Fantastic Four #26

gc8's Fantastic Four #26 - The Avengers Take Over! review

The Thing vs. The Hulk, round 2!

Probably the best issue for all-out-action in the early 60s issues of Fantastic Four, this issue features the continuation of the battle between the Fantastic Four and the Hulk. With his comrades out of action in the hospital, it falls to Ben Grimm to take down the rampaging Hulk alone - that is until the battle travels up town to the Avengers H.Q., where that team gets involved too.
 
This was Marvel's first great crossover event, and a major turning point in the Fantastic Four comics as Kirby was getting better than ever at drawing beautiful women, and Stan Lee started writing to Jack's strengths - action, action, action. This issue does not disappoint!

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Fantastic Four #26 - The Avengers Take Over! by dmstarz on May 22, 2008
As a rule, I am not a fan of busy, crowded covers. However, for the above, I'll call an exception. Why? Because it's just so freakin' weird. I love the set up of all the heroes clinging to or flying round the superstructure of a skyscraper, initially reminding me of the perils of Harold Lloyd or Laurel & Hardy. Perhaps Stan Lee had just watched one of their movies before he started scripting this book. Kirby has drawn the figures crisply and cleanly, again not like the heavy blotching of his...
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