. this volume is in effect the first time in Fantastic Four that the ending events of the last issue directly effect the next. leaving no feeling of a great loss of time, in #1 to #3,…
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Fantastic Four #3:The Menace of the Miracle Man
Cover Date: Mar 1962 | Review: 4.25 StarsIn this, the Third issue of the Fantastic Four. Having faced threats from both below and above, its time they face a threat that is truly powerful. Miracle man, with his seeming omnipotent power. He first stops the Fantastic Four, or most directly The Thing, during a show of his. But when the situation…
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Fantastic Four #2:Skrulls From Outer Space
Cover Date: Jan 1962 | Review: 3.5 StarsFor the Fantastic Four, what comes after stopping an invasion from below? Stopping one from above of course. Last Issue, the Fantastic Four Come onto the scene out of nowhere to save the Earth from the Mole Man, This time, it’s the Skrulls that is the threat. Also in the time between the last issue and this, while not directly mentioned.…
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Fantastic Four #1:The Fantastic Four
Cover Date: Nov 1961 | Review: 3.75 StarsThe Fantastic Four Blaze into their first appearance, and their First Feature comic at the same time, in Fantastic Four #1. Bringing about the dawn of what I see as a new age for Marvel at that time. I find the cover of this first book, does not do it justice on its own, while…