Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Wednesday Comics: FF


Between having a plumber doing repairs to 9pm and taking care of the baby, the next installment of Storm didn't get written. Next week!

Today, here's a quick recommendation. I picked up FF (2012 series) by Matt Fraction and Mike Allred after seeing a panel from it on a blog with an intriguing explanation of Pym particles. It's just 16 issues and probably best read in tandem with Fraction's contemporaneous run on Fantastic Four. (I didn't read it that way, but I've heard that play off each other.) It deals with Ant-Man, She-Hulk, Medusa, and popstar Darla Deering agreeing to fill in for the usual FF at the Future Foundation, which is essentially a school for gifted youngsters (including familiar faces Alex Power, Artie, Leech and some new ones). They are only supposed to fill in for 4 minutes while the regular FF goes somewhere  off-world and does something, but plans, of course, go awry. The series has a fair amount of humor and a (mostly) light approach, but there is real danger and character stuff.

It's out in two trades.




3 comments:

Jay Exonauts said...

FF is definitely one of my faves from the last few years. Mike and Laura Allred's art has the perfect ration of kitsch-to-cool for Kirby's cosmic and quantumly-minded universe.

JB said...

Dear God, what happened to the Thing?!

Trey said...

That's Darla Deering wearing the Thing costume Reed made for Ben to wear during a period where he lost his powers.