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Direct market comic shops recently got a digest-sized trade paperback collecting Chris Eliopoulos and Mark Sumerak's Franklin Richards back-up stories and one-shots.
The son of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman has quite the exciting life, even without his famous family around. He and his robotic nanny H.E.R.B.I.E. get into quite a bit of mischief.
This is not the current Fantastic Four...there are no simpering, whiny Mr. Fantastic scenes where Reed goes on and on about his poor, persecuted communist uncle.
(JMS has a -lot- to answer for.)
These stories instead invoke comparisons to (dare I say it?) Calvin & Hobbes, or perhaps a G-rated version of Barry Ween.
Franklin's misadventures are charming, fast-paced, and truly funny.
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Every time I hear the name "Mr. Fantastic", I have flashbacks to high school and that dang Shaggy song. Not that he says "Mr. Fantastic", of course, but it's darn close.
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quote: This is not the current Fantastic Four...there are no simpering, whiny Mr. Fantastic scenes where Reed goes on and on about his poor, persecuted communist uncle.
(JMS has a -lot- to answer for.)
This actually sounds very intriguing.
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What's annoying is what Richards does after all this complaining about his poor, persecuted, communist uncle.
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quote:Originally posted by Storm Saxon: This actually sounds very intriguing.
It's not. Trust me. It's JMS's excuse for how Reed Richards (a guy whose super-hero origin involved stealing a federal spacecraft!) is suddenly a simpering toadie of the US , ready and willing to imprison and kill his friends, alienate and exclude his family. Posts: 6689 | Registered: Jan 2005
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