First: the costumes. They all look like generic heroes who couldn't afford real costumes. Is that a honeycomb on the chest? While the original blue suits were never that flashy, these outfits look strange. But that is explained by their new name...
Second: Future Foundation? Seriously? They sound like an old 80's Saturday morning cartoon series. Like it should be preceded by "Tommy Tomorrow and the..." or something. I can appreciate the writers were trying to keep the "FF" moniker for branding purposes, but they couldn't do better than that?
Third: Spider-Man? Between his own series and the New Avengers, now he's a member of the FF. Where do heroes like Spider-Man and Wolverine find time for anything else? And why not bring in a second or third-string hero that's not in other books to get a chance to shine? Without the Human Torch, they have no ranged fighter to speak of, so why not bring in someone like Stingray, or create a new Guardian from the old Alpha Flight suit and bring him back? How about letting Franklin Richards finally grow up and become a part of the team? How old should he be now...30 or something? I guess it's all for sales.
But I guess we all know this is just a placeholder until Johnny Storm comes back and we get the old blue suits back. But still, I can't say I'm blown away by the new FF. But then again, I was never a big fan of the originals either.
What about you? Is this a comic you're picking up, or are you passing on the whole thing?
This looks like the merchandising dept. of Marvel's 'new' owners thought, "Ooh, we sell lots of Spidey comics AND tickets for Spidey Movies, so maybe if we join Spidey to the FF then their comic sales might go up and people might actually go to see their movies!"
ReplyDeleteEven the 'colourless' white costumes and the chest emblems're probably designed for general manufacturing convenience, and all round cost lowering, meaning of course even more K-TCHING!
p.s. I look at those costumes, especially Spiderman's, and all I can think of is the long ago days when butchers used to sell people meaty bones for their dogs and cats, (instead of unknown tinned mush "with wild tarragon"), and all you'd see everywhere was these little white crumbly cat and dog turds!
ReplyDeleteSecond: I think it's Future Foundation. Not Future Force.
ReplyDeleteWhen are they bringing back the Human Torch? Death is never forever in comics.
ReplyDeleteI, too, think the costumes are pretty hideous. Spidey's in particular is very off-putting.
ReplyDeleteI was never a big FF guy myself, but I've been following Hickman's run because I'm a sucker for hype and the art has been really beautiful.
The whole Future Foundation storyline was laid down in his run, but I never loved it. Smacks a bit of Batman, Inc. to me, franchising superheroics.
And I agree on adding Spidey to the lineup. Not only is he on two Avengers teams and several of his own books, but he's showing up in multiple X-Titles. One would almost think he had a moving coming out or something.
I like the Guardian suggestions, but I even would welcome some of their old FF stand-ins. Why not She Hulk? Or Crystal? Or some Heroes for Hire? Using Parker feels like a ploy to get me to buy it.
And honestly, the only reason I might continue is because I love Val. I think I just want a Val Richards and Layla Miller comic.
I just resubscribed to fantastic four, not ff, and it starts up in December '11 with issue 601. No details yet.
ReplyDeleteI think all kids like the superheros and use o wear their costumes in Halloweens and fancy dress parties. Spiderman is much favorite these days. please share some spiderman costumes for me.
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