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    Fantastic Four #2

    Fantastic Four » Fantastic Four #2 - Skrulls from Outer Space! released by Marvel on January 1, 1962.

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    1.8 stars

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    Fantastic Four #2 0

     The first appearance of the Skrulls. The story is as childish as the first issue, and I'm getting the sense that all of the Stan Lee-written issues are going be that way.   These early issues of Fantastic Four recall previous horror and sci-fi writers such as HG Lovecraft (more so in the first issue) and EC Comics's Weird Science from the '50s. The Skrulls are like something out of an EC Comics horror story, particularly the ending where they are forced to become cows with no recollection of wh...

    1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

    Like A Bad Sequel 3

    The first issue of Fantastic Four was outstanding. The second one... not so much.  Sure, it's still distinguished by the team's interpersonal conflicts and it introduces some great Marvel villains - the shapeshifting Skrulls, but then, there is a ton of real silliness. Now, I'm not talking ordinary Silver Age silliness... I'm perfectly willing to accept things such as Reed Richard's business suit stretching when he does - things like that I'll give a pass. But in this issue, some advance members...

    4 out of 4 found this review helpful.

    Skrulls from Outer Space! 0

    An improvement over the previous issue (which came a whopping two months earlier!), but not by much. This time we’re introduced to the Skrulls, but much like the Ferengi fromStar Trek, their debut appearance here is off-hand and slightly silly. Despite some sketchy conclusions however, it’s still entertaining (especially the opener, which, while copied to death since, was quite a clever device by Lee) and works well to flesh out the Four a little more....

    0 out of 0 found this review helpful.

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