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The Fantastic Four: A Wrap-Up on The Kirby Era
Season 2 Episode 22
We look back on the Kirby era. These 102 issues have been at different times: perfection, wildly brilliant, recklessly inventive, silly, downright du…
6 years, 7 months ago
Jack Kirby's Final Issues | The Fantastic Four #97-102
Season 2 Episode 21
We finish the Jack Kirby era. An undersean man/alien, a plot to foil the moon landing, the Puppet Master/Mad Thinker's instantly failure of a plan, a…
6 years, 7 months ago
Gangster Planet | The Fantastic Four #91-96
Season 2 Episode 20
We are reaching the end of Jack Kirby's FF issues, and the stories are maybe getting crazier? But still good. We've got a gangster planet that has al…
6 years, 7 months ago
Baby Fantastic | The Fantastic Four #84-90
Season 2 Episode 19
Two story arcs: Doom hypnotizes FF but also plays piano for them, and then Sue rents what looks like a totally evil house and in fact is one. Plus so…
6 years, 8 months ago
Wonder Gloves | The Fantastic Four #78-83
Season 2 Episode 18
Jack Kirby is picking up steam again! Although we're into a run where a high percentage of fights end the second people have a conversation. A moral …
6 years, 8 months ago
Galactus Has Shorts | The Fantastic Four #68-77
Season 2 Episode 17
Jack Kirby is starting his (slight) dip in story quality. Fewer new characters. Plots stretched over a couple of issues with little development. But …
6 years, 8 months ago
The Human Torch | Mailbag
Season 2 Episode 16
A catch-up episode! Kevin and Will take a deep dive on the Human Torch! They catch up on email! They challenge each other to a Fantastichat! More Fan…
6 years, 9 months ago
Doom on a Surfboard | The Fantastic Four #54-67
Season 2 Episode 15
Past the peak, we move into some issues that we deem as "not bad!" Meaning, they don't change the very landscape of the Marvel Universe, but they are…
6 years, 9 months ago
This Man, This Monster | The Fantastic Four #51-53
Season 2 Episode 14
Continuing this stellar run of Jack Kirby masterpieces, we review what may be the single greatest issue of FF ever - "This Man, This Monster" as well…
6 years, 9 months ago
The Galactus Saga | The Fantastic Four #48-50
Season 2 Episode 13
This is it! The big one! Perhaps the most famous Fantastic Four story from the Kirby Era: The Galactus Saga. The long-winded, big-helmet-wearing, pan…
6 years, 9 months ago