Are you ready for the high fashions of 2020?

Panels from Death's Head II #2 (January 1993), script by Dan Abnett, pencils by Liam Sharp, inks by Cam Smith, colors by Helen Stone, letters by Peri Godbold

365 Days of Defiance, Day 13: If you don't know what issue this is from, turn in your Comic Book Badge

Panels from Fantastic Four (1961 series) #50 (May 1966), script by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott, colors by Stan Goldberg (?), letters by Sam Rosen

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 109: Zing!

Panel from Amazing Spider-Man #670 (Late November 2011), script by Dan Slott, pencils by Humberto Ramos, inks by Victor Olazaba, colors by Edgar Delgado, letters by Joe Caramagna

365 Days of KirbyTech, Day 80: Reed Richards' Flask of Highly Unstable Radioactive Particles

Say there, Kirby Kats and Kirby Kittens, can you guess what this is?


If you guessed a flask of radioactive particles, well, then, pal, you win the Bull-Prize!


Panel from Fantastic Four (1961 series) #130 (January 1973), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Joe Sinnott, colors by Petra Goldberg, letters by Artie Simek
<sarcasm>Genius move, Reed!</sarcasm> But what we're all really wondering, of course, is how Reed got that snake on his face.


Also, we want to know what weird, twisted version of Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat" Marvel is publishing this month.

365 Days of KirbyTech, Day 63: Reed Richards' Nega-Gamma Gun

The Incredible Hulk is on the loose!



No, no, no, not like that. But wouldn't it be cool if the Hulk played bass in a Canadian power rock band?

Perhaps I oughta have said the Hulk is on a rampage, and altho' we need Sue Richards to describe it (because geez, y'can't show that sorta thing in a comic book), the Green Goliath has just tossed Daredevil against an army jet! You know, Daredevil, I don't care how award-winning your series is, that's gotta hurt. Luckily Reed Richards has brought his handy-dandy Nega-Gamma Gun! And remember, folks, when Nega-Gamma Guns are outlawed, only criminals will have Nega-Gamma Guns! And, I suppose, Reed Richards would have one too.


Panels from Incredible Hulk (1968 series) #153 (July 1972), script by Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich, pencils by Dick Ayers and Herb Trimpe, inks by John Severin, letters by Jean Izzo

365 Days of KirbyTech, Day 55: Reed Richards' Portable Energy-Detector

Tonight at 13th Dimension you can find a guide, with specially-written mini-biographies, of each of the contributors to 13D: The 13thD Super Team: Who We Are and How We Came to Be! I would like to point out that it include my person pal John DiBello. Aside from that claim that "he writes most of the stuff" here at Comics Oughta Be Fun! (heresy!) it's a pretty accurate depiction. He does want to shake Ben Grimm's hand and thank him for the events of Marvel Two-In-One Annual #7, one of the greatest superhero comic books of all time. How great is it? So great that the Thing is acclaimed as the ultimate fighter in the universe, the warrior who will not give up.

Also, because of Reed Richards' Thing-Finderer...I mean, his Portable Energy-Detector.


Panels from Marvel Two-in-One Annual #7 (1982); script by Tom DeFalco; pencils by Ron Wilson; inks by Bob Camp, Mike Esposito, Frank Giacoia, Dan Green, Armando Gil, and Chic Stone; colors by George Roussos; letters by Jim Novak
Clearly an evolutionary and technological advance on Reed's Heat-Image Tracer, it picks up and analyzes not heat, but alien residue. So, like, stray hairs that fell off the Watcher's head (wait, perhaps a bad example), fabric shreds where Dominus stepped accidentally on his really dramatic albeit waaaaay-too-long cape, or the Silver Surfer's belly-button lint. Instantly Reed discovers that the alien being who kidnapped Ben Grimm has cosmic energy and power greater than Galactus and stranger than anything our puny Earth minds can conceive. So, Cosmic Paris Hilton, then.

Later, of course, Sue pointed out that they could just click on Ben's laptop to "Show My StarkPhone," which zeroed directly in on the Thing, allowing the Fantastic Four to rush directly to his side at the bar of the Yancy Street Grill. It was Monday night: 25¢ buffalo wings and buck-a-drafts, and Mavericks vs. Knicks on the big screen. Sometimes Ben just can't escape his "pals," not even for just one ferschluggin' night. Whatta revoltin' development.

365 Days of KirbyTech, Day 54: Reed Richards' Transformer

Me, I love Benjamin J. Grimm better than the average bull, but sometimes I wish he'd just slow down...


Panels from Fantastic Four (1961 series) #56 (November 1966), co-plot and script by Stan Lee, co-plot and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott, letters by Artie Simek
...and listen to Reed for once.


Yep, for Ben Grimm, truly this transformer was...more than meets the eye.

365 Days of KirbyTech, Day 36: Reed Richards' Neuromantic Disruptor

I hope you were here yesterday when I asked the musical question "How do you solve a problem like Victor von Doom?" "Is Reed going to use his totally cool Psionic-Refractor (which Dr. Doom stole) to battle the world's greatest psionic threat, Egg-Fu Onslaught, exactly 300 issues later?


Panels from Fantastic Four (1961 series) #116 (November 1971), script by Archie Goodwin, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Joe Sinnott, letters by Artie Simek
And the answer is...well, not specifically. He's going to create a much more powerful machine, one which I like to guess was based on and improved over the Psionic-Refractor: the Neuromantic Disruptor!


Panel from Fantastic Four (1961 series) #416 (September 1996); script by Tom DeFalco; pencils by Carlos Pacheco; inks by Bob Wiacek and Harry Candelario; ink assists by Ariane Lenshoek, Craig Huston, and Ed Lazzelari; letters by Richard Starkings and Kolja Fuchs

365 Days of KirbyTech, Day 32: The Fantastic Four Lamp

Now, as far as futuristic technology goes, this piece of KirbyTech isn't really that far out...but how can you resist, how can I pass up, the Fantastic Four Lamp?!?


Panel from "Sub-Mariner Versus the Human Race!" in Fantastic Four Annual #1 (September 1963), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers, colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Artie Simek
That's not even mentioning Reed's come-hither sprawl on the Fantastic Recliner Lounge, where Namor has interrupted him in the middle of his hamburger and flask of whiskey.

Or this next panel, which surely must be accompanied by the sound effect of an accordion.

365 Days of KirbyTech, Day 7: The Silly Contraption [Unidentified KirbyTech]

Pin-up from Fantastic Four Annual #2 (September 1964), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone, colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Artie Simek
Well, if Reed don't know, ain't nobody who knows!

Vic 'n' Reed Go to Wimbledon

Panels re-edited from FF v.1 #2 (June 2011), script by Jonathan Hickman, pencils by Steve Epting, inks by Steve Epting and Rick Magyarl, colors by Paul Mounts, letters by Rus Wooton

Countdown to Infinite Weddings, Day 0: Oh, Fantastic Day

The Wedding of Susan Storm and Reed Richards!

from Fantastic Four: The Wedding Special (Marvel, January 2006), script by Karl Kesel; pencils by Drew Johnson; inks by Karl Kesel, Drew Geraci, and Drew Hennessy; colors by Morry Hollowell, letters by Dave Lanphear
(Click the picture to big-love-size)


from Fantastic Four Annual (1963 series) #3 (Marvel, 1965), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta, letters by Artie Simek

Say, who are those two party crashers outside giving the boys a hard time? Find out tomorrow!

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 296

Panel from Warriors Three #2 (February 2011), script by Bill Willingham, pencils by Neil Edwards, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Fabio D'Auria, letters by Clayton Cowles

Zing!

Panel from Amazing Spider-Man #670 (Late November 2011), script by Dan Slott, pencils by Humberto Ramos, inks by Victor Olazaba, colors by Edgar Delgado, letters by Joe Caramagna

Marvel Bubble Gum Comics, Day 3: This sucks

Comics card #13 from Marvel Comics trading card set (1978)

365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 351

Panel from Marvel Two-in-One #8 (March 1975), script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Mike Esposito, colors by George Roussos, letters by Charlotte Jetter

365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 341

Panel from Marvel Two-in-One #8 (March 1975), script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Mike Esposito, colors by George Roussos, letters by Charlotte Jetter

Because sometimes you just have to post the time Doom hired his goons from Easy-Temp

All panels are from Fantastic Four #198 (September 1978), script by Marv Wolfman, breakdowns by Keith Pollard, finishes and inks by Joe Sinnott, colors by Janice Cohen, letters by Rick Parker

365 Days with Ben Grimm, Day 296

Splash (literally!) panel from Silver Surfer #5 (April 1969), script by Stan Lee, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Sal Buscema, letters by Sam Rosen

365 Days with Ben Grimm, Day 267

Panel from The Incredible Hulk #153 (July 1972), script by Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich, pencils by Dick Ayers and Herb Trimpe, inks by John Severin, letters by Jean Izzo