The Fantastic

by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar, Adam Kubert

When high-school genius Reed Richards enrolls at a secret government-sponsored school for the most gifted minds in the world, he unwittingly starts himself and his friends on the journey of a lifetime... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785113932
• ISBN13: 9780785113935
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Marvel
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Best Ultimate Series

I have ever single Ultimate Marvel book and my favorite of them all is The Fantastic 4. each volume has a new artist and the story lines are awesome with great dialogue. If you are a comic fan this series is a must have! btw: I was not a Fantastic 4 fan until reading this series. worth the buy!

This is truly fantastic!!!

I like this one. I got it today and I have already read it 3 times. The art is beutiful, the storyline is great and the dialouge is fresh, funny and comedic. My fav dialouge is this: Reed: What's up, Johnny? Johnny: You like my sister? Reed: Sue? Yes, yes I do. Johnny: Like that? Reed: Like what? Johnny: You know... like that? Do you like her like that? Reed: ... Johnny: You guys have been working together for like a billion years. I'm just saying you should tell her. If you told her, she would be respective. If you know what I mean. Reed: ... Johnny: *winks* I had a laugh there. I mean: Do you like her LIKE THAT? Hee hee... Well the new designs for the FF were great and I have some opinions. Reed Richards Reed as a teen??? Umm... Reed has lost his dark brown hair and got all light brown instead whilist also losing his grey parts. He also got glasses. 7/10 Sue Storm You know what I am gonna say, eh? She is hot. Not as hot as Jessica Alba from the FF movie (It rocks go see it) but still hot. 8/10 Johnny Storm Now THAT is what I call quality work. He got great looking blond hair (Really, REALLY blond) and blue eyes. Also, look out for the "Ultimate Johnny Storm designs by bryan Hitch" at the end of the comic. They look great. 10/10 Johnny Storm "Flamed on" Basic human torch. Nothing to report. 8/10 Ben Grimm He looks great as a normal being. Good design, nice hair, good outfit. 9/10 Ben Grimm "The Thing" Looks like always. 8/10 Good designs, good dialouge, good everything! Get this now! And while your at it, see the movie, it rules.

Nice Job of a Revamp...

I won't Repeat the basic info from the above Reviews.. but I, being one of the guys who once owned some of the origonal FF origin issues way back when, thinks the upgrade of the origonal stories are really well done... Certainly a fresh outlook on a story that origonaly was way too rushed... I like the amount of time that was spent detailing out many things... making the Origonal FF family even more expanded by adding extended family to the mix... (Reeds parents... and Dr. Storm...) It all seems very very fitting to the story lines... I am a bit disapointed that there is no mention of Ben's Parents.. (at least so far) I suppose that as many have speculated that Ben Grimm being Jewish and all was a bit too hot (Read as Polically incorrect) for Marvel to handle... (Oh well...) the Stories Really were well done... and I in my humble opinion the best story lines of the bunch out of all the Ulitmates Series...

Best Ultimate Comic Ever

I started liking comic books when i first read Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 1 and bought the 2000 PS1 video game. From there, i started reading all the marvel comics i could find, old, new, comics, or graphic novels. Every single on was good. Until now, the best ultimate series was Ultimate X-Men. Faithful to the original, but with new, modern storylines For Christmas 2004, i got this graphic novel. I wuz amazed at how much better it was that the other Ultimate comics, 2x better than Ultimate x-Men, 10x better than ultimate Spider-Man, 2000000x better than The ultimates a crappy, gross (just wasp and giant-man), "modern", boring, avengers rip-off starring samuel l. jackson as nick fury (don't as), alive Bucky, naked giant-Man, Freddy Prinze jr, a perverted Hulk, a mardi gras Wasp, and the world-famous idiot: George W. Boosh. Look cool? Get those ants outta yer pants, wise guy and burn all of your The Ultimates comics if you got 'em. Please. But anyway, UFF is just as good as classic FF and is definitely worth a lifetime subscription (...)(...)

Good New Retake of Marvel's Classic Characters

"The Fantastic" storyline follows the events leading up to the classic family's transformation and their first adventure in this fun new addition to the Ultimate universe. Bendis' and Millar's story here seems more forced and problematic than their corresponding Ultimate titles. Although the book collects the first six issues of the series, (and probably due to Marvel's decompressed style of storytelling these days) the origin story seems rushed and several plot elements aren't completely believable. While the writers should receive credit for trying to remain true to the original stories, the first villian and his monsters seem completely unbelievable given that the Ultimate universe is supposed to take place in the real world; and Ben Grimm's sudden appearance prior to the accident which transforms the characters also seems fake. Adam Kubert's work here is very good as he captures the characters perfectly. The colors by Stewart are also good as they perfectly convey the different settings with appropriate realism. Although not as strong as other Ultimate titles (Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimates), "Ultimate FF" is still good and wide open to a great variety of new stories (here's to Warren Ellis, the new writer who is better suited for these type of stories).