World's Greatest Comic Magazine -- Fantastic Four Appreciation

[T Hedge Coke]

That's the best looking Johnny Storm I've seen in a long time. (Not as impressed with Sue or Ben's coat back there, but Johnny and Reed are exceptional.)

[Rheged]

Belated Merry Christmas! Ate waaaay too much at the parental unit's domicile. Hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday with friends and family.

I found this perfect Fantastic Four holiday greeting, well, except for Johnny fans, at Bronze Age Babies, which is a great site, BTW. I love the Yancy Street Gang's holiday greeting to Ben. LOL!



http://bronzeagebabies.blogspot.com/...ge-babies.html

[Ravin' Ray]

Oh, WTH? Why ain't Johnny's face there?! Whatever.

Merry Christmas, belatedly, to you all!

[Iron Maiden]

I love those kind of things Marvel used to do as bonus pages or the pin ups they used to do in annuals. Those were the days!

[DebkoX]

I love those kind of things Marvel used to do as bonus pages or the pin ups they used to do in annuals. Those were the days!

Should do it again.

[Iron Maiden]

Should do it again.

Yeah, I think I really miss the pin ups the most. A lot of them were in the humorous vein. Once Marvel cut back on annuals, they pretty much have disappeared.

[Ravin' Ray]

Yeah, I think I really miss the pin ups the most. A lot of them were in the humorous vein. Once Marvel cut back on annuals, they pretty much have disappeared.

You remember when Marvel used broken lines on Sue when she was invisible or on Jean when she used telekinesis?

[Rheged]

Oh, WTH? Why ain't Johnny's face there?! Whatever.

Merry Christmas, belatedly, to you all!

I know! I thought it was odd. But if you look, it looks like Ben is trying to photo block Johnny on purpose. I mean, it's not like he needs Johnny to help him carry the tree, right?

I love those kind of things Marvel used to do as bonus pages or the pin ups they used to do in annuals. Those were the days!

Yeah, I think I really miss the pin ups the most. A lot of them were in the humorous vein. Once Marvel cut back on annuals, they pretty much have disappeared.

I do too! There's were lots of Bullpen bonuses too. Though, I'm not sure how many artists they have now that could do caricatures / Not Brand Ecccch style work. Though Frank Hembeck is still around.

You remember when Marvel used broken lines on Sue when she was invisible or on Jean when she used telekinesis?

Ah, the days before computer coloring.

[Bad Wolf]

I don't know if FF ever did this, but I remember when the Spider-Man annuals had villain profile pages in the back. This was before the Official Handbooks.

[Rheged]

I don't know if FF ever did this, but I remember when the Spider-Man annuals had villain profile pages in the back. This was before the Official Handbooks.

They had some things like this:



From Kirby Dynamics -- A Gallery of FF Foes! from FF annual #2 -- including Hate Monger and Rama Tut. http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/dynamic...ual-3-pin-ups/

[RockyBanks]

I love those kind of things Marvel used to do as bonus pages or the pin ups they used to do in annuals. Those were the days!

I'd love to see Marvel revisit this. I'm still stoked that they brought back the letters pages.

[Rheged]

I'd love to see Marvel revisit this. I'm still stoked that they brought back the letters pages.

You'd probably have people complaining, but I always liked the pin-ups. They were some of my favorite things about Marvel Fanfare.

[Iron Maiden]

You remember when Marvel used broken lines on Sue when she was invisible or on Jean when she used telekinesis?

Heck yeah.

I'd love to see Marvel revisit this. I'm still stoked that they brought back the letters pages.

It's still pretty sporadic. What I think a letters page does is kind of forces things to be discussed with more manners and not some of the insulting stuff on formspring or twitter. These days you have death threats sent to Dan Slott over ASM. In the old days, they probably just tossed away the more moronically insulting emails.

You'd probably have people complaining, but I always liked the pin-ups. They were some of my favorite things about Marvel Fanfare.

I wish I had bought more of those back when they came out. For some reason, I just bought a few here and there. Probably because I was on a budget. But weren't there a lot of of try outs of creative talent done there? I seem to remember one issue where Kristoff had hosted some kind of Science Fair and Stark showed up.

[Rheged]

I wish I had bought more of those back when they came out. For some reason, I just bought a few here and there. Probably because I was on a budget. But weren't there a lot of of try outs of creative talent done there? I seem to remember one issue where Kristoff had hosted some kind of Science Fair and Stark showed up.

It was an anthology book, and they folks tend to buy them that way.

Marvel Comics Presents was more like the try out book for newer creators, anchored by the Wolverine short story ongoing. Marvel Fanfare was more the prestige book for more established creators (though there were some newer creators like Mike Mignola) or ideas and / or stories that were a bit off the beaten path (like Weird World). Sort of like a test run or adjunct to the EPIC line. And yes, it was more expensive -- no ads and printed on baxter paper, IIRC. I don't recall that story, but I don't have all the Marvel Fanfares either. Though, if you like pin ups, THIS is the one to get. Nothing but pin ups.

[Bad Wolf]

They had some things like this:



From Kirby Dynamics -- A Gallery of FF Foes! from FF annual #2 -- including Hate Monger and Rama Tut. http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/dynamic...ual-3-pin-ups/

Ah okay, same type of thing.