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A review by jekutree
Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus, Vol. 1 by John Rauch, Rick Magyar, Scott Hanna, Paul Mounts, Jonathan Hickman, Paul Neary
5.0
Wow. Jonathan Hickman starts his Fantastic Four Run with a grand slam. He writes compelling stories and adds a lot of personal flavor to the team. In my book he’s the only writer to successfully modernize the Fantastic Four. He makes them feel like the same team but in the 21st century. He makes them modern without making them feel needlessly edgy or dark.
Hickman’s approach to superheroes is very similar to Morrison’s, very large concept, very cerebral and very all inclusive. There are throwbacks to previous FF runs but Hickman makes their continuity his own. He writes Reed and Sue better than anyone ever has, his dynamic between them and the kids has never been better written. His Ben and Johnny have the right voice behind them, but it’s obvious his interests land more in the Sue/Reed/Val/Franklin ball park (and that’s ok). He also has a really good voice for Doctor Doom which is something I feel like Waid lacked.
Hickman takes plots that would happen in the Stan and Jack run and makes them modern, serious and attractive to a contemporary reader. He also does a fantastic job intertwining several plots and characters together that seamlessly come together for a great payoff.
Only negatives are inconsistent art teams and giving me a reason to read Millar’s Run.
EDIT: after a few days of sitting on this, it really is a perfect modern Fantastic Four book. There are no faults to the story being presented. For that reason, I’m bumping it up to a 10/10
Hickman’s approach to superheroes is very similar to Morrison’s, very large concept, very cerebral and very all inclusive. There are throwbacks to previous FF runs but Hickman makes their continuity his own. He writes Reed and Sue better than anyone ever has, his dynamic between them and the kids has never been better written. His Ben and Johnny have the right voice behind them, but it’s obvious his interests land more in the Sue/Reed/Val/Franklin ball park (and that’s ok). He also has a really good voice for Doctor Doom which is something I feel like Waid lacked.
Hickman takes plots that would happen in the Stan and Jack run and makes them modern, serious and attractive to a contemporary reader. He also does a fantastic job intertwining several plots and characters together that seamlessly come together for a great payoff.
Only negatives are inconsistent art teams and giving me a reason to read Millar’s Run.
EDIT: after a few days of sitting on this, it really is a perfect modern Fantastic Four book. There are no faults to the story being presented. For that reason, I’m bumping it up to a 10/10