Showing posts with label Namor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Namor. Show all posts

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Fantastic Four #6 (September 1962)

The Diabolical Duo! - a name that only Stan Lee could come up with.


When I saw the cover, MAN was I excited! This is the first 'team-up' issue that I've gotten to, and it's the two best villains so far that are teaming up! Before opening this comic, I was already jumping to figure out how this sort of alliance would take place. I GUARANTEE that if I were a reader of the FF back in the day, I would have snatched this issue without so much as taking a second breath. THIS is what comic books are all about! It's the ability to cause excitement, being able to connect to the characters, and having a frame of reference to put it in. These villains have already appeared before, and we know as readers how they fit into the grand scheme of things. This will help to flesh out a little more of the epic story that's taking place (slowly building the Marvel Universe into what it eventually would become), and really is the start of team-ups that will come to make comics great. Obviously, this is only a small taste of things to come!

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Fantastic Four #4 (May 1962)



So here we are, back to the action/villain-oriented cover. This time we know what to expect, and that is Namor: the Sub Mariner.