A review by edcorcoran
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four, Vol. 4 by Stan Lee

4.0

This is where Fantastic Four starts really cooking again. I thought Volume 3 was a big step down from Volumes 1 & 2, but Volume 4 is almost all hits. I found the Moleman story pretty weak, but beginning with issue 32 there are almost no misses. This is a trend that continues for as far as I've read in Fantastic Four (which is #54 at present). Some highlights: Annual #2, like Annual #1, is a great villain showcase; the serial nature of the comic gets amplified; the characters' interpersonal relationships start to evolve; we see Kirby's first experiments with collage; the trip to the Skrull homeworld is wonderfully stylish, the Frightful Four are fun and legitimately threatening and the Thing's demolition of Dr. Doom is one of the better action sequences I've seen.