Where to Start Reading Fantastic Four | Fantastic Four Comics for Beginners in Collected Editions!
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Күн бұрынWelcome back to the latest Jumping On segment that has been suggested by so many of you wonderful viewers. Today I'm talking about Marvel's first family. Their first superhero team that debut in 1961. With so many years and titles, it's difficult task for new readers to get into the Fantastic Four. This is for people that always wanted to know where to start! Here are some jumping on points!
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Time Stamps:
Start - 00:00
Fantastic Four by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby - 01:58
Back to the Basics - 03:55
X-men Vs. The Fantastic Four - 06:00
New Fantastic Four - 06:53
Heroes Reborn - 08:19
Heroes Return - 09:21
1,2,3,4 - 10:27
Imaginauts - 11:34
Fantastic Four/Iron Man Big in Japan - 12:58
Marvel Knights 4 - 14:05
Reconstruction - 15:30
Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman - 16:57
The Return - 19:12
Alternate Realities
Unstable Molecules - 21:13
Fantastic Four: Giant-Size Adventures - 22:21
Fantastic Four Season One - 23:20
Ultimate Fantastic Four - 24:11
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@yy-hj4br 2 жыл бұрын
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@DrDoomPool 2 жыл бұрын
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@FormalFilmsProductions 2 жыл бұрын
RIP DOOM
@Angel-Otk 2 жыл бұрын
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@leviread3354 Жыл бұрын
Yes as a comic and hip hop fan people like mf doom and czarface drop some of the maddest comic refrences
@maxappelman 2 жыл бұрын
thank you you bearded beauty. been wanting to get into Fantastic Four.
@astonishingmelanie 2 жыл бұрын
I'm going to start calling him that too!
@maxappelman 2 жыл бұрын
@@astonishingmelanie you are welcome xx
@BluGiant14 5 ай бұрын
Heroes Return is where I jumped on. Never respected FF until reading this and now I'm hungrier knowing this isn't the best run. I always miscast FF as real-world heroes like DD, Spider-man or X-men, not realizing they're meant to be cosmic & dimensional superheroes. Now I LOVE them
@sergioruiz733 2 жыл бұрын
Great list, id also reccomend Marvel 2 in One by Chip Zdarsky as well. Even though it mainly just features the Thing and the Human Torch it helps connect how they find Reed and Sue before Slott started his run.
@jearl75290 2 жыл бұрын
I am so bummed that Hickman's FF omnibus has been bumped from this November to January 2022.
@sdc3536 2 жыл бұрын
ahh man really? well thats disappointing
@matthiasuy 2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow!!!! It has? I was looking forward to it. Maybe because of the scarcity of paper in the US that they had to push it back a little.
@YellowfinGrouper 2 жыл бұрын
Jim Lee was a stepping off point for me. I don’t like the pumped up steroids feel of the art or the garish colours. I am old school.
@SonGoku_23 2 жыл бұрын
I love these segments!
@Avarn388 2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see my favorite superhero team get a list like this and a good one. Awesome work, Omar.
@Notjustmovies296 2 жыл бұрын
I’m reading the Lee/Kirby run for the first time (currently on omni vol 2) and for someone who could not have cared less about FF as a kid I’m having an absolute blast. It starts a bit slow but by issue 20 or so it gets great and even the early issues of vol 2 look and read light years ahead of what came earlier. Amazing to see the Silver Age basically being invented by the month. I also have the Hickman omni reprint on order and have comixology trades of the Waid/Weiringo run to get to
@fishin4bass2002 2 жыл бұрын
That waid omnibus just recently went up in price. Not to long ago you could have got it pretty cheap.
@Notjustmovies296 2 жыл бұрын
@@fishin4bass2002 yeah I wish I’d just bought it when it was in print but I wouldn’t be surprised if it got another reissue in time for the MCU FF film. Hell if Marvel keeps going ham with these omni issues and reprints I might be able to get it even sooner.
@fishin4bass2002 2 жыл бұрын
@@Notjustmovies296 maybe I can find it for cover price somewhere.
@davidrobertson2686 2 жыл бұрын
My man! Great stuff. You continue to be an example of what the best of this community has to offer. Loved your interview with Waid
@just23bulls 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Bookmarking for reference later. You’re the man! :)
@vitaminpaul2555 2 жыл бұрын
Aww man thanks for the recommendation on the the "New Fantastic Four" going to seek that one out!
@fishin4bass2002 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for mentioning the FF/ Ironman big in Japan. I never heard of it. It looks great and I love Zeb Wells as a writer. Also thanks for telling me about the unstable molecules story. That’s two stories I want to check out that I knew nothing about before!
@vancecunningham5032 2 жыл бұрын
I just jumped onto the current run during the bride of doom story, and was able to catch up within a few issues. Also the ff life story coming out now is pretty good
@matthiasuy 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. I've been wanting to get on board on the Fantastic Four. Also wondering which run I should start with. This has given me a lot of insights on each run.
@eagleal 2 жыл бұрын
I’d basically recommend FF omnibus 1-4 (which I’ve just finished picking up), all time must read classics
@BowmansWorld 2 жыл бұрын
love the FF so damn much!
@sazmurph540 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic Four 203 was my first ever FF comic! My 2 favorite runs are in here with Byrne and then Claremont's run in Heroes Return.
@medicare911 Ай бұрын
Great storylines. One that I would've added that I didn't see shown here is Carlos Pacheco's 13 issue run (I believe it was) on the FF. I, to me, was one of those "Back to Basics" approaches that saw the re-emergence of age old FF foes that hadn't been seen nor heard from in years: Diablo, The Grey Gargoyle, Annihilus, the Super Skrull... and even introduced a new villian to the mix, Abraxas. He even threw in an appearance from the Ultimate Nullifier to boot. 😁
@jjm6187 9 ай бұрын
Never knew about New Fantastic 4. Going to check that out!
@gigly1990 2 жыл бұрын
Justo el vídeo que necesitaba ❤️💪
@Windows11Sucks 2 жыл бұрын
thanks this is really something specifically for the mcu fans to understand and now these characters I do know like most of the basics of the fantastic four basics such as : villains their origins extra nembers etc
@YellowfinGrouper 2 жыл бұрын
I remember being so impressed with the first Byrne FF when it came out. I love that run. The only thing I didn’t like was the split up between The Thing and Alicia. I thought that was an important part of the character. Some things shouldn’t be messed with.
@newspooiechannel 2 жыл бұрын
Outside of a random crossover appearance here or there, the Waid & Wieringo run was where I first jumped into Fasntastic Four when I was getting back into comics after a long absence. I was buying up Marvel Essentials on eBay and one of the sellers reached out and asked if I wanted to buy anything else from his auctions to combine shipping. Those 6 TPBs ended up being the first non-Essential collections (or Usagi Yojimbo books) that I bought in a good long while and were the precursor to my foray back into comics. And, years later, I sold them away after I "upgraded" to the omnibus. One could say that without those 6 Fantastic Four trades, I may not be reading comics, buying piles of books I'll never get to before I die or watching Near Mint Condition videos today.
@vitaminpaul2555 2 жыл бұрын
Aww man the art... the writing.. the Omar primer... so hyped to start reading my Fantastic Four Omnis 1 and 2... I spy 3 and 4 are presently pretty cheap on amazon O_o
@SuperSilver316 2 жыл бұрын
I’d go Fraction or Robinson over Slott honestly. Underrated run imo is the JMS run!
@vincentimbesi3947 2 жыл бұрын
I reread the Robinson run recently and it’s SO GOOD! I wish it had gone on longer and it should be collected in a OHC! 👍🏼
@DrDoomPool 2 жыл бұрын
I’d love to see a Mike Allred run on fantastic four. I know he drew those FF issues (written by Fraction?), but I think Allred could do a really fun 12+ issue run with Marvel’s first family. Madman is one of my favorite books, and I love his other independent/creator owned projects, but his style and energy fits so perfectly with fun marvel super hero books. For me he was the perfect antidote for all the overdone ultra dark and gritty superhero comics post Watchmen and DKR. Allred on a big Fantastic Four story would be really cool. If he didn’t want to write it himself he could pair up w/someone like Dan Slott.
@joshualong8056 10 ай бұрын
Looking forward to checking out Hickman Omnibus, 1234, and based on your recommendation the Weirango Omnibus (even though I'm not a fan of waid"
@lotsalube 2 жыл бұрын
i'm a byrne tragic, so i've stuck to his stuff. I agree with you on the paul ryan run, too, omar-it was great.
@freddiealonsonido 2 жыл бұрын
Dang Omar I know it's not titled Fantastic but Marvel Two in One by Chip for me will make the best introduction. Just two characters that lost their family and later even a villain is similarly losing it after so long without his archnemesis. So great. I love that confrontation of the Thing against Reed "The kids!" Ugh manly eye sweat. For younger readers maybe the Moon Girl crossover when she forms her own FF. That was an all ages blast.
@ddaniel5920 2 жыл бұрын
I've only been reading the current run of Fantastic Four by Dan Slott and I started last year, got volume 2 this Christmas and bought volume 3-7 since and I'm actually quite enjoying it
@vitaminpaul2555 2 жыл бұрын
Aww man this video just keeps giving
@YellowfinGrouper 2 жыл бұрын
Have you thought about doing a video on digital versions of collected editions- pros and cons of digital.
@Krypton_Ken 2 жыл бұрын
I missed most of it at the time but I've been reading Claremont & Larocca's FF run lately and really been digging it. Not exactly for beginners but pretty great if you usually enjoy their work.
@AllPwrflSteve Жыл бұрын
Definitely one in my top 5
@chazkhaira4690 2 жыл бұрын
a Walt Simonson omnibus please
@newspooiechannel 2 жыл бұрын
I'd totally be for this. They could even add the few Avengers issues he did with the FF the year or so prior to fill the book out more if needed.
@hellmouth_entmt Жыл бұрын
Great informative video. Would love to see a where to start on Deadpool, Iron Man, or Black Canary.
@tjedabbondoc2368 2 жыл бұрын
I'm Thinking of getting into Ghost Rider, it would be nice to see a Where to start reading ghost rider or a comprehensive reading order 😅
@fishin4bass2002 2 жыл бұрын
Start with issue one! I think if you look at silver age FF as a comedy it works better.
@ianfleetwood8804 2 жыл бұрын
Wish the lee/kidby omnibus vol 1 was still in print. Prefer to read like that then in any other format. Good selection BTW
@NearMintCondition 2 жыл бұрын
It's coming back. I think next month.
@Matthew.E.Kelly. 2 жыл бұрын
The first 3 are basically what I would recommend based on my brother's opinions, since he knows *everything* about the FF & I know next to nothing! I ended up starting with the Silver Age stuff & I don't regret it a bit, but I am very eager to get to the Byrne era. I've read a bit of each era now but not nearly as much as the Kirby/Lee, it just gets better & better as I go.
@NearMintCondition 2 жыл бұрын
They do get better as you go.
@apacheco7030 2 жыл бұрын
hey omar ! starting from the very beginning is how it should be read. I am now re-reading the fantasic 4 epics now heading into vol 2. such a good read ! stay safe and keep up the great work !
@fishin4bass2002 2 жыл бұрын
I said the same thing. You can see how the creators improve their craft. I think it helps if you have a certain mindset when reading this and other silver age stories. Look at it as a comedy, don’t think too much about it. It’s just wacky fun.
@fishin4bass2002 2 жыл бұрын
@@apacheco7030 I disagree. You can’t look at FF as serious because it wouldn’t make sense if you use a little bit of thinking. It’s whacky, it’s not that deep storytelling and it’s not really meant to be taken seriously like Star Wars or Star Trek.
@apacheco7030 2 жыл бұрын
@@fishin4bass2002 star trek in the 60's was not serious at all. it was goofy and silly all the way up on till the movies came out. that is when star trek got serious.
@tom3151 2 жыл бұрын
I picked up vols 2,3 and 4 recently I can't wait untill vol 1 is reprinted in December
@fishin4bass2002 2 жыл бұрын
I thought they were reprinting vol.1 in December but wasn’t sure if it would get delayed.
@tom3151 2 жыл бұрын
@@fishin4bass2002 penguin still has it as December 21st but it has a lot of book out then so It may move again
@Ragamuffin-Guesses-cgc-grades 2 жыл бұрын
My first time reading a fantastic four book was checking a copy of marvel masterworks Vol 2 (first volume with FF) out of the library. Even though it's the very first fantastic four comics I still think it's one of the best. So I guess I started from the very beginning. I actually enjoyed that marvel masterworks volume so much I bought a copy of it that is exactly like the one I checked out. I think that's why I like marvel masterworks in general.
@NearMintCondition 2 жыл бұрын
That was some classic FF story telling there. I wish I had kept my Masterworks sometimes.
@Ragamuffin-Guesses-cgc-grades 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I don't get every masterworks but I do have some. And the new mighty marvel masterworks are cool.
@Supkem77 11 ай бұрын
I have always considered "Terror in a Tiny Town" (236) to be the single best issue of the Fantastic Four.
@beastlaz 2 жыл бұрын
I'm 61 and am older than Marvel and the FF, I read all the classic FF as they came out, but like you i took a break from comics in my forties because life got in the way, now I'm medically retired, I started getting back into comics, I chose Mark Millar's run as a jumping on again point to the main FF storyline (unlike you, I like Millar's writing) after first getting into them again via the Ultimate FF run, I love Hickman's writing too and have followed him to titles i was never into before like the X-men,
@NearMintCondition 2 жыл бұрын
I almost put that run on here, but then much like Byrne he didn’t get to finish the story. Glad that you are back!
@jrox1904 2 жыл бұрын
I have to get to FF some day .. I have enough material it's just a matter of time
@Benm701 2 жыл бұрын
Greatest Marvel team ever!
@kristianbooth6262 Жыл бұрын
Do we know when the reprint of John Byrne Volume 1 is coming?
@geeky531 9 ай бұрын
Which do you prefer, Ultimate Fantastic Four or Fantastic Four season one
@NearMintCondition 9 ай бұрын
Ultimate FF.
@BaneTheAssassin 2 жыл бұрын
Please make a where to start for X-men!!!!
@tyketchum9677 Жыл бұрын
Can you do a where to start with daredevil?
@theomnibusprime4046 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Omar could you convinced David Gabriel to reprint Vol. 1 and 2 of Johathan Hickman's run on F4. I know the Omni is getting reprinted soon but I'm more into thick trades.
@ThiccChimichanga 2 жыл бұрын
Those are getting reprinted
@ineffablejoy 2 жыл бұрын
This is the first I've heard that people don't like the Slott run. I LOVE it.
@NearMintCondition 2 жыл бұрын
There are people that HATE IT. I don't get it either, but I lived through some baaaaad FF stories. :)
@rod_n_rock Жыл бұрын
it's horrible
@ineffablejoy Жыл бұрын
@@rod_n_rock why?
@Sound1one 2 жыл бұрын
If I want to start with Hickmans FF would I be lost?Just like with so much other stuff simply can't buy it all.
@EloteConChurro 2 жыл бұрын
When will vol 1 be reprinted?
@cobain0204 2 жыл бұрын
All this video just to announce the Ultimate Fantastic four Omnibus 😋
@lotsalube 2 жыл бұрын
Hey, omar-any more news on byrne finishing "the last galactus story"?
@NearMintCondition 2 жыл бұрын
I wish brother.
@asimwilliams2116 2 жыл бұрын
I wish I liked Dan slotts run more.
@erikbengtsson6772 2 жыл бұрын
Should i get the untold tales of spiderman omnibus or the miles morales omnibus? Not the ultimate universe one
@craigcamplin9580 2 жыл бұрын
Untold!
@mawinstallation6626 2 жыл бұрын
Untold Tales definitely
@AllPwrflSteve Жыл бұрын
Heroes Reborn, Heroes Return, and MK 4 are my major recommendation. I love the 90s run, but there's so much going on it's hard to get into. The worst runs were Mark Millar and Waid's run. I hate, hate, hate Waid's run it's as offensive as it is corny. You have Reed torturing Doom in a sloppy and heavy handed Iraq War allegory that's handled with subtlety of an epileptic gorilla with hammers for hands in a stainded glass factory in one storyline, and then you have Galactus agreeing to not to destry the world because ice crea exists in another. Leather daddy doom fridging a love interest who is just brought on to die, and concluded with the dumbest literal deus ex machina where things are undone with I kid you not a pencil eraser. This run is easily as bad Jeph Loeb's Ultimates 3. I have no idea why it gets so much praise. It is the worst run of Fantastic Four ever printed. The olny redeeming aspect is Wieringo is a great artist.
@Chandasouk 2 жыл бұрын
nice try, Omar. You ain't leading me down this rabbit hole!
@mawinstallation6626 2 жыл бұрын
Mr. Fantastic looks like John Krasinski now 🤣
@NearMintCondition 2 жыл бұрын
I know, right?
@fergusaur_7306 Жыл бұрын
Do one for the X-men pls!
@NearMintCondition Жыл бұрын
I will be
@BowmansWorld 2 жыл бұрын
im sorry u can claim the byrne and lee runs are evergreen but they are not good for modern readers. They are a chore and a slog to get through and would probably turn some fans off from continuing comics. waid, hickman, season one etc are much better
@NearMintCondition 2 жыл бұрын
It depends on the reader. My kiddos both liked the silver age first 10 issues. I’ve not heard that Byrne wasn’t good for modern readers though.
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