The Fantastic Four stand as Marvel’s first family. A band of brilliant misfits whose cosmic adventures changed them in ways they never expected. And ever since their creation by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1961, the FF have stood as the encapsulation of what makes Marvel Comics special. At once both heroically aspirational and relatably flawed. A found family of sharply characterized individuals who grow together through incredible adventures that test their bonds and values.
Over the decades, the FF have had their core as a family of explorers reinterpreted by astounding creative teams that each uniquely emphasize different central tenets of the team. And in 2002, writer Mark Waid took over the lives of Reed Richards, Susan Richards, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm with a run that would last a total of 36 issues through 2005, largely brought to life by the late Mike Wieringo, creating a modern classic Fantastic Four run.
Over the course of Waid and Wieringo’s run, the Fantastic Four would encounter new challenges, the return of a villain hellbent on destruction, unimaginable loss, the chance at redemption, and ideas that test the bonds of reality. But for all its grand exploration and strange new worlds, this is the story of a family that breaks apart, reforms, and finds the strength to move forward together. This is the story of Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo’s Fantastic Four. [Read more…] about Waid & Wieringo’s Fantastic Four: A Family Reforged