tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post1038019635332742852..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: FANTASTIC FOUR #280Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-78903641337661818612016-11-14T08:58:20.033-08:002016-11-14T08:58:20.033-08:00// Byrne executes this trick nicely, even if its i...<br><i>// Byrne executes this trick nicely, even if its impact was lost on me. //</i><br /><br />Agreed. I’d read this when it came out and surely at least once since then, but I didn’t recall that Malice’s true identity was revealed within the span of a single issue. The way Byrne drops clues is appreciated, particularly how you can make out She-Hulk’s hand (and some dirt on the bottom, too) suggesting the shape of the invisible sphere around her head if you’re clever or already know what’s up — yet not so obviously as to spoil the surprise if you don’t know or aren’t really looking at her identity as a mystery to solve. As for the dueling Malices, I’d probably lean towards coincidence. Would’ve been nice if it had been caught at the editorial level, at least, with some kind of connection being drawn. <br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-24279145150346662642016-10-17T13:13:08.976-07:002016-10-17T13:13:08.976-07:00The FF are living at Avengers' Mansion all the...The FF are living at Avengers' Mansion all the way up through the end of Byrne's run in issue 296 -- nearly twenty issues! That's a long chunk of publication time to be without their headquarters. Now that I think about it, I'm actually not certain when they move into Four Freedoms Plaza.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-12446983396152772412016-10-12T12:13:56.737-07:002016-10-12T12:13:56.737-07:00the Fantastic Four are temporarily staying at Aven...<i> the Fantastic Four are temporarily staying at Avengers Mansion following the destruction of the Baxter Building.</i><br /><br />They end up there quite awhile, right? At least through #286 (the Phoenix issue). Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-86347308530685090032016-10-12T12:13:25.792-07:002016-10-12T12:13:25.792-07:00Also, I guess we should be lucky that nobody but t...Also, I guess we should be lucky that nobody but the FF was *in* the Baxter Building when it launched into space and exploded. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-83440249507378371732016-09-13T13:39:07.804-07:002016-09-13T13:39:07.804-07:00Reed explained the business with the building'...Reed explained the business with the building's tenants several issues back when he bought the Baxter Building -- the prior landlord gave everyone in the building a lifetime lease at low prices in order to keep their business, since the FF were such a magnet for weirdness.<br /><br />Technically, in your scenario, I think Murdock would be defending the FF against a tenant lawsuit -- he's usually been shown as the team's lawyer since the Kirby/Lee days.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-47059517531416151582016-09-07T19:39:07.660-07:002016-09-07T19:39:07.660-07:00I never knew the FF were incorporated or that they...I never knew the FF were incorporated or that they leased out space in the building to other tenants. You would think that even if the insurance wasn't an issue, there is an attack on the building every couple years at least...not the safest place to be spending your days as a sandwich maker.<br /><br />Makes me think about writing a story where Matt Murdock sues FF Inc for some kind of landlord tenant dispute....Brian Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16467106453984514485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-6383707963681687092016-09-05T10:55:26.204-07:002016-09-05T10:55:26.204-07:00More than that, both FF and UXM will have their Ma...More than that, both FF and UXM will have their Malice-centered issue titled "With Malice Toward(s) All", which paraphrasing of a famous quote may go a long way in explaining why both creators have chosen to have a character by that name.<br /><br />Though, it's Claremont and here we got a prominent female character mind-controlled and in an SM outfit, so it's like Byrne is being the bully that he will in couple of issues have dangling the Johnny Storm article in <i>Celebrity</i> magazine in front of the Johnny Storm's greatest fan. No way in hell Claremont's opting to it is coincidental.Teemunoreply@blogger.com