Fantastic Four #4

If you want a comic that focuses on what really makes the Fantastic Four special, this is the series to read. Read Full Review

Secrets are revealed, reunions are had and everything comes together nicely in this enjoyable fourth issue of the Fantastic Four. Read Full Review

Fantastic Four #4 delivers exactly what it says in the synopsis. Readers will get to see the event that temporarily broke up the Fantastic Four, why it did, and how it relates to the present mystery with the Ben Grimm like dome. The story really balances out the past and present day stories as they parallel each other well. Not to mention Iban Coello's art with Jesus Aburtov's colors really shine through in this comic in both the dynamic action and the emotional scenes with the heroes. Overall, it's a great Fantastic Four comic that accomplishes a lot in just one issue and will leave readers wanting to see what the next story the creative team tells with the FF. Read Full Review

After much prologue it feels like the Fantastic Four have finally returned in fine fighting form and the future of this new volume holds tremendous promise. Read Full Review

Fantastic Four #4 answers the big question about the incident in Manhattan that forced the FF apart. Unfortunately, the answer is treated as a throwaway flashback that won't lead to anything other than more FF adventures on the road. Read Full Review

Ayoreadscomics

Feb 15, 2023

Great!

Gio

Aug 09, 2025

This is where we start cooking, ish #4 starts out with why the Fantastic Four has been split up in the first place. Going back to a battle they had against aliens from the "negative zone" Reed comes up with a plan to send the Baxter building and the entire block into a space time dimension thing. He had to make this decision on the spot and had no time to avoid the catastrophic effects of doing this. All of Reed and Sue's, the Thing's and Alicia's children were in the building and a bunch of civilians on the block were sent along nto the space dimension. Ofcourse this is not fatal becase it has something to do with time, and all of this will pop right back in a year precisely. In that year none of those people would feel a thing. Noneth eless this pissed everyone off because they lost their children, or kids became orphaned because they lost their parents, making everyone hate the FF over this. My only beef with this ish is how after that reveal, the comic cuts to The Thing and Alicia being trapped by this ancient alien "parasite" that is I guess trying to suck up their intellect I don;t know. Obviously Reed,Sue and Johnny free them but frankly this was kind of weird. Like the last time we saw the Thing and Alicia they were leaving the time looped city. So how the hell did they get munched up by this alien but okay I guess this is not important, just messed up the pacing for me a bit. more

Screaming Enigma

Jan 29, 2025

Damn, what happened before the start of the series that made the team disband for a few months was genuinely crazy. I don't completely know how I feel about the resolution of it all, but it wasn't bad or anything. Good stuff here once again, overall, and I'm looking forward to seeing North write all of the main characters together.

KittyNone

Feb 18, 2023

This comic is full of wonderful ideas and beautiful art and feels fresh and inspired in how North & Coello look at the characters while staying grounded and human among the strange chaos in the way the best FF stories do. But the impact is ultimately blunted by the "what did Reed do?" narrative structure of this first arc that forces the problem and the solution together at the end, leaving no time to fully connect with Ben & Alicia's justified anger and grieving process before they forgive Reed. The details are wonderful — Reed's unsettling eye stretching embraces the surreal weirdness that has always made the FF such a pleasure, and the page of Ben & Alicia's response to Reed's decision is powerful — but it winds up feeling less t han the sum of its fantastic parts. Still, even if the liftoff has been a little wobbly, I've found North & Coello's take on the FF compelling and I remain excited for the next story. more

CrazyforRAMU

Apr 16, 2024

The art's solid and the pace rolls along pretty well. The characters' interactions might not be deep or novel, but they're earnest and believable. And big props to this series for resolving its "six months earlier" mystery in a timely fashion (big side-eye toward ASM here). But the parallel mysteries resolved here--what happened to the Baxter Building and what happened to the Grimms--don't hit equally. The first gets some excellent "next steps" evolution to make it powerful. The second doesn't, and that omission weakens both premises. It's a good Fantastic Four yarn, well-crafted and entertaining. But I don't think it's headed for any GOAT lists. Little note, though: I do love how casually the FF use their powers, with the author t rusting the artist to make the readers understand. more

DDJamesB

Feb 15, 2023

I like the concept of why the FF is hated, but it feels like they should have drawn out the tension more between Thing and Reed. It just seemed to be resolved so quickly.

Kenjamin

May 05, 2025

Art: 3.5/5 Story: 4/5 Total: 7.5/10

Briton

Mar 14, 2023

A bit feeble.

Williamflipper

Mar 20, 2023

It is interesting enough. There is an actual plot with well written dialogues. Art solid and a desire to see what's next.

fzanca

Feb 17, 2023

I'm not buying any of this story. Reed was able to send eight hands into the Baxter Bldg to create and program the device without seeing what he was doing -- yet he couldn't have pulled the kids through the window? It just doesn't make any sense. It seems completely contrived just so the plot of the kids not being around could happen. Why is that important in a Fantastic Four book? They are about family, but they are also about exploration and maintaining the safety of our planet. Now, everyone hates them. Another deconstruction story for no reason whatsoever. Kind of disappointing.