FF (Future Foundation) #1 Comic Review! Get it Here first at BlogsOut.net

FF #1 explains what the Future Foundation is. What it stands for, its goals and who the members of the foundation are, including its newest member, Marvel’s favorite wall-crawler, Spider-Man. Aside from that, the issue brings back and long forgotten villain thought to have been eradicated.

Finally the culmination of Jonathan Hickman’s arc of Fantastic Four has reached its pinnacle with the release of FF #1. The answers that Fantastic Four fans have been waiting for are finally going to be explained and it all starts here in this issue, and it begins with a heartfelt goodbye from theHuman Torch himself that was recorded prior to his death.

Comic Book Artist Mark Brooks' Contribution to the Final Issue of Fantastic 4 #588

Many comic readers picked up the final issue of Fantastic Four #588 this week at their local comic shop. I personally just finished the issue myself, and it was a truly touching and depressing issue, yet at the same time it was powerful. I attribute this largely to the secondary story featured in the issue written by Jonathan Hickman and beautifully illustrated by artist Mark Brooks.

Mark Brooks is a artist that I think is over looked by the comic world and really deserves more credit that he probably receives. I thought that his work in the story "Uncles" in issue #588 was some of the best work I've seen from him, and it made me wish that he did a lot more than he actually does. Hopefully others thought the same thing, and he will soon have a monthly title, or at least a new mini or maxi series.

Pax Romana

Pax Romana was a four issue mini series that was released by Image comics in 2007 and 2008. This series is written, illustrated, colored, and lettered by author Jonathan Hickman. Jonathan Hickman is best known for his work on Marvel Comic’s Secret Warriors and he has been working on the current arc of the Fantastic Four.

The story takes place in the future, where the Vatican has backed a group of scientists that have discovered the wonders of time travel. The church decided that in order to save the present, they would use the new technology to send back a representative of the church, as well as an army of men with modern technology to remedy the past and enhance the future.

Soon after the introduction of the project that will act as the basis for the entire story, the plan goes wrong and the true premise of the books becomes clear to the reader.

This series has both an interesting style of writing, as well as a fairly interest art style. When it comes to the writing, the issues read more like a book, taking a break from the standard style of comic writing, implementing pages of text that depict conversations between key characters that allow for Hickman to better lay out the storyline in a shorter amount of time. Hickman would also use a block of information when each character was introduced in order to give quick background information to better acquaint the reader with the numerous characters featured throughout the story.

When it comes to the art, Hickman uses a style that is unlike anything I have ever seen. He tends to choose a certain color for each frame of the story, using the color, accented with shading bringing to life the scenes of the story. I did not expect this type of coloring to add as much as it did the story, but it certainly left its mark. As for the art style, Hickman tends to leave it simpler than most artists, usually leaving out extreme detail in each pane, especially when it comes to the faces of the characters. Instead he focuses on the shading and slight facial marks.

I think that Hickman designed the series like this in order to allow for the story to be driven more so by the writing and the story as opposed to the art. In my personal opinion, I am usually more art focused, but Hickman is one of my favorite writers and it is shown in this series that that is his strong point, so I was more than happy to have the focus on the writing style and this spectacular story.

9 out of 10

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Cornbread's Favorite and Least Favorite Comics of the Week - 1/27

Hey Everyone! Cornbread here and I will be blogging weekly about my favorite and least favorite comics I read from the past week! I hope you enjoy.

January 27th, 2010

Seems like everyone had a big week this week.

Here are the titles that I picked up:

Green Lantern #50
Avengers: The Initiative #32 (Siege Tie-In)
New Avengers # 61 (Siege Tie-In)
X-Force #23 (Necrosha X Tie-In)
X-Men Legacy #232 (Necrosha X Tie-In)
Secret Warriors #12
Daredevil #504
Spiderman Clone Saga #5 of 6
Fantastic 4 #575
Hawkeye # 5 of 5 FINALLY
Amazing Spiderman # 619 (Gauntlet Tie-In)
Ms. Marvel #49

Favorite Title of the Week: Daredevil #504
*Warning* Possible Spoiler Alert

I just started reading Daredevil at issue 500 and I have been pleased with my choice to start reading it. Matt Murdock decided to take on the task of leading the deadly ninja clan the hand in order to stop the ninja army from falling into the hands of the Kingpin, also realizing that he needed the Hand as much as they needed him.

Daredevil decided that he would utilize the Hand to wage war on the corruption that has been spreading through the NYPD and the city government. Although Matt was able to stop the Hand from falling into the hands of the Kingpin, its not the last we have heard of good ol' Wilson Fisk. He has vowed to get his revenge on Daredevil and as the issues move on, is setting up a meticulous plan to gain control of the underworld, the Hand, and even Daredevil himself.
Although the Hand is proving to be a vital asset to Daredevil, but their harsh ways are taking its toll on Matt and his stern moral standpoint.

In this issue, Daredevil has decided to bring his war to the head honco himself, Norman Osborn and decides to wage a pre-emptive strike against him. This ultimately leads to Osborn's retaliation by sending Hammer troops against the hand and an all out battle breaks out. As soon as the battle begins it is over though, leaving the reader to use his imagination as to what exactly happened during the battle. The issue ends showing that Daredevil might have ditched his moral bounds with a pretty disturbing final page, but I wont ruin that for whoever is reading this, ill let you see if for yourself. And if you have read this issue, you understand how great this ending was.

This is the first book I've read from Andy Diggle, and I have not been let down yet and do not expect to be any time soon. As for the art of Roberto De la Torre, his dark and shadowy art is just what this books needs. It perfectly shows the deep dark emotions that are featured in this title and the darker color shades he uses give the pages that ominous feeling that Daredevil needs. In addition, the Cover art on this issue makes it hard to look away. Esad Ribic does a great job showing the emotional and moral trama Daredevil is facing, and the detail in his suit is sick...literally. It is a bit disturbing that you can see the individual bones in his spine, but its pretty cool at the same time.

9.6 out of 10

Least Favorite Title of the Week: Fantastic 4 #575
*Warning* Possible Spoiler Alert

Its hard for me to say that FF is my least favorite from this week, considering it is usually one of my more favorite titles. Right off the bat I want to say despite it was my least favorite, it is in no way a bad book. I enjoyed Hickman's writing just like I usually do, and you cant go wrong with Eaglesham's art. The main this that bothered me is that they left you with such an interesting plot point at the end of the last issue and did nothing with it.

At the end of the last issue, Val was contacted from Future Franklin, which was pretty cool if you ask me and I was very excited to see what was going to happen next with this story line, but I got no such satisfaction. Instead, I get a story about Moleman and the underground people. Although it was pretty cool, just wasn't what I wanted, thus leaving me highly disappointed.

I still can't tell if this was just a stand alone issue, or are they going to do more with the underground world storyline? I think it may be just a single issue story considering they had the little 4 in the bottom right hand corner instead of a to be continued and the fact that there is a little disclaimer after the last page leads me to believe that this is a lost storyline, at least till later maybe.

The thing I think that bothered me the most out of everything, was actually not part of the comic (I mean, it was but kinda not really). Anyways, in the issue when they are traveling to this lost city of the underworld, Reed mentions that he knows where he is going because it is where he buried Galactus from the Future. The picture was pretty freakin' sweet if you ask me, its hard to beat a mummified Galactus, but the thing that really bothered me is that they used this picture as the add for the issue in almost every other comic I read this week. What I mentioned before about what Reed said is the only reference to it, and is the only time this dead Galactus is shown. Like, if I had seen this add prior to reading the issue and/or buying the issue, I would have been so angry at the fact that it had nothing to do with Galactus at all.

6 out of 10


I hope you all enjoyed listening to my opinions about these comics, Ill be doing these reviews weekly so stay tuned for the next installment!