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Episode 1 - All About Skrulls


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Episode 1: All About Skrulls

Today we are covering Fantastic Four 1, 2, 18, and 32.

Issue 1: The Fantastic Four!

Origin story of the Fantastic Four

  • The summoning Flare Gun
  • Sue Storm uses some sweet Rugby skills to tackle people while invisible
  • Ben bursts through doors, streets, and walls
  • Johnny slags cars and jets
  • Reed has tremendous strength and toughness of hands
  • Reed hugs people uncomfortably in the HUGS OF HORROR
  • The military tries to nuke a city
  • The F4 hijack a rocket
  • Ben knows that cosmic rays are dangerous but everyone else doesn't care
  • Why are they racing "the Commies"?
  • Issue 2: The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space!

    • The early Skrulls look like Muppet Fish, it's great!
    • Thing's disguises often leave him looking horrific
    • Johnny doesn't fear asbestos
    • Everyone is jerks but they talk it out, because they are family
    • Kludge
    • The Skrull have WILD amounts of power but fear comic books
    • Ben is sad and angry a lot due to his situation
    • Three Skrull get turned into cows and definitely never show up again
    • Issue 18: A Skrull Walks Among Us

      • Thing looks much more like his current portrayal
      • Their costumes look much more modern as well
      • King Skrull has a great crown
      • Flying in an ICBM is dangerous
      • Super-Skrull is OP
      • Super Skrull captures the Earth with clever flag usage
      • Super-Skrull has a sense of humor
      • Hypnosis
      • Issue 32: Death of a Hero

        • The "Photographs" from space are great
        • Thing can't catch a break
        • Reed is a jerk
        • Marvel crowds are fickle
        • Sue and Johnny's mom dies and their dad wrecks his life
        • On the cover, the Impossible Man looks rad, in the comic he looks like a pickle man
        • Death of Franklin Storm
        • If you want to read the issues we covered today you can find them collected in:

          Essential Fantastic Four Vol 1 and 2, Marvel Masterworks Vol. 1-3, Epic Collections Vol 1 and 2, Secret Invasion Rise of The Skrulls TPB as well as digitally on Comixology and Marvel Unlimited.

          If you would like to know more about the Skrulls, their history and their importance in the Marvel Universe:

          • Marvel: The Lost Generation
          • Avengers (1963) #92-97 and others for First Kree/Skrull War
          • Incredible Hercules #118-120
          • Fantastic Four #256
          • Fantastic Four (2018) #5 for retelling #1
          • Creators of these issues:

            Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, George Klein, Christopher Rule, Stan Goldberg, Artie Simek, John Duffy, Dick Ayers, Paul Reinman, Sam Rosen, and Chic Stone.

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            Artifacts of InfinityBy Everett Christensen and Jonathan Hutson