LETS GOOOOOOOO (General hangout thread)

[Clancy]

Issue 9 was funny for me because it first involves the Fantastic four going bankrupt because Reed apparently mad some bad decisions on the stock market(the idea of Reed doing that  made me raise a eyebrow), then the get a invitation to a movie studio for starring roles in a movie and a million bucks, only to learn the one who called them there is Namor!(whos more of a villain so far in these early fantastic four stories) which ends with reed fighting a cyclops, Johnny fighting a tribe immune to fire, and Namor apparently ran out of creativity juice and just takes Ben to a beach and beats him up.

If I remember correctly, Namor's anti-FF strategy was: send Reed to Cyclops Isle, send Johnny to the African Isle of the Fireproof Tribe, beat up Ben until he can't stand, and kidnap Sue. Again.

I can see why Lee and Kirby gave Sue the force-field power-up — not having an offensive power just puts her in the position of the Damsel in Distress every issue. Actually, the sort of wild-n'-wooly superhero action-adventure that Fantastic Four lives for is best suited for flashy, offensive powers. In contrast, the power of invisibility is best suited for more low-key, down-to-Earth stories, and for furtive, stealthy characters — i.e., anti-heroes and villains, like the Invisible Man and the Shadow. (Technically, his power is "clouding men's minds" instead of invisibility, but it works in just the same way. It's basically invisibility. Shut up, superpower purists!)