The reader is getting the rhythm and inflections of the sentence. Mister Fantastic is read entirely different from MISTER Fantastic, for an obvious example. There are some comic writers who really frick things up by not understanding this and emphasising words at random, like if Torch had said "The Fantastic Four HAVE only begun to fight!", but it works perfectly well in this instance.
Honestly, if your power is turning invisible and you're not invisible before the fight starts, that's on you. It would be like if Billy Batson tried to fight a monster and waited until he got punched in the face to transform into Shazam. Bad idea on her part.
Now, what she's supposed to do once she's invisible is a better question, but I guess that's why they gave her energy shields. Invisibility is more of a street level power.
>Sue bumping into everyone making them think there's a ghost >Thing running through walls and destroying streets for no reason >Johnny flying around melting cars and planes >Suddenly, giant arms grab a nuclear missile
Keep in mind Stan was doing the dialogue. Kirby's women for example Sue and Jean Grey were competent and on par with the men but Stan constantly cut them down with dialogue.
I like to think she made up the ridiculous line about Reed being the world's greatest expert in Judo just because she knew it would send Doom into a spiral where he'd spend months training in it to become the best. Then once he's ready and challenges Reed in a contest to see who the world's best Judo fighter really is Reed would only go "what's Judo?" with a confused look on his stretchy face.
>it's the easiest win handed to Doom on a silver platter but he refuses it because he thinks he's being patronised, like sending a toddler with two ears to fist-fight Mike Tyson >then he holds Sue hostage and gives Reed a month to train and come back >"You know, doc, dis would be a lot easier if I just took over and sumo'd you myself or whatever, instead of Mr Smartmouth" >"NO, YOU ORANGE IGNORAMUS! IT MUST BE RICHARDS! DOOM ACCEPTS NOTHING LESS"
You don't even need the dialogue here. The art speaks for itself. Imagine if Marvel released an edition without it, only leaving the most necessary bits. Call it Kirby's Fantastic Four.
Yeah silver age Stan Lee stuff usually conveys the same information three times, once visually, once as speech, and once as narration. I usually skip most of the narration because of it. I'd be down for this.
I assume you mean the 1984 one since there's only been two aince th book came back.
If so Simonson's us pretty underrated and Waid/Wieringo's and Hickman's.
Most adaptations pre MCU went for the "let's have the archnemesis as the villain in the first movie from the get go". There wasn't mcuh of the "build up" mentality yet, and the only example I can thin of that did is Batman Begins, altough the might have done it in part to differentiate from the Burton films.
Maybe she meant she couldn’t turn invisible fast enough to avoid being grabbed? Otherwise, I have no idea.
could also be her kind of panicking for a moment. she was kind of new to her powers
>FAST
>BEGUN
>THE THING
>ROPES
why highlight those words? why is only Ben's superhero name one of them?
Because the characters are putting emphasis on those words when they talk
but why
I really can't tell if you chuckle fricks are memeing or just legitimately actually this moronic now.
It's called EMPHASIS, anon.
why make emphasis on those words? what is the reader getting from it?
The reader is getting the rhythm and inflections of the sentence. Mister Fantastic is read entirely different from MISTER Fantastic, for an obvious example. There are some comic writers who really frick things up by not understanding this and emphasising words at random, like if Torch had said "The Fantastic Four HAVE only begun to fight!", but it works perfectly well in this instance.
Maybe she's hoping the monster forgets it's holding something and releases its grip
Maybe make the moster confused?
inb4 "why doesn't Sue use her shields?" that didn't appear till like issue 20
Honestly, if your power is turning invisible and you're not invisible before the fight starts, that's on you. It would be like if Billy Batson tried to fight a monster and waited until he got punched in the face to transform into Shazam. Bad idea on her part.
Now, what she's supposed to do once she's invisible is a better question, but I guess that's why they gave her energy shields. Invisibility is more of a street level power.
Meanwhile Reed has succeeded in falling into rope and tying himself up.
I really like that they're fighting some giant sewer monster, and somehow read Richards is tied up in the street
Is this entire run this hilariously silly?
Anon it's silver age Marvel. Of course it is, and it's glorious.
>Sue bumping into everyone making them think there's a ghost
>Thing running through walls and destroying streets for no reason
>Johnny flying around melting cars and planes
>Suddenly, giant arms grab a nuclear missile
Keep in mind Stan was doing the dialogue. Kirby's women for example Sue and Jean Grey were competent and on par with the men but Stan constantly cut them down with dialogue.
I like to think she made up the ridiculous line about Reed being the world's greatest expert in Judo just because she knew it would send Doom into a spiral where he'd spend months training in it to become the best. Then once he's ready and challenges Reed in a contest to see who the world's best Judo fighter really is Reed would only go "what's Judo?" with a confused look on his stretchy face.
Both of them fail in comparison to the real Judo Master, Scientist Supreme Hank Pym.
Best part would be that Doom loses any way because Judo doesn't help against a rubber man
>it's the easiest win handed to Doom on a silver platter but he refuses it because he thinks he's being patronised, like sending a toddler with two ears to fist-fight Mike Tyson
>then he holds Sue hostage and gives Reed a month to train and come back
>"You know, doc, dis would be a lot easier if I just took over and sumo'd you myself or whatever, instead of Mr Smartmouth"
>"NO, YOU ORANGE IGNORAMUS! IT MUST BE RICHARDS! DOOM ACCEPTS NOTHING LESS"
You don't even need the dialogue here. The art speaks for itself. Imagine if Marvel released an edition without it, only leaving the most necessary bits. Call it Kirby's Fantastic Four.
They really can't do that now, since they put Stan Lee into sainthood
Yeah silver age Stan Lee stuff usually conveys the same information three times, once visually, once as speech, and once as narration. I usually skip most of the narration because of it. I'd be down for this.
Agreed.
Only reason I haven't read Kirby's early Mahvel work is because of Lee's tripe mucking up the page
BOOB SLAM
>The Galactus Sized ego of Reed Richards to call himself MISTER FANTASTIC in this situation
i like how no one was condescending and just respected Ben's nickname.
It's gets even worse seeing how in the early issues they keep calling him Thing through even family situations lmao.
sounds like classic Stan writting at work
He earned it
What's everyone here's favourite FF runs after Secret Wars
I assume you mean the 1984 one since there's only been two aince th book came back.
If so Simonson's us pretty underrated and Waid/Wieringo's and Hickman's.
>It's been 10 years since Hickman FF
Can't hurt.
Why didn't the movie adapted this story instead?
Most adaptations pre MCU went for the "let's have the archnemesis as the villain in the first movie from the get go". There wasn't mcuh of the "build up" mentality yet, and the only example I can thin of that did is Batman Begins, altough the might have done it in part to differentiate from the Burton films.
They are pretty Fantastic for a group of Four people...
How are the Fantastic Four nowadays?