The Fantastic Four have gone on many science adventures under writer Ryan North’s watch, and somehow, they never feel repetitive. Science is a vast area to explore, be it hypotheticals scientists aren’t sure about or actual events like the Oh My God particle. In Fantastic Four #25 this week, it’s time to go to a new alien world that may have ties to ancient planets!
Basically, if you find science and the vastness of the universe interesting, you’ll love Fantastic Four. This is the case with Fantastic Four #25, which cleverly ties into the current predicament with Doctor Doom and uses that to jettison the team to a distant planet. Once a mysterious life is discovered, Johny Storm falls in love, and Reed gets their situation very wrong.
The issue opens with the team investigating an iron dome Dr. Doom has put over Latveria. The second Johnny messes with it, the team is sent to another place. The captions, as told by an alien on the planet they are sent to, help convey the weirdness of this team. They are aliens to her and thus quite strange.
It seems it’s all a matter of perspective, which is very much the case when North drops a few twists and turns into the story. These twists keep you on the edge of your seat and may even make you utter, “Wow.”
Reed. Please don’t do that with your eyes.
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At the very start of this adventure, the team tries to stay alive in a strange alien world. Little details about finding food or running into predators add small touches of science. Once they find a civilization, the wonderment continues. Maybe even more amazing, one of these worm-like creatures with spikes on their backs and up being Johnny’s love interest.
Carlos Gomez draws a heck of an issue with great character acting. When Reed breaks out the explanations, Gomez and color artist Jesus Aburtov entertain us with science-accurate visuals of possible events involving planets. It’s a wild concept that gets even wilder once the Fantastic Four go to space. These scenes are also drawn very well and Invisible Woman’s constructs and abilities are quite cool to see. And yes, Reed gets to look all kinds of weird at times as well.
Fantastic Four #25 is a special comic. It blends science with romance, wonderment, adventure, and family all in one. The final page puts an emphatic period on the entire experience, forcing the reader to reflect on the very meaning of the moon figuratively in the story and literally via science. It all blends in a magnum opus of science, adventure, and heart.
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