Thankfully, she’s able in the end to use her now expanded powers to save the whole team from mortal danger. Next she’s lured with the promise of fashion ideas into a trap by Medusa and her cronies, then taken as a hostage and bait to trap the others. In one story she invisibly pranks her fiancé Reed, and team-mates Ben and her own brother Johnny corner her for him. Lee and Kirby seem caught between their intrinsic liberalism, and the gender constructs of the time. Most interesting to consider here is Sue Storm: initially given the most passive, feeble power, as Invisible Girl. In it’s day FF was considered notable for the characters having personalities, albeit limited ones. Storylines continue across issues, complete with episode cliffhangers. There were always moments of wit, inspiration, pathos, and charm to the stories, but here they move up a league. The biggest draw here is Jack Kirby’s energetic, inspired art work. This second massive hardback Omnibus, collects the material in Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four volumes 4 to 6, representing the middle of their run. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s run on Fantastic Four spanned most of the 1960s.
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