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A review by iffer
Fantastic Four by Waid & Wieringo: Ultimate Collection, Book 2 by Mark Waid
4.0
Warning: These story arcs are kind of serious and sad!
There's still plenty of action, but the three story arcs contained in this collection are more serious, and sometimes heart-wrenching, since they deal with the major "issues" and insecurities that each member of the family has: Reed's insecurity about his inability to protect his family despite his intellect, and his ego; Sue's worries that she's not a good mother and the pain of having a miscarriage; Ben having to learn to live a new life as The Thing; and Johnny, well, Johnny actually steps up as the common-sense, tough-love character. The stories are also about how horrible it is for the Richards children to deal with the trauma that they must, because they're their parents' children. It's not quite as dark as Batman or spy comics that explore the "life" taking it's toll on the protagonists souls, but the realistic aspect of the kids being afraid isn't washed away in bright superhero primary colors. Although the words are a little cheesy at times, since comics are mostly written in dialog, and there are things that characters "say" that real people wouldn't necessarily say out loud, this was so good. I just wanted to give hugs all around to the characters.
There's still plenty of action, but the three story arcs contained in this collection are more serious, and sometimes heart-wrenching, since they deal with the major "issues" and insecurities that each member of the family has: Reed's insecurity about his inability to protect his family despite his intellect, and his ego; Sue's worries that she's not a good mother and the pain of having a miscarriage; Ben having to learn to live a new life as The Thing; and Johnny, well, Johnny actually steps up as the common-sense, tough-love character. The stories are also about how horrible it is for the Richards children to deal with the trauma that they must, because they're their parents' children. It's not quite as dark as Batman or spy comics that explore the "life" taking it's toll on the protagonists souls, but the realistic aspect of the kids being afraid isn't washed away in bright superhero primary colors. Although the words are a little cheesy at times, since comics are mostly written in dialog, and there are things that characters "say" that real people wouldn't necessarily say out loud, this was so good. I just wanted to give hugs all around to the characters.