The 6 Weirdest Versions of the Thing
The Fantastic Four are coming back to comics, like we all knew they would eventually. I still can’t believe how many people complained about not having a regular Fantastic Four comic. It was clearly temporary. And honestly, for me personally, the scenes we got between the Thing, Human Torch and Doctor Doom lamenting the loss of the Four in the pages of Infamous Iron Man were absolutely worth not having a regular comic.
Hold on, he’s got to take this
To celebrate the return of the Fantastic Four — by writer Dan Slott and artist Sara Pichelli — I’m pulling out a List of Six draft I’ve had gathering dust on my blog dashboard for years! The Thing is one of the all-time great comic book characters. From his name to his attitude to his pathos to his battle cry to his sheer boisterous spirit, the Thing is pretty fantastic! And because he’s so fantastic, there have been some pretty weird versions of the Thing over the years!
Join me after the jump for some really crazy alternate versions of the ever-lovin’ blue-eyed Thing!
Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 3/31/18
Happy Easter Weekend, everybody! If you celebrate! For me, it’s just another good excuse to go home and visit with my folks and whatever family shows up for dinner. Should be fun.
You know what else is fun? Comics! Lots of diverse comics this week, mostly from DC. They gave us another chapter of Doomsday Clock, and the Power Rangers comic kicked off their first Big Event with Shattered Grid! But Comic Book of the Week goes to the final issue of Dark Knights: Metal for being all manner of intense comic book insanity.
It was hard to pick just one out-of-context panel that would still be a singularly awesome introductory image
Meanwhile, Marvel announced the return of a proper Fantastic Four comic, like we all knew they would eventually. It’s only been about two years and Marvel did very little with the missing team — though what they did do, with Brian Michael Bendis’ Infamous Iron Man, was phenomenal! I don’t particularly care about the Fantastic Four, but I’ll definitely pick it up, since the creative team is Dan Slott and Sara Pichelli. If Slott can do for the Fantastic Four what he did for Silver Surfer, then I’ll probably fall in love all over again.
Also, I read Green Lantern: Earth One this week and it was really good! Solid re-imagining of Hal Jordan and his Green Lantern origins.
Comic Reviews: Dark Knights: Metal #6, Detective Comics #977, Doomsday Clock #4, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #25, The Silencer #3 and The Terrifics #2.
Na Na Na Na Na Na Batman Costumes!
That cool artist guy at Tell It Animated is back! This time, he’s doing all the cinematic Batman costumes!
Everybody loves a good Batman video for their Friday! I’m doing good works in sharing this.
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Gets the Usual Treatment
Star Wars: The Last Jedi was a fine film. I enjoyed it, I think. It’s definitely grown on me in time. And like all popular movies these days, it gets an Honest Trailer.
Like the coming of the dawn and like the inevitable How It Should Have Ended video, this will be a thing.
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