{"id":6541,"date":"2020-09-29T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T04:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=6541"},"modified":"2019-10-10T23:07:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T03:07:27","slug":"ff-073","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2020\/09\/29\/ff-073\/","title":{"rendered":"FF 073"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fantastic Four! And look at all those guest stars! This is going to be a ride. You\u2019ll note the bottom right corner has been clipped off for some reason. Kinda lame, but it allowed me to get this one for dirt cheap, so I\u2019m for it. One of my fascinations in comics is that Jack Kirby, architect of the Marvel Universe, the greatest comic book artist of all time, one of the great creative minds of the 20th century, just never figured out how to draw Spider-Man. You see his drawings of Spidey and they look weird. He doesn\u2019t get the red panel down the arms, he doesn\u2019t get the web pattern, he routinely forgets the spider icon on his chest or back. It seems like Ditko\u2019s character design style is just so far outside Jack\u2019s comfort zone that he couldn\u2019t get it. And I\u2019m not the only one who noticed, as almost every time Jack drew Spider-Man, Stan Lee had the artist of Spider-Man ink him, fixing him as they went. First Ditko, then Romita. And I\u2019d bet you $4 Romita inked or maybe just drew the Spider-Man on this cover. But anyway,\u00a0 it\u2019s a rare joy to get The King on this blog, let\u2019s get into it!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, for this one, you should\u2019ve read Daredevil 38 first. I didn&#8217;t! In that comic, DD was apparently captured by Dr. Doom, who was impersonating him or something, and now that he\u2019s free, Doom has convinced the FF that the real DD is still him, and they are on high alert!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010110-685x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010110-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010110-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010110-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010110-300x449.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010110-850x1271.jpg 850w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010110.jpg 1850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sue, I think, is pregnant with Franklin Richards, and off-duty in this period. DD tricks Johnny into flying into a water tower, extinguishing his flame and knocking him out, but not before Johnny can call him \u201cDoom,\u201d so Daredevil has a clue what\u2019s going on. But as he\u2019s dragging Johnny out of the water tower\u2026<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010429-695x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010429-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010429-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010429-768x1131.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010429-300x442.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010429-850x1252.jpg 850w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010429.jpg 1851w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love it. New York is so full of superheroes Spidey could just swing past Thor on his way to running into Daredevil and The Human Torch.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010539-696x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010539-696x1024.jpg 696w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010539-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010539-768x1129.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010539-300x441.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010539-850x1250.jpg 850w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010539.jpg 1953w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Again, if Romita\u2019s not inking these Spideys, I would be stunned. Look at the eyes. They look more like Romita\u2019s here than they do in ASM with Heck currently penciling. Reed reels DD in, but he and The Thing fight about what to do with him, allowing DD to slip free and keep them running around for awhile until he accidentally runs Ben into the big laser Reed set up on the roof (\u201cThe Demolo-Gun!\u201d), which starts blasting the roof. Reed and Ben try to stop it as DD gets loose once more.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010947-670x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010947-670x1024.jpg 670w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010947-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010947-768x1173.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010947-300x458.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010947-850x1298.jpg 850w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_010947.jpg 1890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone drew all over Spidey\u2019s web with an ink pen down there. As Spidey and Thor approach The Baxter Building in this goofy fashion, The Torch wakes up, and swoops in, assuming Spidey &amp; Thor might be Doombots. This issue is just wall-to-wall crazy. So now it\u2019s a 3-v-3 battle on the roof of The Baxter Building, the FF convinced the other heroes are an evil plot. As Thor and The Thing slug it out, the familiar sight of Spider-Man and The Human Torch chasing each other around plays out in the sky around them.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011307-674x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011307-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011307-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011307-768x1168.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011307-300x456.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011307-850x1292.jpg 850w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011307.jpg 1795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back at The Baxter Building, DD outmaneuvers Reed long enough to hit him with an electrical charge from one of his own machines, but Reed still manages to stay ahead of him and lands a pretty big hit, while in the battle of the big guys\u2026<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011703_1-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011703_1-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011703_1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011703_1-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011703_1-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011703_1-850x1276.jpg 850w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011703_1.jpg 1932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearby, Reed is winning his fight with DD, but when he goes in for the finisher, he, too, is stopped, and we learn it\u2019s Sue who\u2019s stopped all the fighting. She says she\u2019s come to stop them from making a horrible mistake, because that\u2019s the real Daredevil.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011844-692x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011844-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011844-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011844-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011844-300x444.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011844-850x1259.jpg 850w, https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FF73_011844.jpg 2003w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nice and neat! Certainly not the most substantial story of all time, but the chance to see Kirby draw a crazy crossover like this is not to be missed, especially at this point in his partnership with inker Joe Sinnott. Sinnott is widely held to be Kirby\u2019s best inker for a reason. A little goofy, but a lot of fun.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fantastic Four! And look at all those guest stars! This is going to be a ride. You\u2019ll note the bottom right corner has been clipped off for some reason. 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