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Lee and Kirby spin the classics with characters and concepts that remain among Marvel's mainstays today! After being lorded over in Latveria by Doctor Doom, the FF face a new level of grudge match when the Thing is tapped for the fighting arena of gangster Skrulls! Featuring the enigmatic inhumans, the Frightful Four, the Mad Thinker and other enduring opponents! Guest-starring Magneto and the Sub-Mariner! Plus: classic invasions from under the earth and under the sea!COLLECTING: FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) 84-110, ANNUAL 7-8.../ Essential Fantastic Four, Vol. 5 (Marvel Essentials) / MARVEL BOOK...Read more
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Stan Lee and Jacky Kirby come to the end of their run together on the World's Greatest Comic Magazine : Essential Fantastic Four, Vol. 5 (Marvel Essentials)
Look, enough with the hand-wringing and false speculation. Lee and Kirby's split involved several factors I'll touch on - BRIEFLY - in a sec, but FF Vol 5 is the end of their collaboration, and so the stories suffer because Kirby was essentially phoning it in at this point. Sad but true. Y'see, Kirby wasn't miffed at the so-called "Marvel Method" one reviewer mentioned; in fact, he embraced it. Stan Lee basically scripted (ie wrote the dialogue) for the stories Kirby came up with. Which is what engendered Kirby's resentment leading to his ultimate break with Marvel. After creating scads of original heroes and villains, all of the skrilla was going to Marvel - owned at that time by Stan Lee's family - a fact that began to infuriate Kirby. Later in life he went on to make some wild claims about fully writing the Marvel stories, which are actually partly backed up by original pages with distinctively Kirbyesque dialogue penciled in with the art, but whether you believe that or not, its clear that Stan Lee was NOT the source of many of the grandiose cosmic concepts presented over the years in FF - just take a look at Essential Silver Surfer Vol 1 for Stan Lee writing wholly on his own. Evidence suggests that Kirby is telling the truth, at least in part, and his split from the House of Ideas at the peak of his popularity confirms this. Google all of this if you don't believe me.
Enough backstory, let's talk about this thing. I'm not going to rehash the other reviews - pretty bland stuff, story-wise. I would, however, like to disagree with the people bashing the art. Kirby was unique, had a distinctive vision, and helped define the very essence of sequential art. That said, his grasp of realistic anatomy was...severely limited. The people apologizing for the efforts of John Buscema are way off base - the FF was lucky to have an artist of his caliber step in after Kirby. In fact, its nice to see the FF look consistently realistic for a change, and though Buscema never came up with new creations (he actually hated super hero stories, ironically) what he did put to paper was beautifully rendered, though he suffers quite a bit with Sinnott's heavy inking. Nevertheless, Big John was a giant of the industry, and the beauty and grace of his characters outshine the raw cubism of the King's. [To the guy that felt "sorry" for him having to follow Barry Smith on Conan, I just wonder if he ever READ the original Smith stories he's talking about, because the John Buscema work that followed was incomparably better, particularly the Savage Sword issues he did with Alfredo Alcala (BWS didn't really hit his stride until the mid 80's). Luckily, Marvel is getting around to Essentializing these, so you'll be able to see for yourselves what I'm talking about]
I'm not getting into Romita. He's another master, and along with Sal Buscema draws some of the ugliest chicks in comics. His version of Mary-Jane looks like a swollen butt with dimples and a mullet, but since he's more derivative of Ditko anyway (rightfully so) his rendition of the FF doesn't really bear much discussion.
All in all, this is a classic volume by 3 legends of the comic art medium, and shoot, even Stan Lee is on hand to ham it up, too. At Amazon's discount price, there's no excuse not pick this one up. YES, Vol 3 is better, YES, the stories here aren't on the level of the introduction of Galactus, the Inhumans, or the Black Panther, but seriously, how many thousands of other comics share the same distinction? Once you come to terms with this you'll better appreciate these stories, as well as the opportunity to have them collected in one handy volume. This is primordial super hero stuff that represents the sad end of the true Marvel Age that was defined by the King's brobdingnagian creative output, and as such is an indispensable bookend to one of the major works in the history of comic books.
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