{"id":3144,"date":"2009-03-05T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2009-03-04T23:32:21","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T23:32:21","slug":"fantastic-four-words-greatest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2009\/03\/05\/fantastic-four-words-greatest\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Mark Millar<\/strong> & Bryan Hitch<\/strong> with Paul Neary<\/strong>, Andrew Currie<\/strong> and Matt Banning<\/strong> (Marvel\/Panini UK)
\nISBN: 978-1-84653-404-1<\/p>\n

If you’re new to the first family of comic books, or worse yet returning after a sustained absence, you might have a few problems with this otherwise superb selection of high-concept hi-jinks featuring Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, The Thing and the Human Torch. However if you’re prepared to ignore a lot of unexplained references to stuff you’ve missed there’s two magically enthralling tales on offer in this chunky tome.<\/p>\n

Collecting the contents of Fantastic Four<\/strong> #554-561, the wonderment begins when Reed Richard’s old college girlfriend reappears with a request and proposition he simply cannot refuse. Alyssa Moy is as smart as Richards but she need help finishing her latest project – a fully working replica of planet Earth for the entire race to escape to when (not if) the original is destroyed by climate change and humanity’s abuse.<\/p>\n

Designed as the ultimate gated community, disaster strikes when its robotic police\/peacekeeper unit “Cap” escapes into the real world. Created to deal with any sign of conflict it goes on a rampage, destroying superheroes and armies alike. Nothing can stop it, but Mister Fantastic has an idea…<\/p>\n

Doctor Doom returns for the next mini epic, only to be humbled and abducted by a new team of super-beings who seem linked to the Torch’s new girlfriend. As the body count and collateral damage rises, Reed discovers he’s been betrayed by Alyssa Moy and events spiral to a climax that could wipe-out reality itself…<\/p>\n

Tense and gripping with superb art from Hitch and inkers Neary, Currie and Banning, plus evocative colouring by Paul Mounts, these super-science sagas revolve heavily around the FF’s roles as a tight-knit family and the human dramas seldom play second fiddle to simple tights ‘n’ fights action.<\/p>\n

Potentially confusing at first, but a cautious, conscious perusal will deliver great rewards for fans of the genre.<\/p>\n