Archive for the ‘Ted Castle’ Category
December 30, 2013
Jonathan Hickman // Ryan Stegman
October 2012
****
Millar’s superteam from the future returns to refit Galactus’ corpse as a starship & sets course for the future at light-speed. Over his run, Hickman has improved on Millar’s high concept by adding spacetime wrinkles. Stegman, another penciler from the bullpen, comes in to help JH close the run.
last issue: The Fantastic Four #608
next issue: The Fantastic Four #610
also indexed for Oct. ’12
FF #21
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November 28, 2013
Jonathan Hickman // Steve Epting
March 2011
****
A fantastic climax caps Hickman’s first “season”! Sue stares Namor down as she’s crowned regent of Atlantis. Even better, Val leads a junior team into the Neg Zone to commit science heroics. And Johnny sacrifices himself to stop an insectoid invasion. Would be ***** but for Ept’s photorealism.
last issue: The Fantastic Four #586
next issue: The Fantastic Four #588
also indexed for Mar. ’11
Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #4 of 9
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November 27, 2013
Jonathan Hickman // Steve Epting
February 2011
****
Hickman seems most compelled by Reed’s plot: rescue the Nu-Earth from a vengeful Galactus. Epting seems most into Sue’s arc: stop an Atlantean peace conference from becoming a civil war. But the real actions’ w/ Johnny, who must protect home & family (incl. de-powered Ben) from an alien invasion!
last issue: The Fantastic Four #585
next issue: The Fantastic Four #587
Tags:Jonathan Hickman, Steve Epting
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November 21, 2013
Jonathan Hickman // Neil Edwards
August 2010
***
While his father teaches the super-kids, Franklin foils a toy store team-up of that Silver Age imp & Arcade, the villain whose deathtraps always fail. Meanwhile, the nerds brew a serum that’ll turn Grimm human for a week. Hickman writes FF like it’s contempo TV, curving char & plot arcs every ish.
last issue: The Fantastic Four #579
next issue: The Fantastic Four #581
Tags:Jonathan Hickman, Neil Edwards
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November 20, 2013
Jonathan Hickman // Neil Edwards
July 2010
****
Speaking at a conference, Reed trumpets a techno-futuristic optimism that’s worth serious consideration. Pinning the blame for neo-luddism on age & fear, he founds a school for super-geniuses, mole-kids, & Atlantean water-babies. The high-minded theme trumps all considerations of Edwards’ choppy art.
last issue: The Fantastic Four #578
next issue: The Fantastic Four #580
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November 14, 2013
Jonathan Hickman // Neil Edwards
January 2010
**
Hickman picks up one of Millar’s plots—a prefab Earth-2 inhabited by superheroes from the future—in a one-off of remarkably dense storytelling. It’s similar to Grant Morrison’s style: lots of gee-whiz ideas & hyper-compression. But Edwards, in from the bullpen, has no aptitude for compressed comics.
last issue: The Fantastic Four #572
next issue: The Fantastic Four #574
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