It’s no secret that Superman and Spider-Man are my top 2 superheroes from DC and Marvel, respectively.
But in the early 80s, when Marvel stopped publishing The Micronauts, of which I had a subscription, I chose to get the Fantastic Four as a replacement title in the mail. And the reason for that was because I loved the late 70s Fantastic Four cartoon, which introduced H.E.R.B.I.E. the Robot.
This was just as John Byrne started his run on the book, and I loved everything about the look of his Fantastic Four.
I had a mail subscription for a few more years, and then started getting the book monthly along with a bunch of other books from a comic book store.
I gave up on comics in the mid 90s, and I think I stopped getting FF shortly before that.
Flash forward to this morning, and I waited that full hour until the actual trailer was shown.
Annoyed as I was with the stupid countdown and the overly drawn out interviews, the trailer was awesome.
The Thing looked like the Thing I’ve always known. Johnny, Reed, and Sue all looked great, to me. As did Galactus’ shadow and helmet.
The whole retro vibe of this movie feels so right for the way the MCU works and how the FF needs to be brought into Phase 5.
I may be more excited about this movie than I am about Gunn’s Superman.