Ultimate Fantastic Four #40 (Discussion/Spoilers)

Dancanread said:
I just wanted to say i hate LaRocca's covers to this arc. Generic and ugly.
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They don't even look like the Ultimate Fantastic Four. Even Land's covers were better (you know, the zombie ones, where there wasn't much opportunity for pornface).

I liked this issue a lot. The panel where the circus comes through was great and I love Reed as stiltwalker.
 
Despite the less than satisfying cover, I really enjoyed the issue.

It's a nice change of pace from what we are getting.

USM: A love/hate relatiosnship, with more leanings to the hate side. We get some great ideas, but executed horribly. Examples: Deadpool; Morbius; Clone Saga. Hopefully Bendis won't screw up his own creation with Ronin, but it looks like he will.

UXM: It used to be a mediocre title, but Krikman's hooking me with all these build-ups. We're getting small arcs that hopefully will satisfy what's been hinted at: Nightcrawler and the Morlocks; Storm and Shadow King; Wolverine's little solo adventure; Cyclops and Jean converting the mansion into a school; and Bishop forming his own team, with most likely Iceman and Rogue on it. Plus, he's building up to something big, though I have some suspicions it has something to do with the Phoenix.

And then UFF: A longer arc, (which I've heard is great; I haven't read it yet) that will lead into a big event later on in the year dealing with the Cosmic Cube; and then a shorter one, that is full of action and magic. Yes, I'm satisfied with Carey. And then we get the Silver Surfer this summer.

So we get a few different feelings from these three titles.

Back to topic.

Is the event dealing with the Cosmic Cube going to be the Surfer arc, or will that just be a lead-up arc?
 
darkspider said:
Despite the less than satisfying cover, I really enjoyed the issue.

It's a nice change of pace from what we are getting.

USM: A love/hate relatiosnship, with more leanings to the hate side. We get some great ideas, but executed horribly. Examples: Deadpool; Morbius; Clone Saga. Hopefully Bendis won't screw up his own creation with Ronin, but it looks like he will.

UXM: It used to be a mediocre title, but Krikman's hooking me with all these build-ups. We're getting small arcs that hopefully will satisfy what's been hinted at: Nightcrawler and the Morlocks; Storm and Shadow King; Wolverine's little solo adventure; Cyclops and Jean converting the mansion into a school; and Bishop forming his own team, with most likely Iceman and Rogue on it. Plus, he's building up to something big, though I have some suspicions it has something to do with the Phoenix.

And then UFF: A longer arc, (which I've heard is great; I haven't read it yet) that will lead into a big event later on in the year dealing with the Cosmic Cube; and then a shorter one, that is full of action and magic. Yes, I'm satisfied with Carey. And then we get the Silver Surfer this summer.

So we get a few different feelings from these three titles.

Back to topic.

Is the event dealing with the Cosmic Cube going to be the Surfer arc, or will that just be a lead-up arc?
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I just mentioned it the other day, maybe here or another thread, but the event with the cube will likely be a mini since it has been pushed until next year.
 
Ice said:
I just mentioned it the other day, maybe here or another thread, but the event with the cube will likely be a mini since it has been pushed until next year.
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Reed keeps causing so many problems for the whole UU, I'm surprised Nick Fury hasn't tried to take away his alternate universe privileges.
 
Gemini said:
sorry to derail this but, What was wrong with Morbius? i thought that it was done very well
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The problem I had was that it was just filler, so they could get to 100 with the Clone Saga. It is kinda bogged down with Clone Saga coming right after it. I enjoyed the Morbius arc. It was one of the best arcs from last summer.
There is some serious potential with Morbius. But like I said, it was filler. And I was hoping for a Blade/Morbius battle, but we didn't get one :( .

But I do agree with you, the Morbius was one of Bendis' finer moments presently.
 
Rereading this book, I noticed that Sue was trisected by her doppelgangers and neither she nor Reed appeared for the last few pages. :shock:

It's obvious Ben's gonna be brought back as others have noted, so I didn't think it was worth commenting on that, but it seemed like nobody noticed. Is it just an extremely poorly laid out and badly drawn panel, or is the next issue gonna start with bleeding out on the cobblestones? :?
 
Carey is writing vision too, isn't he? Do you think that will lead up to the silver surfer arc in some form..being that he's writing them both and they're both connected to Gah lak tus.

This arc is a bit of silly fun. I wouldn't say I'm loving it though. And yes ben's gonna be alive at the end of the arc...you don't get any bonus points for saying that. The question is how..find out by reading the next issue...
 
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