Book Review: The New Fantastic Four

Book: The New Fantastic Four (issues #544-550) by Dwayne McDuffie with illustrations by Paul Pelletier and color by Paul Mounts

Source: Library

Rating: 4 1/2 stars

Review:

This was a fun adventure that had Ororo (Storm) and T'Challa (Black Panther) joining Johnny (Human Torch) and Ben (The Thing) while Reed (Mr. Fantastic) and Sue (Invisible Woman) take some time to rekindle their romance with a second honeymoon.

Following Sue and Reed's departure, the new Fantastic Four were soon on a space adventure with the former Deathlok, Michael Collins. They were trying to find out who had taken the body of a young hero called Gravity from the cemetery. They followed a signature that they traced which had them dealing with not only Epoch but the Silver Surfer and Galactus.

Meanwhile, Sue and Reed were on one of the moons of Saturn but after a space finding captivates Dr. Reed, Sue gives him some time to work on it and heads back to the moon. However, before she could make it back to their honeymoon resident, she was attacked by the Frightful Four.

They all joined up to fight the Frightful Four and to rescue Sue but I think the villians should have been more afraid of Sue.

These group of well written stories were filled with plenty of action but also showed how they are not just superheroes they're a family which now includes Storm and T'Challa. They all work well together. Besides the action these stories had humor and heart. They also showed that Sue Storm is not someone you should disregard, she's tougher than you think.

This was great. The late Dwayne McDuffie was a very good author, he knew how to write characters with a full range of human emotion as well as stories that were good and interesting.

Lastly, I really liked the artwork it was bold and colorful and fit perfectly with the stories.