On a routine mission, Johnn Storm almost killed the entire FF.

How?

By burning up all the oxygen in a sealed environment.

Selfish little bugger.

(I guess his chair is made of asbestoses).

Once Reed puts her in it, of course.

I guess Reed believes in a variation of  “women should be seen and not heard”, eh?

Just ask Reed!

I find it cute that he calls it his morale.

From FF #11, a fourth-wall breaking, amazing experience.

Please note that this takes place right after Reed cures Ben for what will be the first of many cures.

The logic of the Lincoln’s Mom argument makes my head hurt.

All in all, an odd, sweet, and hokey sequence.

I’m not done with my FFs yet. Part of me still wants to see if this gets referenced again somewhere.

Fantastic Four #1 is just an awesome comic. Really. From the cold war melodrama to the pseudoscience to the giant monsters to the drama. However, one thing struck me while re-reading it.

Take another, closer look at the cover:

Now look at Reed.

Who, exactly, tied him up?

Riiiight. How many covers/panels have I posted showing Supeman misusing his abilities?

Typical father. Do as I say, not as I did.

I still have a huge backlog of Superman panels and covers, but if all goes well today they’ll be put on the back burner for some Fantastic Four. I don’t know about all of you, but I’m kind of Superman’d out.

Really, how can I top that?

Superman #45:

Lois “gets superpowers” via hypnotism (meaning Superman followers her around doing super-feats) – and then men no longer find her attractive. Of course, Lois can’t be having with that, so she begs the person who hypnotizes her to undo it:

Lois slapping the stuffing out of Clark almost makes it worth the message that women men should be weak and let men dominate them. However, then one thinks that Lois could have not had her “powers” “removed” and instead chooses to be weak.

And people wonder why superhero comics are considered male power fantasies.

Slide Projector Vision? Are you serious?

Ah yes, Dial H for Hero – The Hero Who Could Be You. A really nifty idea. Young readers would send in these really, really pun-tastic identities for the kids to change into, and we’d all play along.

Did I mention the puntasticness? It’s forgivable, of course, since these were all kids writing in, of course.

…

Steve Mattson of Portland, OR age 20?

Steve, I know you’re older and wiser now, so I’m not posting this to mock you but to warn others:

If you’re twenty years old and you think “Flying Buttress” is a cool name for a comic book character, and not in any kind of ironic or satiric fashion, then we at WWTT implore you:

Seek Help.

This has been a public service announcement.