Reviews

Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman, Vol. 5 by Jonathan Hickman

daileyxplanet's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Well, here it is. Some of Hickman's oldest FF plot points have been resolved with this trade. Definitely requires multiple trades' worth of prior reading, and that's a good thing. One thing I will say is that I wouldn't have minded a few smaller stories in the buildup with the "new status quo" before the resolution, but that's not the story Hickman wanted to tell. Now that so much has been resolved, I am curious what is next for the Fantastic Four before Hickman jumps to his famous Avengers, which I will jump onto next.

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treezus's review

4.0

8

This shit goes so fucking hard

standardman's review

5.0

Issue 600 is incredible and earned and then the scale just gets more and more insane and cosmic. Hell of a comic.

sans's review

5.0

Holy buckets. Ok, as I probably mentioned in a previous review, I've never been one for the family of fantasticalness. But this. Wow. My jaw literally dropped and I had to put the book down for a minute at one point. I sat there staring at my cat, jaw still hanging, mind totally blown, wondering how in the seven hells Hickman came up with this. It shouldn't work. Only it does. It works so. Fucking. Well.

I do think that being able to read this in one go (or three, given my need to go to work and sleep) instead of over months during original single issue publication makes this so story so amazing. It'd be so easy to forget what was going on or get confused all over again if I had to wait several weeks to get to the next chapter. The scope to this story is incredible. I'll be re-reading this and will definitely be including it in my "never sell this unless you are going to be evicted due to having no money" bookcase.