So I'm away at rehearsal and this happens?
Hickman and Eaglesham on FF
The FF's costumes keep getting worse and worse, but I think I'll give Hickman and Eaglesham's run a try.
I've been waiting for this announcement!!
Dale Eaglesham draws a awesomely rugged Reed Richards. I don't know much about Jonathan Hickman's work, but this new creative team for the Fantastic Four has got me interested.
I like his Reed. He does look a little beefier.
Same here.
Sweet.
I'm curious about Franklin levitating that ball of light. Some powers finally trickling through again? I hope so. Franklin as the useless little kid has been pretty boring for the past 10 years.
What's this about Valeria being super-smart now?
Hmmm. Maybe this is a precog thing? Like a crystal ball? Unless he manifests his powers the way he did back in Onslaught. Tons of options with a reality warper.
Hickman really impressed me with the first issue of Secret Warriors. I'm not sure how well that would translate to FF, but he and Eaglesham are both talents, so I can't wait to see what they put out.
Haven't read the Secret Warriors yet. Guess it's homework now.
The logical point would be to keep the Four loosely connected to the space books, as they are supposed to deal with a lot of space stuff, but I doubt that is happening. Still, Hickman's JSA experience is positive, and I liked that sketch.
Franklin Richards needs to grow the **** up and help in adventures. If he was a DC character, he would be at least 20 and have been a founding Teen Titans by now, and no one would care about his parents not aging. Does anyone care that Dick Grayson aged about 10 years while Batman's barely aged 5? No. At the very least after over 40 years, Frankie can hit 13-14 and enter high school.
Space will come. As for the JSA... I'm drawing a blank on which arc he did.
Franklin will be forced to grow up now because of Valeria. Don't worry.
Well, he should be, he's like 10 years older than she is. Can she talk and everything?
She apparantly was faking all her little girl routine stuff recently. All the Secret Invasion FF stuff was her being a little kid. Then the timeline gets wonky because Valeria reveals herself to Old Sue during the Millar Hitch run. Which is supposed to be before the Secret Invasion.
Anywho she faked her childishness because she started using Dad's Futurist crap to conclude that the family dynamic would fall apart because of her intel. Apparantly something to do with Franklin and her relationship.
So Old Sue helped knock that Civil War thinking out of her mind and now she's coping with the situation.
So far Franklin and Valeria's relationship has been typical. Conspirators. Rivals. Siblings. Friends.
Valeria is becoming very interesting for the 4.
Eaglesham's perfect for this book, but I hate his costume designs for them.
After living through the era where Sue had a cutout over her cleavage, I'm diggin' the Red Lantern versions of the FF costumes.
Hmm. Well, at least it's better than being a stereotypically useless superhero's kid.
Valeria will prolly be your new favorite member of the FF. She's becoming fun.
Fine, fine, I'll leave Thunderstrike alone.
But, yeah, I agree that it is a little weird that Hitch's designs are now being canonized. Then Marvel editorial will claim no favoritism towards what "certain" creators do exists.
I'm not getting into Thunderstrike. Heh.
Don't exaggerate, Dread. The FF and their uniforms shift from time to time. Hitch's aren't being canonized any more than Byrne's Negative Zone costumes were. Besides new artists usually bring over a little of the style from previous artists, whether it be costumes or hair.
I kinda like the short sleeves. It's definately new.
I like the latest Fantastic Four costumes. They look distinct without trying to be "dark" and messing with what's an iconic outfit.
There ya go.
You know what I think we need? A return to the blue and whites.
Only if Byrne comes back and does a maxi-arc in space.
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