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effervescent's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
mrluchador's review
adventurous
slow-paced
3.75
Iconic for starting Marvel’s Silver Age, but entirely dated and VERY heavy on the word count!
kaito6's review
3.0
We got a good outline for the characters, and the design of the antagonist was interesting. As a first issue it was very serviceable and an entertaining read.
dzomparelli's review
3.0
The mole man was pretty lame and far fetched for such an early comic, but the creativity written into how each of the F4 uses their powers is very apparent, especially Reed and Johnny. The tension between Ben and Reed adds to Ben being a great character. Susan needs more of everything, definitely the week link in this early 60s writing
greenlitprincess's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this comic. It was the first comic book I read and I am really getting into Marvel comics so I thought it would be fun to read the first one.
bookishrealm's review
3.0
I really didn’t enjoy this as much as I thought I would. The characters were fine it’s just I feel like Stan Lee spent too much time attempting to showcase the powers of the heroes instead of making sure the actual storytelling made sense. There were definitely plot holes and parts of this issue that didn’t make any sense. I feel like after reading The Amazing Spider-Man I know he’s much better than this. It doesn’t mean it isn’t a classic but I’ve definitely read better. The artwork was great. I’m still getting used to the lack of color variation in the comics but for the most part it’s still interesting to see these artists work with such limited resources compared to today.
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