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I am a big Jonathan Hickman fan. That much should be obvious just scrolling through the reviews on my Amazon Profile but why would you want to do that? Despite this there are large sections of his work, specifically that at Marvel, that I've yet to get to. That, however, is slowly changing. Case in point, this new printing of the first volume of his complete run of Fantastic Four in Omnibus format. This series is kind of where it all began, although I believe he was writing Secret Warriors with Brian Michael Bendis before this. What I mean specifically is the start of the road that will eventually lead to Secret Wars (2015) and the end of his time at Marvel Comics until his return with House/Powers of X in 2019, in which he set a new status quo for Mutants in the Marvel Universe. There are a lot of positive aspects to do with this volume and any negatives if you can call them that work out fairly early in the book. Things kick off with a Dark Reign tie-in miniseries, in which Hickman immediately gets into the head of Mr. Fantastic. Reed Richards will prove to be his strongest character throughout this first series and moving on to the main one. For the rest of the four it will take some time for him to find their individual voices, especially in the beginning but they are largely superfluous to that first series anyways so that's fine. Not so for the kids, Franklin and Valeria, as they are made integral to the story right from the beginning and through all three series collected. Hickman does great with them, almost as well as with Mr. Fantastic. Prepare for big moments in this book from start to finish. I cannot claim total ignorance to what the series has in store but even with prior knowledge it is evident from the start that things are being set up for the future to come. The series blends a well established legacy with a lot of new ideas introduced. So many additions are made to the title that are still a big part of it years later. Making this kind of lasting impact is not easy to accomplish but Hickman has done it time and again. Just look to the present, as the Krakoan Era of X-Men he kicked off is still going strong for a few years now, even as he has departed the books. The look of these series comes from an incredible, you could say to an inconsistent degree, number of artists ranging from fantastic to just passable. Too many to mention individually but I will say that Steve Epting is one of them. I love his art but this is the fifth omnibus in a row I've gotten that he contributed on, between the Avengers: The Gathering and Ed Brubaker Captain America Omnis. I can't seem to get away from his art, even if I'd wanted to. Not much else to the book save all the regular series and variant covers and some script pages by Hickman which are a neat little insight into his writing process. I'll be following this up with volume two as soon as I can. Yeah, no debate on this one. It's, forgive me, fantastic.
5/5
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