Least Favorite Era of FF...

[JoWall]

Alright, I posted earlier trying to get a read on people's favorite story arc.

Now, let's find out what is your least favorite story arc/era in FF history.

I have to go with super spiky thing and she-thing era - around 310 or so.

 

[Malus]

I'd say a little further down the line, right when Steve Engleheart bailed out of the writer's seat, around #227-232: The 4 or 5 issues that the FF spent in suspended animation and each issue was a different character's nightmare.
The idea may sound cool, but (to me, at least) it was about as horrible as comics get.

 

[Iron Maiden]

And a little known fact is that those issues where "Jonathan Harkness" was credited as the writer is really Steve Englehart under an alias. The worst was the cat fight between Sue and Crystal in that dream sequence. I know Englehart is well-liked by the Avengers fans but most FF fans detest his run on the FF. He later gave in interview that he was frustrated by editorial interference (IIRC, Tom DeFalco was EIC at that time).
By coinky dink, another one that wasn't a favorite of mine is Tom DeFalco, if only for the fact that he tried to kill off Victor and Reed and make it permanent! Plus there was his "I Married a Skrull from Outer Space" storyline where he nullified Johnny and Alicia's wedding by turning Alicia into Lyja the Skrull spy. John Byrne still fumes about that one!!

 

[regalredstar]

By coinky dink, another one that wasn't a favorite of mine is Tom DeFalco, if only for the fact that he tried to kill off Victor and Reed and make it permanent! Plus there was his "I Married a Skrull from Outer Space" storyline where he nullified Johnny and Alicia's wedding by turning Alicia into Lyja the Skrull spy. John Byrne still fumes about that one!!

true but his No One Gets Out Alive storyline was great, as was his short lived Fantastic Five series

 

[MichaelRGrimm]

I would have to say the Moench/Sienkiewicz run. Ran from issue 221- 231. Byrne took over next month. I enjoyed a lot of their other collaberations together, but never felt they were suited for the FF.

 

[Kelly]

I haven't read long enough to have a least favorite yet....lol....but probably it would be anytime there were other people in the F4, besides Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben.....

 

[Malus]

I haven't read long enough to have a least favorite yet....lol....but probably it would be anytime there were other people in the F4, besides Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben.....

The only exception that I'd make would be the period where Reed and Sue nearly divorced. Medusa took Sue's place from FF#132-#159, but Sue's presence was still felt, even when she didn't appear. These were some very powerful stories at times. You should have seen Reed's reaction to the divorce papers he received in FF #148, and the surprising fierceness with which he fought the Sub-Mariner over Sue's affections in #149. Great stuff.
Luke Cage filled in for a temporarily powerless Ben Grimm for about two issues, so it wasn't like any characters were absent....
But the "New" FF members that Engleheart brought in to replace Reed and Sue back in '87 (Crystal and Ms Marvel, later to become the "She-Thing"-ugh) was the beginning of some dark days for the title.
It was the era of the "Pineapple" or "Spikey" Thing.
(shudder)

 

[Iron Maiden]

true but his No One Gets Out Alive storyline was great, as was his short lived Fantastic Five series

Some of DeFalco's FF wasn't a total wash out for me. I did like how he tried to work Kristoff/Doom into the cast along with the way he would seldom pass up an opportunity to insult Ant-Man/Scott Lang. Sue came across as a little too witchy at times for me and he never could figure out what to do with Lyja.

To tell the truth, I didn't get into the Fantastic Five too much and only have a couple of issues I picked up in the back issue bins for cheap. This is the one that takes place in Spider-Girl's universe, correct?

 

[The Geek Vault]

When Reed and Sue left. Just out of pure curiousity can people post pictures of what the Thing looked like in the exoskeleton and spikey thing.

 

[Iron Maiden]

When Reed and Sue left. Just out of pure curiousity can people post pictures of what the Thing looked like in the exoskeleton and spikey thing.

You can see the exoskeleton Thing in the limited series "Last Planet Standing" Issue #3 came out last week. I just got a new scanner and I have to test it out on some stuff so if I get a chance I will post some later this week, unless someone beats me to it.

 

[SonOfCthulhu]

Thing/Ms. Marvel/Crystal/Johnny was the worst FF I can recall. Not just fact that we had change for changes sake, but the dialogue was really poorly done as well. Englehart was a poor mesh for this book.

 

[Sardaukar]

If they had found someone better than Ms. Marvel, it would have been a better comic book. Isn't two "Things" kinda redundant?

 

[Kelly]

If its not Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben....its not the Fantastic Four......



Plain and Simple.

 

[MichaelRGrimm]

If its not Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben....its not the Fantastic Four......



Plain and Simple.

EXACTLY! Will Marvel never learn (ie...civil war ramifications).

 

[Sardaukar]

Not necessarily. She Hulk is actually a good fit for the FF, if only as a temporary member.

 

[Kelly]

Not necessarily. She Hulk is actually a good fit for the FF, if only as a temporary member.

They have a connection from day one....she doesn't, neither does anyone else....


Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben....Fantastic Four

 

[Ben Grimm]

They have a connection from day one....she doesn't, neither does anyone else....


Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben....Fantastic Four

Is there a more true statement?